Safiyya Jibril has emerged winner of the 2018 BBC Hausa Hikayata Writing Competition for women with her story “Ya Mace” or “The Girl-Child”.
Safiyya Jibril is a 29-year-old secondary school teacher studying for her Master’s degree in Soil Science at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
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Joshua Omisore has developed Open Hands – an application that can address social problems and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria.
Available on Apple and Android devices, Open Hands provides real-time information about location and availability of resources by linking Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), companies and people who offer social services with indigent Nigerians who may need them. Continue reading Joshua Omisore Develops Open Hands Application
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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Five Nigerian choirs have been honoured at the 2018 World Choir Olympics with gold and silver laurels in different categories.
The five Nigerian choirs were: Lagos City Chorale, Mountain Top Chorale, New Wine Chorale, Musica Casa and Riverbank School Choir. Nigeria was also represented at the bi-annual meeting of World Choir Council by Sir Emeka Nwokedi.
The theme of the 2018 World Choir Olympics “Various Voices, One Harmony”, was envisioned to building bridges through choral music, with the African celebration concert emphasizing social cohesion and creation of new bonds of friendship.
The 10th World Choir Games held in Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa from July 4 – 14, 2018 (first time in Africa since inception), consisted of over 300 choirs from sixty-two countries across the five continents of the world competed on same stages, co-habited in hotels and hostels, shared tables and same meals.
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Omei Bongos-Ikwue has risen above her speech impairment to win the 2018 Toastmasters International Speech Contest in Accra, Ghana.
Her winning speech, entitled, “Release it”, focused on the themes of bravery, passion and generosity, which she used a moving story to illustrate that “we only receive extraordinary things when we let go of the average, or ordinary ones.”
The speeches were judged on content, organization, gestures and style.
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Twenty entries have emerged winners in the final stage of GTBank’s #SimpleChangeBigImpact Challenge, during which members of the public voted on social media for social innovations with the best potential to uplift local communities.
The individuals behind each of the twenty entries will now receive up to ₦1 million in funding to execute their community development project.
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Gamaliel & Susan Onosode Foundation (GAMSU) was named the 2018 African Child Foundation Laureate for Humanitarianism in Lagos, on June 15 2018.
The Award is in recognition of the activities of the Foundation in improving the standard of education in Nigeria, and contributing to the development of children in the society.
The Foundation was presented the prestigious African Child Prize Gold Medallion in commemoration of the achievement.
Receiving the award on behalf of the Foundation were the Secretary to the Board of Trustees, Mr. Spencer Onosode, and the Chief Operations Officer, Toyin Olanrewaju.
Mr. Onosode thanked the African Child Foundation for the Award, and expressed gratitude to the Board of Trustees of GAMSU for upholding Gamaliel Onosode’s legacy, and steering the Foundation towards tangible development of the Nigerian education system. He also expressed his appreciation to the Onosode Family for their consistent support, and reiterated the Foundation’s commitment to the collective development of children in Nigeria, and Africa as a whole.
Michael Ugochukwu Stephen also known as Ruggedman has been honoured with the African Integrity Prize for Integrity in Art courtesy of the African Child Foundation.