Wellington Jighere

He won the World Scrabble Championship 2015, the first win for an African nation.

[6] He was the winner of the 2015 Scrabble World Championship, the first win for an African nation.

[7] After winning, he received a congratulatory phone call from president Muhammadu Buhari.

[8] In 2020, he announced his retirement from tournament Scrabble, due to not being paid prize money.

[9] He unretired in 2023, making an appearance in the year's World Scrabble Championship.