When Nigerians Who Are Born Decide To Be Beautiful By Favour Benyin
Beauty is natural, but beauty can also be engineered. When a woman tends a flower garden outside her bedroom window, when an architect stands in front of his work table, waiting for inspiration to strike, when the people of a nation decide to take their fate into their hands; beauty is molded into shape.
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I Wished Somebody In Nigeria Would Do Something By Favour Benyin
Late in 2023, ruminations about Nigeria came upon me with such magnificence of force that I began a wild search to quiet my mind and spirit. Whenever I met new physics or science students, they were bound to one obligation; of answering whether they knew Philip Emeagwali[1]. Surprisingly, many of them had never heard the name. I wondered whether, the nonchalance and lack of faith towards origination and research came from not knowing that they were Nigerians who symbolized it.
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Vincent Ugwoke has won the men’s discus throw event at the 2024 USF Invitational in South Florida, with a Personal Best (PB) of 59.76 meters.
He is making a return from injury, and on this outing, he built nicely into the competition, nailing his best mark on his final throw.
Chase Edwards was a far second with 50.21 meters and Travis Roux third with 49.42 meters.
Favour Ofili has won the women’s 200 meters race event at the 2024 Tom Jones Invitational in Florida clocking a time of 22.33 seconds (1.4).
She defeated Anavia Battle who came through in 22.56 seconds and Ida Karstoft in a new National Record of 22.60 seconds.
She qualifies for the Paris 2024 Olympics. It’s her fastest time outdoors since 2022.
Nathaniel Ezekiel has set a new national record of 48.29 seconds to win the men’s 400-meter hurdles at the 2024 Tom Jones Invitational in Florida.
Erhire Best has won the men’s high jump event at the 2024 Tom Jones Invitational, clearing a Season’s Best (SB) of 2.21 meters.
He beat Riyon Rankin on countback, having needed just one attempt to clear the winning mark while Rankin took three tries. BJ Jennings was third with 2.13 meters.
Charles Godfred has won the men’s long jump at the 2024 LSU Alumni Gold in Baton Rouge with a first-round windy 7.99 meters, backing it up with a wind-legal 7.93 meters (1.5).
His teammate Victory Godah placed third in the women’s 100 meters, turning in a time of 11.28 seconds (2.2).