The opening ceremony of the 11th edition of the All Africa University Games took place on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Six students of Rivers State University (RSU) are present to fly the flag of the institution and the state.

The All Africa University Games, also known as FASU Games, co-hosted by the University of Lagos and Lagos State University, began on Friday, September 20, 2024, with the arrival of delegates and will run until Sunday, September 29, 2024. The prestigious event is competed by students from African Universities, with this year’s event having no fewer than 32 Universities in attendance.

Rivers State University, being the only University from the State present at the FASU games, sent a rather small number of delegates to fly its colours, with the six delegates participating in two sports – Chess and Athletics.

University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), who emerged as the winners of the 2022 NUGA Games with 120 medals, amassing 61 gold medals, 29 silver and 30 bronze, are notably absent from the ongoing FASU Games.

The RSU delegates are:

For Chess:

• Felix Bobmanuel, a 400-level student from the Department of History and International Diplomacy (Calabari)
• Wisdom Odom, a 300-level student from the Department of Chemistry (Ogoni)
• Prosper Fiitoh, a 300-level student from the Department of Marine Engineering (Ogoni)
• Praise Iyaye, from the Department of Architecture (Okrika)

In Athletics, RSU has two delegates:

• Ekesiba Chikwe, a final year student of Marine Engineering (Onelga), racing in the 100m and 400m sprint
• Kings Precious, a 100-level student from the Department of Petrochemical Engineering, racing in the long-distance events – 800m.

The Chess event for RSU which marks the beginning of their participation in the games, starts today, September 24, while the Athletics event will begin the following day.