Nigerian university to award Segun Odegbami honorary doctorate

A former captain of the Nigeria national football team, Segun Odegbami has been selected as one of the recipients for Honorary Doctorate Degrees at the forthcoming graduation ceremony of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE).

Odegbami, a key member of the Eagles when they won the first African Cup of Nations in 1980 on home soil is to receive an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Human Kinetics at the university’s 7th Convocation ceremony coming up in February

Odegbami has, over the years, been one of the shining examples of successful Nigerian sporting figures that have also excelled academically.