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Dr. Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq Named 2018 Eisenhower Innovation Fellow

Dr. Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria, has been announced as a 2018 Eisenhower Innovation Fellow.

Dr. Umar-Sadiq is the only Nigerian selected as part of 23 ascendant global leaders from around the world who will embark on a leadership journey across the United States of America to engage in transformative exchanges of ideas with leading innovators in their fields.

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The Love Of A Nigerian! By Akpan Udeme

The Love of a Nigerian! By Akpan Udeme

There is more to life than satisfying ourselves and being happy, there is more to life than accomplishing great missions and fulfilling heart desires, there is more to life than having excellent and outstanding accolades which places us in great height and grandeur. Life is a gift from nature; and nature itself demands something in return. The essence of living is not solely for ourselves; but for others. Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well……

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Okwui Okpokwasili Named 2018 MacArthur Fellow

Okwui Okpokwasili, a Nigerian choreographer and performer has been named a 2018 MacArthur Fellow.

Okwui Okpokwasili, 46, is one of the recipients of the “genius award” and is duly being recognised for “making visible the interior lives of women whose stories of resistance and resilience have been left out of dominant cultural narratives”.

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Team Nigeria Wins West Africa King Of Mountain Cycling Championship [2018]

Nigerian cyclists have emerged winners of the 2018 West Africa King of the Mountain Cycling Championship held in the stretch of Kwahu Eastern region of Ghana.

The Nigerian team led by Kurotimi Abaka beat Ghana’s Solomon Tagoe to the second position, while Burkina Faso’s Guigmde Arnaud came third at the one-day event.

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Akunna James-Ibe Wins 2018 PositiveNaija Essay Competition

Akunna James-Ibe has emerged the overall winner of the 2018 PositiveNaija essay competition, themed: The Love of a Nigerian!

The 2018 PositiveNaija essay competition (June 1 – October 1, 2018) is purposed towards informing the world what genuinely makes Nigeria and Nigerians kind, cooperative, tolerant and well-meaning towards one another and humanity today.

The PositiveNaija annual essay competition aims to encourage Nigerian patriotism, impactful scholarship, nation building, as well as inspire as a platform for excellence.

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LifeBank & ColdHubs Join 2018 MIT Solver Class

LifeBank and Coldhubs among other African-based startups and projects have been selected to join the 2018 MIT Solver class after scoring wins at MIT Solve Global Challenge finals.

In all, 33 Solver teams were selected at an event held in New York on the 23rd of  September. Each of the members of the Solver class will benefit from $10,000 in funding as well as mentorship and support from the Solve community.

The class will over the next year collaborate with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Solve initiative on their solutions.

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