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#Debate • #Advocacy • #Empowerment Awaken your consciousness ! #freespeech #dialogue #university #lagosspeaks

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WELCOME TO JULY!!!🎉✨🥂🌹

Hurrayy, the second half of the year starts todayyyy, my champ.🥰—An opportunity to review the half phase and prepare for better days ahead in the quest for excellence.✨

It might have been a long year already but you've surely stood strong as—univ

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—the champion you are.👏 This House Believes That July Will Be Better?🤗 Yeah, Yeah!!!🤭

From all of us at The Word-Smiths, we wish you a new month filled with the best things you wish for—peace, ease, bliss, love, joy, excellence, and prosperity!!!🥳❤️✨ Cheers!🍻🥂

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These activities escape taxation, labor regulations, and official GDP measurements, often because the underlying work itself is illegal or the income is deliberately unreported.

Motion: This House would decriminalize Nigeria’s underground economy.

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It's Dusk but obviously, passionate debaters are here with fiery speeches for the #ULDC2026 final preliminary round.

ULDC ROUND 4

Infoslide: The underground economy encompasses all market-based transactions of goods and services that are hidden from government authorities.

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Motion: THBT that athletes from developing countries should boycott the Enhanced Games

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ULDC ROUND THREE @UnilagSU

Infoslide: The Enhanced Games is a multi-sport event. It allows athletes to use performance-enhancing substances without being subject to drug tests; organizers claim these substances must be FDA-approved and used under medical supervision.

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- of underground human testing which led to the speed in development. You have substantial evidence to prove this beyond reasonable doubt. Releasing this information will lead to the decommissioning of the research.

Motion: THW blow the whistle.

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ULDC ROUND TWO @UnilagSU

Info Slide:

You are a researcher working for a corporation that is about to release a cure for a fatal disease that afflicts millions. You’ve recently been made aware that the research conducted involved several instances-

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Motion: This house believes that Nigerians should embrace, rather than resist, the Olodo Uprising.

#olodo #olodouprising #youths #Nigeria

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ULDC ROUND ONE @UnilagSU @UnilagNigeria

Infoslide: For the purpose of this debate, the “Olodo uprising” refers to the rise of anti-intellectualism in Nigeria. It represents a social phenomenon where ignorance is not just tolerated but is actively glamorized.

ROUND 1 IS LIVE!🔥

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🎙️The battle of ideas continues!
After an exciting Spelling Bee and Public Speaking Competition, it's time for the next stage of the Intellectual Olympics.

Who will rise above the rest?

Come support your faculty and witness the clash of the finest minds.

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Which faculty truly has the sharpest minds?

The stage is set for the ultimate battle of intellect as the University of Lagos Students' Union presents the Inter-Faculty Debate Competition.

One competition.
Many faculties.
One champion.

Let the contest begin!!!

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WELCOME TO 2026!!!🎉

It's a new year, champ!–A new beginning, let's raise our voices with resounding cheers, in anticipation of the best to come.✨

From all of us at The Word-Smiths, we wish you a happy new year!🥳
#HappyNewYear2026
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#LagosDebateOpen2025 DAY 2!!!🔥🔥

DEBATE ROUND 5

Motion:

This House Supports (THS) granting full legal and personal identity continuity to uploaded minds as the same individual as their biological originals.

#LagosDebateOpen2025
#LDO2025 #UnilagDebaters #TheUltimateExperience

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DAY 1 featured an explosive 'War of Words' but it only gets exciting in the beautiful city of Lagos.😊

Welcome to #LagosDebateOpen2025 DAY 2!!!🔥🔥

DEBATE ROUND 4

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#LagosDebateOpen2025 DAY 1

DEBATE ROUND 3

Motion:

This House Prefers (THP) a world where major social media companies are treated as public utilities.

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#LagosDebateOpen2025 DAY 1

DEBATE ROUND 2

Motion:

This House Will (THW) require teams in the NBA to agree personal terms with players before they can finalize trades.

–Policy Motion

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Motion:

This House Regrets (THR) the trend of quiet quitting.

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THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE HAS STARTED!🔥🔥

#LagosDebateOpen2025 Day 1

DEBATE ROUND 1

Info-slide:

“Quiet quitting” refers to the practice of employees performing only the basic duties required by their job descriptions.

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They don’t take on additional tasks, work overtime, assist co-workers beyond their assigned duties, or show any extra enthusiasm at work. Quiet quitting doesn't involve resigning from one’s job but rather maintaining very strict boundaries between work and personal life.