Students of the Department of Mathematics, University of Ilorin have once again made the institution proud at the 8th edition of the National Mathematics Competition for University Students (NAMCUS 2016), held recently at the National Mathematical Centre Abuja.

The University team emerged the first runner up (Overall 2nd best institution) out of about 30 institutions that participated in the competition. The team also garnered one gold and three silver medals based on their individual performances.

Speaking with our correspondent, a member of the Unilorin Team, Raheem Ridwan Lekan said: "The competition is indeed an eye opener, it has really exposed us to many aspects of Pure Mathematics, and we are happy and thankful to Almighty God that we didn't let the University down at the end of the day"

The University team has always been among winners in the previous editions of the keenly contested competition, emerging the overall best and first runner up in the 2014 and 2015 editions respectively.

Other participating institutions in this year's competition include: Federal University of Technology Akure (Overall best institution), University of Uyo (Second Runner up), Bayero University Kano (Third Runner up), University of Lagos and Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Osun State University.

The University contingent led by Dr. K. Rauf and included Raheem Ridwan Lekan, Ogunkunle Oluwasegun Abiodun, Adeyemi Adeoye Damilare and Ayoola Faith Mobolaji.