 Nigeria Olympic Committee yakaisa chikwata chevatambi makumi manomwe nevanomwe, varume makumi mashanu nevashanu nevakadzi makumi maviri nevatanhatu, kuti vakwikwidze mumitambo gumi mumitambo. Yakanga iri nhume huru yenyika yakatumirwa kumaOlympics kubvira 2000, ichiwedzera nechetatu chehukuru hwayo hwakazara kuLondon 2012. Pakati pemitambo inomiririrwa nevatambi venyika, Nigeria yakaratidza kutanga kwayo kweOlympic mukukwasva, pamwe nekudzoka kwayo mukushambira uye nhabvu yevarumepashure pemakore masere. Kunze kweboka renhabvu revarume, Nigeria yakadzokerawo kumitambo yeOlympic mubhasikiti revarume kechipiri rakateedzana. 