UNIJOS Female Basketball team Morale dipped in the University of Jos (UNIJOS) female basketball camp on Sunday morning as the team prepared to face Niger Delta University (NDU) in their opening group-stage game at the 27th Nigerian University Games (NUGA). Tension arose after several players were excluded from the official accreditation list. One of the
Participants jubilate during the opening of the 27th NUGA Games at UNIJOS The University of Jos came alive on Saturday as the 27th edition of the Nigerian University Games (NUGA) officially kicked off amid music, colour, and fanfare, but not without signs of disorganisation and infrastructural lapses.Students from over 70 universities marched around the UNIJOS
A cross section of the Handball Officials and Team Representatives During the Hand Ball Technical Section Held on Saturday Sixteen universities are set to battle for supremacy in handball as the 27th Nigerian University Games (NUGA) kick off at the University of Jos. Moses Balogun, Chairman of the NUGA Handball Committee, announced this after a
Scrabble event at the ongoing 27th Nigerian University Games (NUGA) hosted by the University of Jos By Prosper OkoyeThe Scrabble event at the ongoing 27th Nigerian University Games (NUGA) hosted by the University of Jos opened on Friday with fierce competition, emotional outbursts, and moments that tested the spirit of sportsmanship. Ordinarily seen as an
Bayero University, Kano (BUK) Female Handball Team defeated Government Girls Arabic Secondary School (GGASS), Tudun Murtala, 15–5 in a friendly match held on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at the Old Campus Sports Complex. The encounter served as part of BUK’s preparations for the upcoming Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) preliminaries, scheduled to hold from October
The Director of Sports at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), Prof Mohammed Aliyu, has commended the university management for its continued support of sports development and pledged a record-breaking performance at the forthcoming 2025 Nigerian University Games (NUGA) in Jos. Speaking after IBBUL’s strong showing at the pre-NUGA trials in Abuja, Aliyu said the
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, has pledged full support to the University of Jos (UNIJOS) ahead of the 27th Nigerian University Games (NUGA) scheduled for November 6-18, 2025. Yilwatda pledged while receiving the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Tanko Ishaya, in Abuja, assuring that he would assist in ensuring the most
The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has qualified 83 athletes for the 27th Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) scheduled to hold at the University of Jos (UNIJOS) from November 5 to 15, 2025. The athletes secured their spots after an impressive showing at the NUGA Zone D Preliminaries hosted by Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), from
The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) football team has emerged as champions of the Northeast preliminaries of the Nigerian University Games (NUGA), booking their place in the national finals. UNIMAID and Gombe State University (GSU) both finished the qualifiers with 9 points, but UNIMAID claimed the top spot due to a superior goal difference. The Maiduguri
Ekiti State’s under-15 football team has finished as runners-up in the third season of the NSSF/NFF U-15 School Cup, which ended in Abuja on Thursday. The team, representing the South West zone, lost 1-0 to Enugu in a closely fought final. Guided by Coach Femi Kumuyi, the Ekiti boys had earlier put up strong performances
