Wellington Jighere made Nigeria proud earlier on today when he became the first African to ever become the World Scrabble Champion. And in a tweet by Garba Shehu, official spokesperson to the President of Nigeria, Buhari has called the young man to congratulate him.

About 450 Scrabble players came from around the world to compete in the tournament that saw 36-year-old Nigerian man, Wellington Jighere, emerge the winner in Perth, Australia. Nigeria also emerged as the best team of the championship as five of its six representatives finished in top 50
players of the tournament with Ayorinde Saidu and Emmanuel Umujose placing 16th and 17th, respectively.

With this victory Nigeria will gain more slots in terms of representations at subsequent world tournaments.

Mr. Wellington also placed 3rd at the World Scrabble Championship in 2007.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/11/president-buhari-congratulates-nigerian.html

Kul

God bless Nigeria

Inteligent game

Nice one... I love the ways he keeps encouraging/motivating Nigerians unlike other past presidents who will turn deaf ears to something like dis... BTW, I believe the Golden eaglets will bring the trophy back to Nigeria tonight...
God bless GMB
God bless Nigeria

Quangaratulasions

Good!

Congratulations to him, a good Nigerian

Congratz Wellignton, keep d flag flying

Congrats to him...

Some famzers will start logging in to claim association very soon

He was my classmate

We did IT together

Bla bla bla

God bless the scribble champion jor!

This guy must be a walking dictionary

Brain

Nice one from PMB.. God bless you sir!

Looking for the most intelligent set of ppl on the surface earth? NIGERIANS. I wonder wot we can achieve if we had good leaders, conducive environment, adequate facilities, and peaceful coexistence.
Congratulations!! Wellington Jighere, I owe u an handshake

YINKA SPORT OF BRILLA FM... 88.9 WUD BEAT DIS GUY TO HIS FEET

I can beat that guy.... Scrabble is my best game

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Good one from you Mr. wellington. Continue to make the country proud and it's just the beginning of your rewards on earth.

dahs gud of you

kul,mehn dat game ehn alot of sense

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Scrabble. one game i ll always recommend for gurus

Congratulations

Nice one .

Good one

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