UNIPORT Emerges Winner of NUGA Games 2017

Recently updated on October 25th, 2022 at 07:51 am

University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has won 150 medals comprising 70 gold, 47 silver and 33 bronze in Judo, Athletics, Taekwondo, Volleyball, Basketball, Scrabble and Tennis to emerge overall winner of the 25th Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games.

The NUGA Games were held at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi between April 22 and April 29 with a total of 57 contesting universities.

Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria with 16 medals comprising 11 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals followed a distant second while Benson Idahosa University (BIU) came third with 26 medals comprising 10 gold, 7 silver and 9 bronze.

University of Lagos (UNILAG) with 20 medals, made up of 9 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze took fourth position.

University of Benin (UNIBEN) was fifth on the medals table while the host institution took the 11th position with 24 medals comprising 2 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals.