Category: Education & Innovation

Izeowayi Izaza Victor has won the first edition of the BBC News Pidgin essay competition titled, “Is Africa’s youth ready for political leadership.”

Izeowayi’s winning piece focused on the paradox of Africa that has 60 per cent of its population from a younger demographic yet produces political leaders who are often 70 and above.

Izeowayi Izaza Victor, a 21-year-old undergraduate of University of Port Harcourt, had his entry chosen from amongst 18 other entries submitted by talented young African writers.

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Olasunkanmi Opeifa, a 32-year-old teacher from Government Day Secondary School, Karu, Abuja has emerged as the best 2018 Maltina Teacher of the Year.

Olasunkanmi Opeifa emerged winner among other secondary school teachers in both the public and private secondary schools across the 36 states of the federation.

Olalekan Adeeko, a Computer studies teacher at Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, Ogun State and Samuel Popoola, a Physics teacher with Deeper Life High School, Akure, Ondo State, emerged the second and third position, respectively of the annual award.

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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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The Times Higher Education World University Rankings has rated Covenant University as one of the top 700 universities in the world.

Ranked 636 in the world, Covenant University is rated based on Teachings, Research, Citations, Industry Income and International Outlook.

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Kolawole Tomisin and Erioluwa Morenikeji, from the University of Ibadan have emerged 1st prize winners of ₦1.5 million for their initiative – Vinsighte, in the Union Bank Campus Innovation Challenge held in Lagos.

Vinsighte is a health technology project that makes use of technology to help blind and visually impaired persons live a happier, more comfortable life.

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The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has emerged winner of the 2018 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy due to an education for prisoners programme being run by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), which was selected as one of the five winners of this year’s prize, got the laurel in recognition of its innovative literacy programme of equipping prisoners with useful skills and professions to facilitate income generation upon discharge and discourage future crime.

Winners of the prize are awarded a silver medal, a diploma and US$20,000 prize money, as well as a trip to the birthplace of Confucius.

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