Enugu – As the dates for the 2025 Nigeria Universities Games (NUGA) draw closer, Team ESUT will participate in 10 sporting events, ESUT Monitor can report

The number of events were confirmed following the conclusion of Zone O qualification series in Enugu on Saturday.

The 10 events Team Enugu will participate in include:  Football, volleyball, throws and jumps, track events, table tennis, badminton, chess, Scrabble, swimming and e- sports.

The 27^th edition of NUGA will hold from 6^th to 16^th November, 2025 at the University of Jos, Plateau State.

The NUGA Games serve as Nigeria’s premier inter-university sports competition, featuring 7,457 accredited athletes and officials from across the country, competing in multiple sporting disciplines.

NUGA is a biennial event that brings together student-athletes from universities across Nigeria, promoting FISU’s motto: “Excellence in Mind and Body.” FISU has a general motto of “Excellence in Mind and Body,” which promotes combining high-level sports performance with academic pursuits.

Founded 1965, following the 1st West African University Games at the University of Ibadan, over 80 universities (private and public) and more than 75,000 athletes have participated in the Games since inception.

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The 2024 edition of the South East University Games Association (SEUGA) which was held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Awka Anambra State, saw ESUT team sweep four medals in the competition which ended on 30^th January 2024.

The ESUT football team of the male category stole the show as they won the gold medal after defeating the Lions of University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) in the final.

The female Basketball team on the other hand showed their quality as they emerged the gold medallists of the basketball category, and both the male and female teams in the volleyball category settled for a bronze medal respectively.

The female table tennis category also saw the ESUT Team go home with the bronze medal, making it a total of two gold medals and three bronze medals in the bag for the ESUT Team in the just concluded SEUGA 2024.

The ESUT team’s performance gives them the momentum going into further competitions like the upcoming Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) 2024.

University of Jos, Plateau State, will host the 2024 NUGA Games with the Vice-Chancelor, Prof. Tanko Ishaya expressing assurance that the university is ready to successfully host the games between November and December 2024.

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