NUGA loses president
President of the Nigerian Universities Games Association, Emeka Ogbu, is dead.
Prof. Mohammed Bawa, the acting president of the association, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Jos, Plateau State.
Mr Bawa said that Mr Ogbu died on Monday after a brief illness.
Mr Ogbu was the Director of Sports at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology.
He was elected NUGA president in March 2022.
(NAN)
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