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World Service,4 mins

Nigeria's words whizz

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Wellington Jighere from Nigeria has just become the first African to win the English-language World Scrabble Championship, beating 129 players to get the title. He is now hoping to spread the game across Africa to help improve literacy. Wellington told Matthew Bannister why he first took up scrabble. (Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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