At the end of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Team Nigeria has finished in eighth position, winning 11 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze medals.

Sports Minister, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, has praised Blessing Okagbare, who was the country’s star of the championship and other athletes for representing the country well.

Okagbare clinched a sprint double in the 100m and 200m, becoming the 11th woman ever to accomplish the feat and the first Nigerian. She was only denied a treble by the Jamaican quartet in the women’s 4X100m final.

Danagogo said: “Okagbare has shown that with determination you can achieve your dream in whatever endeavour you set out for yourself. She has been consistent over the years and has remained focused despite missing the ultimate medal in some competitions before now.”

“I want to congratulate the other medalists for their effort and hope that they will build on their successes in Glasgow for future competitions especially as we begin preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games.”

The Minister however expressed his disappointment after 16-year-old Chika Amalaha, was stripped of her gold medal for failing a doping test.

“My heart bleeds for this 16-year-old girl,” he said. “She looks too innocent to commit such an offence. She is naive. We must get to the root of this. The coaches and our anti-doping officials have questions to answer. Why didn’t they do their jobs before coming here to disgrace Nigeria?

“It’s disappointing that we have highly placed anti-doping officials who did not do their jobs. It is embarrassing and severe punishments will be meted out to those officials either for their involvement or negligence, as a deterrent.

Congrats to Nigerian Women...u made us proud

Thumbs up to all the athletes for making us proud among the commonwealth of nations.
9ja for life!

Just wondering what happened to our men and what they went there to do...compete I guess

Wow! Good job

We try

MabraO: Didn't even watch the games
Don't think I will comment

So what did you just do?

Congratulations

Finally, my ban is over.

What was South Africa and Ghana position? Anyone?

which countrries emerged first to seventh ?

Blessing made us proud, despite how old she is in the sport she is only waxing stronger. I didnt expect much from her before the games.
That is the power of hardwork, unlike some Mikel obi mentality of i don arrive.

we try small

God bless Nigeria.

OP, y not giv us d detail lists of d medals

Pls, What's that anti-doping stuff?

Hmm




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IGBOSON1: What was South Africa and Ghana position? Anyone?

South Africa came 7th above us while ghana had just 2 bronze medals...

Nigeria is the overall winner in weight lifting with 6 gold,6 silver & 1 bronze. Two other countries Fiji & St Lucia also finished 35th with 1 bronze each only from Weightlifting & Athletics respectively

despite participating in much fewer games than all the countries ahead of us. they did very well

Not interested

ijekul, What is sprint double biko?

Congratulations to all our medallists. For those who couldn't win anything, u only need to put more effort next time. For the lil geh that gave Nigeria public embarrassment, we aint proud of you, hope u'll learn from this.

Congratz team Nigeria (esp the women)....wat of d male representatives sef wetin dem go there go do

Nice
Way better than our performance so far in any competition

We did well,I hope they can repeat this come RIO 2016?
And what happened to our once noisy now quiet neighbor?dem don turn Francophone country?

ibnchokomah: South Africa came 7th above us while ghana had just 2 bronze medals...

INCREDIBLE GHANA just Two medals ....hmm

Congrats Team Nigeria!
BH should learn from this national glory.