UNIZIK To Represent Africa After Winning Geo-sciences Competition Among African Universities

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The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has made Nigeria proud by emerging winners of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Imperial Barrel Award competed by African universities.

The African region of the competition was divided into Northern and Southern Divisions, with the Northern Division comprising mostly Egyptian and Tunisian universities, while the Southern Division comprised eight Nigerian universities, including Federal University of Technology, Owerri; University of Lagos; University of Ilorin; Enugu State University of Science and Technology; Nnamdi Azikiwe University; Federal University of Technology, Akure; University of Ibadan and University of Calabar, and the University of Western Cape, South Africa.

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The Nnamdi Azikiwe University came first, scoring 79.33 percent, while Helwan University, Egypt and the Federal University of Technology, Akure came second and third respectively.

The Nnamdi Azikiwe University will now represent Africa against other teams from other regions of the world.

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