OUTSTANDING AWARDS
The following outstanding footballers won individual awards;
BEST GOAL KEEEPER |
OLAOLU FARODOYE | FIRST BANK |
BEST DEFENDER |
SOLOMON OMUGHE |
FIDELITY BANK |
BEST MIDFIELDER |
DIMEJI OYEFESO |
FIDELITY BANK |
HIGHEST GOAL SCORER |
MARK EMEJE |
FIDELITY BANK |
OVERALL MVP | KELECHI NWOSU |
FIDELITY BANK |
ATHLETICS
The athletics event witnessed the 100m, 200m & 4x100m finals in both male and female category. In the 100m – male, Saheed Abdulrasak of UBA claimed gold, while Ajiboro Mary Lola of Ecobank won gold in the 100m – female. In the 200m – male, Okeowo Adebayo of Fidelity Bank won gold and in the female category Ajiboro Mary Lola won her second Gold medal. In the relay event UBA won Gold in the men’s category and Ecobank claimed Gold in the Female category.
Ajiboro Mary Lola of Ecobank emerged as the Overall Best Athlete after winning 3 Gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay and a Bronze medal in the Chess event
Medals and prizes were also given to the winners of the other events in Scrabble, Chess, Table Tennis, Tennis and Athletics.
Below is the final standing of the teams on the medals table:
POSITION |
BANK | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
1 |
FIDELITY BANK |
7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
2 |
ECOBANK |
4 | 1 | 5 |
10 |
3 |
FIRST BANK |
3 | 3 | 1 |
7 |
4 |
UNION BANK |
2 | 1 | 8 |
11 |
5 |
UBA |
2 | 3 | 3 |
8 |
6 | FCMB | 1 | – | 4 |
5 |
7 | STERLING BANK | – | 4 | 4 |
8 |
After emerging as Overall Champions for the 2017 season, Fidelity Bank have now won the NBG overall champion a record 7 times.