Students from Delta State have emerged overall champions at the 2025 World Schools Debate Championship held in Doha, Qatar.
Miss Ikhamateh Splendour was named Overall Best Debater of the Championship.
The Nigerian team, comprising students exclusively from Delta State, surpassed top contenders from the State of Chicago and Qatar to clinch the global title. In a gripping contest, they secured a 2–1 win in the first round and followed with a clean 3–0 sweep in the finals, winning the championship with an emphatic 5–1 aggregate score.
The victorious team included Wisdom Chukwuma (Government College, Ughelli), Otorvo Uyoyou (Alegbo Secondary School, Effurun), Abraham Honour (Okpaka Secondary School, Okpaka), Ikhamateh Splendour (Government Model Secondary School, Asaba), and Alika Daniel (Utagba-Ogbe Grammar School, Kwale).
