Fresh details emerge as LASU wins national debate competition 2024

• Three brilliant students from the Lagos State University (LASU) have emerged victorious in a national competition
• LASU's team clinched the top prize at the Justice Innocent Umezulike National Debate Competition 2024
• The team, comprising of Oladipupo Olalekan, Ajeniya Oluwagbemiga, and Musendiku Mulikat, won the final debate against Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Oladipupo Olalekan was also awarded best speaker

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

The Lagos State University (LASU) has emerged as the winner of the Justice Innocent Umezulike National Debate Competition 2024.

Excitement as LASU wins the 2024 Umezulike national debate competition. Photo crdit: Lagos State University, Info. Official Page.
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The competition had four stages, which were keenly contested by undergraduate students from over 20 Law Faculties across four regions of Nigeria.

The annual competition, previously designed for Law students, was opened to all undergraduate students across accredited faculties in Nigeria, this year.

LASU's Oladipupo Olalekan named best speaker

As reported by Vanguard, the final round was between LASU (Team Beryl) and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (Team Sapphire) with LASU represented by Oladipupo Olalekan (Speaker), Ajeniya Oluwagbemiga (Speaker) and Musendiku Mulikat (Researcher) emerging winner.

Meanwhile, Ahmadu Bello University represented by Elizabeth Chris (Speaker), Yusuf Olatunji (Speaker), Ephraim Edokpa (Researcher), Mustapha Hauwau (Researcher) emerged as the first runner-up while Oladipupo of LASU, a Computer Science student, emerged as best speaker.

Legit.ng understands that the competition was organised by a foundation led by Dr. Cynthia Umezulike and Dr. Victor Umezulike, dedicated to promoting legal education and research in honour of their late father, Justice Innocent Umezulike.

Speaking at the event, the Foundation co-chairs, Dr. Cynthia Umezulike and Dr. Victor Umezulike, noted that the foundation remained committed to advancing excellent legal education and research.

UNILORIN wins N500 million JAMB merit award

In another related development, Legit.ng previously reported that the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) emerged as the overall best tertiary institution in Nigeria at the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board’s (JAMB) National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award (NATAP-M).

The award was presented on Thursday, July 18, in Abuja during the 2024 JAMB policy meeting and the 4th edition of the NATAP-M Award, for the combined admission years of 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.

JAMB disclosed this in a post shared on the board's website on Thursday, July 17. According to the post, UNILORIN was awarded an N500 million prize after securing 12 points in the overall category of five elements of the award.

Source: Legit.ng