{"id":72090,"date":"2025-08-05T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72090"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:00:16","slug":"nigerian-teen-beats-69-countries-in-global-english-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/05\/nigerian-teen-beats-69-countries-in-global-english-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Teen Beats 69 Countries in Global English Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 17-year-old Nigerian girl, Nafisat Aminu from Yobe State, has emerged the overall best in English Language at the TeenEagle Global Finals in London, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The international competition, which drew over 20,000 participants from 69 countries, promotes English proficiency and critical thinking among teenagers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Nafisat\u2019s victory sparked celebration on social media, with many Nigerians praising her brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On X (formerly Twitter), @abbeykool posted, \u201cNigeria wins again.\u201d Another user added, \u201cWe have the best brains; we dominate anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her win adds to a string of global academic and sports achievements by Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, President Bola Tinubu rewarded the D\u2019Tigress and Super Falcons with $100,000 each for winning African basketball and football championships.<\/p>\n<p>Nafisat\u2019s feat is seen as another testament to the excellence and potential of Nigerian youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu A 17-year-old Nigerian girl, Nafisat Aminu from Yobe State, has emerged the overall best in English Language at the TeenEagle Global Finals in London, United Kingdom. The international competition, which drew over 20,000 participants from 69 countries, promotes English proficiency and critical thinking among teenagers worldwide. Nafisat\u2019s victory sparked celebration on social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-72090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72090","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=72090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72092,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72090\/revisions\/72092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}