Winners Of Inaugural OnePipe Writing Challenge

Leading Banking as a Service (BaaS) enabler, OnePipe has announced the winners of its inaugural Writing Challenge, capping up a three-month process that began in March 2022.

The top three finalists of the inaugural competition, Daniel Adeyemi (TechCabal), Omobayo Azeez (Business Metrics Nigeria), and Sultan Quadri (TechCabal) will each get one million Naira as recognition for their remarkable articles highlighting the growth and impact of embedded finance in Nigeria.

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Oluwatobiloba Amusan Sets New African Record In Women’s 100 Meters Hurdles At Paris Diamond League 2022

Oluwatobiloba Amusan has set a new African Record (AR) of 12.41 seconds (-0.4) in the women’s 100 meters hurdles at the Paris Diamond League 2022 on June 18, 2022.

It was a time that moved her up to third in the world in 2022, only behind World Leader Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12.37 seconds) and Alaysha Johnson (12.40 seconds).

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Winners Of 2022 African Senior Athletics Championships [Nigeria]

Nigeria has emerged in overall third place finish of the 2022 African Senior Athletics Championships with 5 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals.

The 2022 African Senior Athletics Championships edition held at the Cote d’Or National Sports Complex, Saint Pierre in Mauritius took place from 8-12 June, 2022.

Kenya, like in Asaba 4 years ago, was first on the medals table across 45 events. while South Africa finished second overall.

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The Nigerian Diplomat Series: Nigeria’s Foreign Relations With The Gambia [2020 Decade]

The Nigerian Diplomat Series: Nigeria’s Foreign Relations With The Gambia [2020 Decade] is a reliable assessment which documents, promotes and celebrates the positive diplomatic relations and contributions by Nigeria to The Gambia and her people.

The Nigerian Diplomat Series: Nigeria’s Foreign Relations With The Gambia [2020 Decade]

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Winners Of Trendupp Awards 2022

Winners have emerged at the Trendupp Awards 2022, which was held on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at The Monarch Event Centre, Lagos, Nigeria.

Trendupp Awards is an initiative of Trendupp, a platform where creatives receive support, publish exclusive content and build direct relationships with their fans across Africa.

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Raymond Ekevwo & Tobi Amusan Win At 2022 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold

Raymond Ekevwo and Tobi Amusan have emerged winners of the 2022 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet, the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.

Sprinter Raymond Ekevwo ran 10.23 seconds to win the 100 meters event ahead of Joris Van Gool (10.38) and Samuel Purola (10.43).

Tobiloba Amusan ran a new 12.57 personal season’s best to win ahead of Jamaica’s Britany Anderson (12.59) and Nadine Visser of the Netherlands who ran 12.72 to place third.

Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo Wins 2022 Covering Climate Now Journalism Award

Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo has won a 2022 Covering Climate Now Journalism Award in the ‘Audio – Long Feature’ category announced on June 16, 2022.

Ugochi is one of the 23 winners of the award, which received over 900 entries in this year’s edition.

Her winning story, “We don’t have the power to fight it”, highlighted how climate change was upending people’s lives in three regions of Nigeria.

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