Nigeria's Nollywood winner and other Paralympic surprises

13th September 2016

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Nigeria's Paralympic team is grabbing medals left, right and centre. At the half-way point through the Games, here are five things you may not know about the team.


1. A gold medal has been won by a Nollywood actress


When Lauritta Onye threw a shot put 8.40m she not only won gold but broke a word record.

The Nigerian Paralympic gold medallist is also known as…. Laury White.

Under that name she starred in the Nollywood film Lords of Money in 2015.

Her performance skills were put to good use on Sunday night when she...