Winners have emerged at the 2nd edition of the Aiteo Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) awards held in Lagos.
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Sandra Olubukunola Popoola Awarded Order Of The British Empire (OBE)
Mrs. Sandra Olubukunola Popoola has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to local government, communities and charity.
Mrs. Sandra Olubukunola Popoola was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, and has decades of achievement and experience in civil service. She is also the founder and chair of VOS foundation, a charity organisation helping children in many schools in Nigeria.
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Abuja Almat Wins Majekodunmi Cup Of GTB 2019 Lagos International Polo Tournament
Abuja Almat team has won the Majekodunmi Cup in first attempt at the GTB 2019 Lagos International Polo Tournament.
The GTB 2019 Lagos International Polo Tournament pitched over 34 polo teams and top Nigerian and foreign players with highpoints both on and off the pitch. One such glittering highlight was the final game that decided the winners of the event’s biggest prize and Nigeria’s oldest polo trophy, the Independence Cup.
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Adeagbo Simidele Selected As 2019 World Fellow At Yale University
Adeagbo Simidele, the Nigerian Olympian, sports advocate and entrepreneur is among the 16 women and men who have been selected as 2019 World Fellow at Yale University.
Adeagbo Simidele, represented Nigeria in Skeleton racing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first person to do so.
This cohort brings the total number of World Fellows since the program’s start in 2002 to 346 Fellows, representing 91 countries. This year marks the 18th cohort of World Fellows.
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Ayo Dada & Olamide Oladeji Emerge Stanford University’s 2019 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Ayo Dada and Olamide Oladeji were among the 69 scholars that won the Knight-Hennessy scholarship at Stanford University for the year 2019.
The Knight-Hennessy scholarship is poised to develop both the depth and range of subject expertise to confront the numerous grand challenges and opportunities of the future. Knight-Hennessy Scholars receive full funding to pursue graduate study at Stanford. Ayo Dada and Olamide Oladeji both join Solomon Oyakhire, an alumnus of the University of Lagos, who was the only Nigerian recipient of the scholarship in the first edition in 2018 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Stanford School of Engineering.
SPE FUTO Wins 2019 PetroQuiz Competition
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) Chapter emerge winners of the 2019 PetroQuiz competition at the students technical symposium and exhibition (sTsE 2019).
From 17 points down, SPE FUTO undertook an impressive come back to win SPE University of Uyo 55:36.
Call For Entries: 2019 PositiveNaija Video Event
The 2019 PositiveNaija Video Event aims to promote the following:
- Self-value of Nigerians;
- Dignity of legitimate work undertaken by Nigerians; and
- Visionary and sustainable enterprises.
Title of Video Event:
Nigerians, Work & Dignity!
Objective:
Inform the world through your video on the vision, nature, relevance and impact of your work for the good of humanity.
Further content expectations:
In addition to the objective of the video event, the following should be included in the video:
- Make visible the Nigerian flag
- State or tell us what work means to you.
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