Nigeria made history on Sunday, winning the World Scrabble Championship in Perth, Australia.
In the finals of the best of seven games decided on Sunday, Nigeria’s Wellington Jighere defeated England’s Lewis Mackay 4-0, to emerge the new World Champion.
Team Nigeria had only six senior players at the Championship, after the youth team and officials were denied visa.
The Nigeria Scrabble Federation had expressed beliefs that the achievement in Perth would develop the board game in the nation, Channels reported.
Posted by Janice Johnson
