Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) President Tonobok Okowa expressed delight at Ofili’s return, emphasising the need for unity and encouragement around one of Nigeria’s brightest track talents.
The World Athletics Nationality Review Panel refuses the applications of 11 athletes seeking to transfer their allegiance to Türkiye.
Nigerian athlete Ezekiel Nathaniel set a national record of 47.31 seconds in the men’s 400m hurdles at the 2025 Wanda Diamond League meeting in Silesia.
Nigeria’s Favour Ofili clocked 10.78 (+3.1 m/s) to win the women’s 100m Final at the 2025 ATX Sprint Classic in Georgetown, Texas on Saturday, June 28.
Gabriel Omoogun reflects on Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili, the first woman to break the 16-second barrier in the 150m, and her decision to switch national allegiance to Turkiye.
Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) President Tonobok Okowa tells Nigerians the Federation is deeply sorry for this heart breaking move, if true.
Favour Ofili of Nigeria ran the fastest women’s 150m dash in history with her winning time of 15.85 (2.0m/s) at the 2025 adidas Atlanta City Games in Piedmont Park on Saturday.
Favour Ofili from Nigeria opened her season with a 10.99 (+0.4 m/s) win in the 100m at the 2025 LSU Alumni Gold event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Nigerian champion Favour Ofili says Team Nigeria officials failed to register her for the women’s 100m event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Ofili, 19, breaks Blessing Okagbare’s Nigerian 200 metres national record of 22.04, which had stood since 2018, at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida on Friday.
Favour Ofili is the reigning youth Olympic champion from Buenos Aries 2018 and topped the bill in the 400m final as well at the African Youth Games in the same year.
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