Isaac Matthew from Kaduna State and Elizabeth Nuhu from the Nigerian Custom Service, Abuja have emerged overall winners of the inaugural Tito Makurdi Marathon Road Race in the male and female categories respectively.
Isaac Matthew came first in 1 hour 41 minutes while Elizabeth Nuhu emerged winner in 1 hour 56 minutes.
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University of Lagos (UNILAG) becomes the first Nigerian campus to own a television station when UNILAG TV commenced airing operation on the 17th of January, 2019. The same university pioneered campus radio broadcast with Radio Unilag 103.1 FM in December 2004.
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Aruna Quadri and Bode Abiodun have won the Portuguese Cup with their clubside Sporting.
The duo were part of the Sporting team that beat GDCS Juncal 3-0 in the final game of the Portuguese Cup played on Sunday, January 13.
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Nasarawa State University has emerged the overall winner of the 14th edition of the annual National Client Interview and Counselling Skills Competition 2019.
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, emerged first runner-up.
The two-day competition (11th – 12th January, 2019) was hosted by Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI) at the Sultan Maccido Institute of Islamic and General Studies, Kalambaina, Sokoto.
The National Client Interview and Counselling Skills Competition 2019, which was organised on the platform of NULAI and sponsored by Open Society Initiative, had in attendance 14 participants from across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria.
Global Financial Integrity and Academics Stand Against Poverty has selected Kenneth Okpomo and Janet Bolarinwa as winners of the fifth annual Amartya Sen Essay Prize: the two best original essays on assessing the human impact of illicit financial flows out of Africa.
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Ms. Mfonobong Emmanuel Nelson, a graduate of the University of Uyo, has emerged the winner of the maiden edition of the BASF West Africa Young Female Pharmacist of the Year award.
The company, in partnership with the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, had announced earlier in 2018, plans to recognise and reward young female pharmacists in an effort to raise awareness on gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, and contribute to the bridging of the gap.
Five Kano-based medical doctors have set a milestone record for successfully carrying out a 48 hours brain surgery, first of its kind in Kano State.
The operation, which was conducted at the new Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital, Giginyu, Kano, repaired the brain of Ali Iliyasu, after 26 years of brain disorder, which was suffered after a fatal accident. Ali Iliyasu, a 44 years old tailor complained of persistent headache, blurring vision and seizures. He was diagnosed of a left frontal brain tumour (pilocytic astrocytoma) and operated with the procedure: left frontal craniotomy and excision of brain tumor.
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