Blessing Okagbare is out of the women’s 200m final after finishing 5th in Heat 1 of the semifinals.
The US government office in Abuja has demolished the arranged special first night of Nigerian Athlete Blessing Okagbare after they declined to allow her new spouse, Igho Otegheri, visa to set out to the US with her. The couple had wanted to make a trip to LA where the sprint ruler is based however the US consulate declined to give visa to Igho, leaving Blessing upset. Blessing tells Vanguard “I feel so bad that America Embassy would turn down the visa ...