Mercy Akide-Udoh, former Nigerian football player, has been named Regent University athletic department’s ‘coach of the year’.
Mercy Akide-Udoh, who has just completed her first season as head coach of the university’s women’s soccer program, was an unanimous choice for the award, voted for by all the coaches of the Virginia beach-based varsity in the United States of America.
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Uverineh Oghenefejiro has emerged overall winner in the maiden edition of the Rejoice Alabi Writing (RAW) Challenge for first year Law students.
The competition, with the theme: Why I want to be a lawyer, is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of the founding partner of Egbaaibon & Alabi LP, Mr. Rejoice Alabi.
Uverineh Oghenefejiro of the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State, overcame over 40 students from 10 universities to come tops.
Ogunba Ademiposi and Ibikunle Daniel, both of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Osun State, were second and third respectively.
Deborah Pam and Istifanos Peter have emerged winners of the female and male categories respectively in the 11th edition of the Ibadan City Marathon race.
The marathon was organised by West Midland Communications, owners of Splash FM/Lagelu FM radio stations and supported by several other partners.
Deborah Pam, an NSCDC officer (Nigeria Security and Civil Defence corps), had emerged winner of the female category, having completed the 42 km race in two hours, 58 minutes and 13 seconds.
Deborah Pam became a four-time winner, having emerged winner of the same category in the fifth, seventh and tenth editions of the Ibadan City Marathon race.
Istifanos Peter, who had only emerged runner-up in the male category of the ninth edition, emerged winner after completing the race in two hours, 44 minutes and 36 seconds.
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Winners have emerged in the 2019 Pitcher Awards and other Creativity Week Competitions presented at the Pitcher Awards Night and Gala in Lagos on 30 March 2019 as part of the Creativity Week, which held from 25 – 30 March 2019.
The Pitcher Awards is organised to celebrate and honour outstanding works from West and Central Africa in various categories including film, print, design, media, PR and digital.
“The awards are designed to inspire creative excellence in marketing communications and help provide international recognition for the work, companies and people behind them.”
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Team Nigeria has emerged overall winner of the 2019 All Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) at the Ikeja Golf Club Lagos.
The country’s lady golfers with a gross score of 493 in the 54-hole finished the tournament outstandingly, which featured players from 10 African nations. The lady golfers also emerged winners in the individual event.
Nigeria’s Alaba Adetunji was in her best form as she won the individual best score with a gross of 246 (85, 80, 81). Evelyn Oyome was second best with 247 gross (80, 81, 86) in the three-day tournament.
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Nigeria’s blind women Falcons Team have won the 2019 Africa Women Blind Football Training Camp and Games held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu.
Nigeria’s blind women Falcons Team defeated a selected Africa Blind Women Football Team 2-0 picked from Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Ghana.
Team Nigeria has emerged 3rd place winner in the final of the Unilever Future Leaders League held in London on April 13, 2019. This is the first-time Team Nigeria will be reaching the finals of the competition.
Out of 27 countries that participated in the finals which took place at the Hilton Towers, London, amongst the ten finalists were Team Nigeria, Team Bangladesh, Team Pakistan, Team Czech, Team Russia, Team Indonesia, Team Serbia, Team Brazil and Team Thailand.
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