December 4, 2022
Malafakumo Akpos of Bayelsa state overcame all opposition to pick the Gold medal in the Female Singles event at the National Sports Festival in Asaba Delta State.
She won fourteen (14) games out of eighteen (18) to edge out Africa's best female Scrabble player and Nigeria's highest-rated female player, Touyo Mayuku of Delta who took home the Silver medal with 12 points. Joy Ola of Plateau state got the Bronze medal also with 12 points in a very tight finish at the female singles event. Athletes in the Female Singles event represented twelve states
| Rank | Names | Wins | Mar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malafakumo Akpos | 14 | +782 | Bayelsa |
| 2 | Mayuku Tuoyo | 12 | +746 | Delta |
| 3 | Joy Ola | 12 | +686 | Plateau |
| 4 | Sule Success | 11 | +739 | Edo |
| 5 | Gabriel Chiamaka | 11 | +560 | Lagos |
| 6 | Adekansi Adebisi | 10 | +168 | Ogun |
| 7 | Mbonu Olachi | 9.5 | +390 | Oyo |
| 8 | Onome Irozuru | 8 | -124 | Akwa Ibom |
| 9 | Passfine Chinkere | 7 | -37 | Rivers |
| 10 | Nwafor Mmesoma | 5.5 | -1026 | Anambra |
| 11 | Faizah Adeleke | 5 | -1582 | Kwara |
| 12 | Joanna Olatunji | 3 | -1302 | Fct |
In the Open category of the event, Niger State representative Simeon Oyediran won the Gold medal with 13 wins. Izebere Choice (Edo state) also finished with 13 wins to pick the Silver medal while Chukwukelu Peter representing the FCT won the Bronze with 12 points. Twenty-one states presented athletes who played eighteen games in the two-day Scrabble event.
| Rank | Names | Wins | Mar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simeon Oyediran | 13 | +1039 | Niger |
| 2 | Izebere Choice | 13 | +966 | Edo |
| 3 | Chukwukelu Peter | 12 | +765 | FCT |
| 4 | Jimoh Tosin | 12 | -157 | Kwara |
| 5 | Kareem Jamiu | 11 | +496 | Oyo |
| 6 | Jimoh Abdulsalam | 11 | -86 | Kogi |
| 7 | Avre Christopher | 10 | +703 | Delta |
| 8 | Aladesiun Sola | 10 | +222 | Ekiti |
| 9 | Magnus Oraka | 10 | -228 | Plateau |
| 10 | Saporu Tunde | 9 | +616 | Ogun |
| 11 | Adeyemi Julius | 9 | +517 | Lagos |
| 12 | Ndibe Chukwudi | 9 | -85 | Anambra |
| 13 | Daubiri Owopele | 9 | -155 | Bayelsa |
| 14 | Onyeise Kelechukwu | 9 | -355 | Imo |
| 15 | Agbor Osaji | 8 | -193 | Cross River |
| 16 | Ladan Sani | 8 | -277 | Kebbi |
| 17 | Harry Daturoko | 8 | -426 | Rivers |
| 18 | Midala Apollos | 7 | -219 | Adamawa |
| 19 | Otuwose Aboki | 7 | -968 | Nasarawa |
| 20 | Surajo Aminu | 6 | +25 | Kaduna |
