{"id":65697,"date":"2025-05-13T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65697"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:39:17","slug":"nigeria-hosts-key-fig-mens-gymnastics-judges-course-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/13\/nigeria-hosts-key-fig-mens-gymnastics-judges-course-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Hosts Key FIG Men\u2019s Gymnastics Judges Course in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria is making its mark on the international gymnastics scene by hosting the prestigious International Gymnastics Federation Men\u2019s Artistic Gymnastics Judges Course in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which began on May 10 and will run until May 14, is aimed at refining the skills of gymnastics judges across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees from Algeria, Egypt, Cameroon, South Africa, and Nigeria are benefiting from the expert guidance of Dimitri Andreev, a renowned FIG official from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>This course is part of the Nigeria Gymnastics Federation\u2019s strategy to develop elite judges and elevate the sport\u2019s standards across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The National Sports Commission, led by Chairman Malam Shehu Dikko and Director General Hon. Bukola Olopade, has praised the initiative, emphasizing its potential to strengthen talent development and make Nigeria a hub for global sports events.<\/p>\n<p>This training program is expected to make a lasting impact on both the participants and the future of gymnastics in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Nigeria is making its mark on the international gymnastics scene by hosting the prestigious International Gymnastics Federation Men\u2019s Artistic Gymnastics Judges Course in Abuja. The event, which began on May 10 and will run until May 14, is aimed at refining the skills of gymnastics judges across Africa. Attendees from Algeria, Egypt, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65699,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65697\/revisions\/65699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}