36yr old Nigerian man, Wellington Jighere won the World Scrabble championship held in Perth, Australia. Wellington, from Delta state defeated Lewis Mackay of Cambridge, England, by 448 points to 426 to win the championship which was competed for by 450 players from around the world. Jighere is the first Black African to win the Championship.
After the competition, president Muhammadu Buhari put a call across to him to congratulate him.
Buhari said
"I called to rejoice with you over your performance. You have done the country proud, and we are very happy. Please, pass my congratulations to other members of Team Nigeria," President Buhari told Jighere.
Jighere was delighted by the phone call and pledged to bring more glory to Nigeria. The five other Nigerian representatives finished in the top 50 scrabble players in the world bracket.
39 comments:
Wow congratulations to him.
Congrats my people.
Good for him and us all.
Wow! Nice sturvs
Nice one man...congrats
Congratulations to him
Pa Bubu is really social.Never knew this soft side of him.Thought with him its all work,policies,rules & principles.
Good
A big congrats to you, brother. Thanks for making us proud. Linda take note!
A big congrats to you, brother. Thanks for making us proud. Linda take note!
Wowww
Congratulations! Mo feat IJN
I love this man... he is my #teamScrabble
Nice one.please let the other idiots from my region make themselves useful instead of listening to the likes of that savage called asari.lazy man,so ashamed of him.
Impressive! Let's keep the flag flying...
Nice one bro. Congratulations and thanks for doing us proud.
#TeamBlessed#
Congrats to him, later tonight the under 17 team will be retaining their trophy, so much thanks to the CHANGE we now enjoy.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
linda Pls make a lime button. Not everyone wants to comment or need fame.
nice,congrats to him.
You mean "Like" button? What does that have to do with fame? *confused face*
Lime kwa? Biko make it an Orange. Or wld u LIKE a pea? Shines teeth
'Like' you mean?
Congrat
Congrats!
Congrats bro
Congrats bruv
Congrats all d ay to him andi wish him all d best. Thumbs up and more power to his elbows.
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Congrats to u
Congratulations. #TeamScrabble
Best game ever
Congrats, goodnews everywhere. Im proud 2 be a Nigerian. This is d best of times 4 us.
Congratulations dearie, so proud we can come out top in scrabble
Congratulations dearie, so proud we can come out top in scrabble
You're just a ho!
Congratulations...
congrats to him
Thumbs up!
Thanks to Nigerian for great victory.I just play scrabble game with the help of scrabble word finder.
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