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Nigeria Scrabble Federation names team for World Youth Championships

Twelve youngsters have been selected to represent Team Nigeria at the forthcoming 2024 World Youth Scrabble Championship billed for Sri Lanka. The Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) listed eight boys and four girls that will fly the country’s flag at the 19th edition of the Championship. The team is captained by Joy Nwabuzor, a gold medal winner at the seventh National Youth Games held in Asaba, Delta...

Ghana’s wordsmith Kofi Acquah roll out plans for scrabble bash

Ghana’s wordsmith Kofi Acquah roll out plans for scrabble bash

Ghana’s scrabble star,  Kofi Acquah is set to commemorate his 40th birthday celebration with a scrabble competition in Accra on Saturday, May 25. Top 37 jammers including World No. 8 Charles Tachie-Mensah, Stanley Ubiedi and a host of others will engage one another in the mind game contest. 2023 African Games women's bronze medallist Betty Kyeremateng will also be in the mix at the one-day tournament....

UNILAG’s Enock Nwali wins National Scrabble Championship for Lagos

UNILAG’s Enock Nwali wins National Scrabble Championship for Lagos

Lagos State had a remarkable outing at the NSF National Scrabble Festival in Ogun State, winning the individual and team games. African Scrabble champion, Enock Nwali who is a student of Human Kinetics and Health Education in the University of Lagos won the individual event after claiming 20 wins and a draw for a cumulative points of 1220 from 28 rounds of games. Another Lagos player,...

UNILAG’s Lateef rules as King of Scrabble in the Jungle season 2

UNILAG’s Lateef rules as King of Scrabble in the Jungle season 2

An undergraduate student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Musa Lateef has been crowned King of Scrabble in the Jungle after 32 rounds of game. The 200-level Bio-medical Engineering student deployed grit and word skills and at times, unusual strategy to keep his score above other highly-worded rivals as he was crowned the "King of the Jungle" with 20 wins with a cumulative of 654 points....