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Abiodun Okunade, Yetunde Akinbola & Comfort Tayo Win 2018 LAUTECH Innovation Challenge

Impact Team comprising of Abiodun Okunade, Yetunde Akinbola and Comfort Tayo – all final year Computer Science and Engineering students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have won the maiden edition of the LAUTECH Innovation Challenge (LIC) held on the main campus of the school.

The 3-female Team won 1 million Naira seed investment fund, after they emerged the best team after competing with 29 others to win the prize.

The work of Team Impact is to reduce the learning difficulties faced by children with Down Syndrome. Before winning LAUTECH Innovation Challenge (LIC), the Team had made 50 animations for a child with Down Syndrome and discovered the innovation could be extended to others.

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Isabelle Gelegu Awarded WAEC Overall Best Student In 2017

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has awarded 18 years old, Miss Isabelle Gelegu as the overall best student in 2017.

Isabelle Gelegu, who was a student of Oritamefa Baptist Model School Ibadan scored distinctions in all the subjects she sat for to receive the 1st prize of National Distinction/Merit Award 2017.

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Lobi Stars Win 2018 Nigeria Super Cup

Lobi Stars has emerged winners of the 2018 Nigeria Super Cup in a 1-0 win over Enugu Rangers at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.

Samad Kadiri was the match-winner for Lobi Stars getting the winner in the first-half for the 2018 Nigeria League champions.

The Nigeria Super Cup annual contest, which serves to usher in the new Nigeria football league season, is played between the league champions and Aiteo Cup winners.

OAU Wins 2018 CFA Society Nigeria Ethics Challenge

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has won the national finals of the 2018 Ethics Challenge of the CFA Society Nigeria sponsored by FirstBank of Nigeria Limited.

OAU emerged winner ahead of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and University of Nigeria (UNN), who came second and third respectively in a competition that involved 15 universities.

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The Love Of A Nigerian! By Akunna James-Ibe

The Love Of A Nigerian! By Akunna James-Ibe

Sometimes it gets so dark one can hardly imagine the possibility of stars being suspended in the skies. Still, that doesn’t null the fact that somewhere beneath the depressing curtain of darkness, the stars do exist. When I first saw the theme for this contest, I was torn between disbelief and worry. Here was a contest that did not require me to give solutions to the spate of insecurity in the country or wipe out poverty with a flourish of my pen. Here was a contest that needed me instead to put the spotlight on the other Nigerian realities that have been cowering beneath more aggressive realities. It was like I was being asked to harvest apples from a Briar bush. Then I remembered this young barrow pusher I met at Ogbete market in Enugu, who was patient and helpful when I was confused and took the trouble to carry my heavy goods beyond the agreed point to the park, at no extra costs. I also remembered the good lady I met in Aba, who despite my foreignness let me take shelter in her shop and was instrumental in helping me direct my uncle to where he was to pick me. I remembered these people who didn’t have much but were willing to give the little they had to a stranger and I realized that though much had been lost in Nigeria, our ability to love as a people still thrived.

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Akinfoluhan Akinleye & Chinedu Mgbemena Win 2018 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Quiz

Akinfoluhan Akinleye and Chinedu Mgbemena have emerged overall winners respectively in the junior and senior categories of the 2018 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Quiz.

13-year-old Akinfoluhan Akinleye is a student of The Ambassadors College, Ota, Ogun State while 17-year-old Chinedu Mgbemena is a student of Graceland International School, Port Harcourt.

As part of the 20th anniversary of Cowbell and Mathematics in Nigeria, the champions in both categories received increased prize money of ₦2 million each with an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country.

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Lawrence Deborah Wins 2018 NSE Annual Essay Competition

Miss Lawrence Deborah, a student of Good Shepherd School, Ajegunle Village, Atan-Ota, Ogun State, has emerged overall winner of the 2018 edition of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Annual Essay Competition for students in Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria.

The 2018 NSE Annual Essay Competition and Scholarship, themed “Building a Sustainable Capital Market”, is one of the Exchange’s financial literacy and inclusion initiatives aimed at building a financially savvy generation. The winners were announced during an awards ceremony at the Civic Center, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Miss Lawrence Deborah clinched the first position ahead of over 20,150 participants across the country, winning ₦500,000 scholarship fund for her university education, ₦250,000 equity investment, and a laptop, with her school also rewarded with a trophy, three desktop computers, and a printer.

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