By Jacob Ajom

The Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games began in earnest Monday with preliminary matches in sports like Volleyball, Chess, Scrabble, Tennis and Table tennis held at Package ‘B’ of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

Events will continue today with Team NUPRA taking on NNPC in volleyball. Other volleyball matches, according to the schedule include NLNG against Chevron, Total Energies will engage NMDPRA, while PTI and ARADEL will clash in the afternoon session. OANDO and ExxonMobil will also take to the court in the last match of the day.

In some of the events decided yesterday, NMDPRA defeated PTI 2-0 in Volleyball, just as NUPRC defeated Chevron 2-0. In other volleyball matches played yesterday, Shell defeated ExxonMobil 2-0, while TotalEnergies dismissed ARADEL 2-0. .NNPC also defeated NLNG 2-0.

In tennis, NNPC’s Awin Ganjang defeated Ibrahim Afuye of SEPLAT in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 in the men’s singles.

Similarly, Kazeem Abdufatau of PTI defeated Diaz Zapricon of NLNG 6-3, 6-3.
Olarewaju Akinwumi of NMDPRA defeated Isibor Iyasele of ExxonMobil 6-4, 4-6, 11-9.

There were also matches in the Ladies Singles.

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