![Afe Babalola University Contingent [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i2.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Afe-Babalola-University-Contingent.jpeg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
The 2022 NUGA Games kicked off at the University of Lagos on Saturday, March 19 with a match past ceremony. It is expected that about 136 universities will participate in the Games, which will last for seven days.
The events are football, athletics, badminton, hockey, cricket, chess, judo, swimming, karate, squash, handball, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, basketball, and boxing. The basketball has already gotten underway already.
Enjoy these pictures from the opening ceremony.
![Dignitaries at the opening ceremony [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Dignitaries-at-the-opening-ceremony.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
![FUT Owerri Contingent [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/FUT-Owerri-Contingent.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
![Rivers State University Contingent [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Rivers-State-University-Contingent.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
![Lagos State Sports Comission boss-Sola Aiyepeku at the opening ceremony [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i2.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Lagos-State-Sports-Comission-boss-Sola-Aiyepeku-at-the-opening-ceremony.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
![Uthman Dan Fodio University Contingent. [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Uthman-Dan-Fodio-University-Contingent.jpeg.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
![Unilorin Contingent [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i2.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Unilorin-Contingent.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
![Opening Day attendees [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i2.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Opening-Day-attendees.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
![Obafemi Awolowo University Contingent. [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Obafemi-Awolowo-University-Contingent.jpeg.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
![Ekiti State University Contingent. [PHOTO CREDIT: Oluwaferanmi Omoniyi]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2022/03/Ekiti-State-University-Contingent.jpeg.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&ssl=1)
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