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Glasgow 2026: Ajayi Wins Bronze as Eseme Storms to Commonwealth Games 100m Gold in Historic Glasgow Final

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July 28, 2026

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Nigeria’s Kayinsola Ajayi delivered a superb performance to claim the bronze medal in the men’s 100 metres after clocking a blistering 9.90 seconds in a breathtaking Commonwealth Games final at Scotstoun Stadium on Tuesday night.

Ajayi, who had qualified impressively from the semi-finals earlier in the day, produced another outstanding run to finish third behind Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme, who powered to a Games Record of 9.83 seconds to win gold, while Australia’s Lachlan Kennedy claimed silver in an Australian Record of 9.85 seconds.

South Africa’s Gift Leotlela narrowly missed the podium despite posting a season’s best 9.91 seconds, finishing just one-hundredth of a second behind the Nigerian.

The result marks another major milestone in Ajayi’s rapidly rising career and gives Team Nigeria another athletics medal at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The 20-year-old has been one of Nigeria’s standout sprinters throughout the 2026 season, consistently running among the world’s fastest times. His bronze-medal performance in Glasgow confirms his emergence as one of Africa’s brightest sprint talents and signals a promising future ahead of the next World Championships and Olympic cycle.

The final lived up to expectations, producing one of the fastest races in Commonwealth Games history. Eseme’s 9.83 shattered the previous Games record, while Kennedy’s 9.85 established a new Australian record. Ajayi’s 9.90 ensured Nigeria was represented on the podium after surviving a highly competitive field that included South Africa’s Gift Leotlela, Wales’ Jeremiah Azu, Australia’s Edward Nketia, Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati and South Africa’s Cheswill Johnson.

Ajayi’s medal also capped an impressive outing for Nigeria’s men’s sprint team. Although Favour Ashe and Adekalu Nicholas Fakorede narrowly missed the final after their semi-final races, Ajayi carried the nation’s hopes into the championship race and delivered when it mattered most.

His podium finish adds to Team Nigeria’s growing medal haul in Glasgow and continues the country’s impressive campaign across athletics and weightlifting.

For Nigeria, the message from Scotstoun Stadium was clear: the country’s sprint tradition remains alive, and Kayinsola Ajayi has announced himself on one of the biggest stages in Commonwealth sport

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2027: ADC candidates in four states defect to APC

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September 29, 2026

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African Democratic Congress, ADC, House of Assembly candidates from Zamfara, Plateau, Taraba and Jigawa states have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, expressing their commitment to support President Bola Tinubu and the Renewed Hope Agenda in preparation for the 2027 general elections.

The politicians were on a courtesy visit to APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday.

Dr Princess Aslam Aliyu Gambiyar from Zamfara State, who led the delegation, stated that the defectors are firmly convinced that President Tinubu possesses the capability to advance Nigeria’s development through the Renewed Hope Agenda of the current administration.

She emphasized that this conviction motivated their departure from the ADC and their decision to collaborate with the APC to facilitate the President’s reelection.

Addressing the defectors, he assured them that they were joining a large political family where their contributions would be recognised. He said their decision to join the APC would be communicated to President Tinubu and indicated that he would also recommend them to the governors in their respective states for appropriate roles in the ongoing mobilisation and grassroots activities ahead of the 2027 elections.

He urged the new members to return to their wards and communities and immediately commence grassroots mobilisation, stressing that joining the APC was not merely about changing political platforms but about becoming active participants in building the party and supporting its programmes.

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NGX Group, Nairobi Securities Exchange Deepen Ties on Dangote Refinery IPO Push

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September 29, 2026

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Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have advanced efforts to deepen cross-border collaboration, as Nigerian and Kenyan market stakeholders met in Nairobi on Tuesday to explore opportunities to strengthen connections between the two markets and across Africa.

Speaking at Dangote Petroleum Refinery IPO High-Level Investor Engagement hosted by the NSE, Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, lauded Umaru Kwairanga, Group Chairman of NGX Group, and Temi Popoola, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, for their role in advancing collaboration among African capital-market institutions.

Dangote said stronger collaboration among African exchanges could create opportunities for companies to access capital across multiple African markets, rather than limiting their capital-market presence to their home countries.

He cited the planned Dangote refinery in Mokowe – Lamu as an example of the opportunities that could emerge from stronger integration, suggesting that companies with operations across the continent should be able to consider listings in more than one African market.

The Nairobi engagement builds on a strategic meeting convened by NGX Group in Lagos in April, which brought together leaders of major African exchanges to discuss cross-border market connectivity and opportunities to strengthen collaboration among African capital markets.

For Popoola, the significance of the engagement extends beyond any single transaction.

“When we began this engagement, our objective was continental: to bring African exchanges together and explore how we can create stronger connections between African capital markets,” Popoola said.

“Kenya represents an important first step in translating that ambition into practical collaboration. We see this engagement with the Nairobi Securities Exchange as a model that can be strengthened and potentially replicated across other markets on the continent.”

While the Dangote Petroleum Refinery offer provides a practical context for the collaboration, the broader objective is to strengthen relationships between African markets and facilitate greater cross-border access to capital-market opportunities.

The initiative also aligns with wider continental efforts, including the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP), to strengthen connectivity and facilitate cross-border trading and investment among African exchanges.

The broader significance of the Nigeria–Kenya engagement comes into sharper focus with the planned groundbreaking of Dangote’s proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Lamu. The project, which is intended to serve the East African market, reflects the scale of cross-border business and investment opportunities emerging across the continent.

Popoola said the ambition was to build on the Kenya engagement and develop a model for broader cooperation across the continent.

“We see the work with Kenya as a prototype for how African markets can support greater connectivity among themselves. This is an important step towards facilitating cross-border access to capital-market opportunities, with the potential to scale across West Africa and the wider continent,” he said.

Frank Mwiti, Chief Executive Officer of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, also commended NGX Group for its role in facilitating the engagement. He noted that stronger collaboration among African exchanges could deepen relationships between markets, promote the sharing of expertise and create greater opportunities for investors and issuers across the continent.

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