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Harrison Chinedu Enters Guinness Book Of World Records As The Man With The Farthest Distance Who Travelled With Football Balance

Harrison Chinedu has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the man with the farthest distance who travelled with football balance.

Harrison Chinedu, after walking the distance of 48.04 km with a ball on his head from the Redemption Camp, Mowe, Ogun State to the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos in six hours, 15 minutes, broke the previous record set by an Indian soldier, Naib Subedar Azad Singh, who in 2014 travelled a distance of 45.64 km to erase the record set by Abdul Halim of Bangladesh, who travelled a distance of 15.2 km on October 22, 2011.

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Winners Of 2016 Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards

Television Continental (TVC) emerges Best TV Station of the Year at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards (NBMA).

News anchor, Azeezat Olaoluwa won the Best Female Broadcaster award while Godwin Nwachukwu won the Best Cameraman at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards.

TVC won the Best TV On the Street and the Most Watched Television; it also won the Best TV station of the Year.

Best Video Editor award went to Solomon Oladimeji.

In the radio category, Mary Alimi won of Radio Continental won the Outstanding Presenter; Honeypot while Kubanji Direct, a programme on Radio Continental won the the Best Community Radio Show.

Daniel Emeka-Ilozor Wins 2016 The Ultimate Mathematics Ambassador (TUMA) Competition

Daniel Emeka-Ilozor, a 10-year-old pupil of Grace Children School, Gbagada, Lagos State wins the 2016 The Ultimate Mathematics Ambassador competition (TUMA).

Daniel Emeka-Ilozor, a grade five pupil, emerged winner after scoring 93.5 percent. He contested with 347 pupils from different private primary schools in Ogun and Lagos states. He went home with ₦125,000 and a plaque, while his mathematics teacher got ₦50,000 and a plaque and his school was given a laptop, printer, textbooks and a plaque.

The event was sponsored by The Ambassadors  Schools, Ota, Ogun State, which also hosted the event that produced 10 winners in all.

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2016 NUC Latest University Ranking As UI Listed As Number 1

National Universities Commission (NUC) declares University of Ibadan (UI) as the best university in Nigeria (2016).

The University governing body on academic and performance known as National University Commission NUC, has released (recently in 2016) the universities in Nigeria and rank the first 100 ranking of Nigerian universities.

The ranking who see the University of Ibadan (UI) topping the list and the University of Lagos emerging 2nd place and while the University of Benin UNIBEN came in 3rd place.

The bottom three universities are Federal University Lokoja, Lokoja at the 98th position and at 99th position is the Federal University Kashere, Kashere and the 100th position is Rhema University Obeama-Asa.

The list of the 2016 NUC Latest University Ranking in Nigeria are as follows:

  1. University of Ibadan, UI, Oyo State.
  2. University of Lagos, Unilag, Lagos, Lagos State
  3. University of Benin, Uniben, Benin City, Edo State
  4. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Osun State
  5. Ahmadu Bello University, Abu, Zaria, Kaduna State
  6. University of Ilorin, Unilorin, Ilorin Kwara State
  7. University of Jos, Unijos, Jos, Plateau State Nigeria

Daniel Dada Ayodele Emerges Best Graduating Student At UNILAG [2014/2015]

Daniel Dada Ayodele, a student in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences of University of Lagos (UNILAG), has emerged the best student with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 at the 2014/2015 convocation.

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