Guide On How To Be Excellent As A Nigerian [Videos]

This piece attempts to provide a reliable guide on how to be excellent as a Nigerian through the recommendation of several relevant videos and their associated excellent messages therein.

“What you do for yourself depends on what you think of yourself. What you think of yourself depends on what you know you of yourself. And what you know of yourself depends on what you have been told.”
– Nana KwaDavid Whitaker

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The Ghost And The House Of Truth Wins The Best Narrative Feature At The 2019 Urban World Film Festival In New York

The Ghost and The House of Truth has won the Grand Prize for Best Narrative Feature (World Cinema) at The Urban World Film Festival in New York.

The feature movie which stars: Tope Tedela, Kate Henshaw, Seun Ajayi, Ijeoma Grace Agu, Mairo Obruthe, Susan Wokoma, Imoleayo Olusanya and Gloria Young, is a narrative of Bola Ogun, a dedicated counselor who reconciles convicts with their victims, When her 8-year-old daughter eventually goes missing and police investigation makes no headway, she is forced to question her belief in forgiveness.

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Winners Of World Finance Banking Awards 2019 [Nigeria/Africa]

Winners have emerged at the World Finance Banking Awards 2019 [Nigeria/Africa].

The Awards have sought to identify the banks that have excelled across a number of areas, including corporate governance, sustainability and innovation, and have played a key role in the industry’s growth.

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Winners Of 7th Annual BusinessDay Banks’ And Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards

Winners have emerged at the 7th Annual BusinessDay Banks’ and Other Financial institutions (BAFI) awards, which held at the Lagos Continental Hotel on the 19th October 2019.

BAFI recognises and celebrates outstanding performance in Nigeria’s financial services industry. Winners of the Judges ‘Award category have been adjudged to have demonstrated that they have brought revolutionary benefits to the financial services industry in Nigeria.

Nominations for the BAFI Awards go through a rigorous review processes before finalists are selected.

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Kenneth Oguzie Awarded 2019 ANNS Most Distinguished Nigerian

The Association of Nigerians in Nova Scotia, Canada, has awarded Kenneth Oguzie as the 2019 most distinguished Nigerian for his outstanding contributions to the economic growth and development of the nation.

Kenneth Oguzie, the Nigerian born Canadian resident, got the award during the association’s annual ‘Nigerian Week’ to commemorate Nigeria’s independence celebration.

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Nigeria Scrabble National Team Win 2019 World English Scrabble Players Association Championship (WESPAC) Title

The Nigeria Scrabble national team has won the 2019 World English Scrabble Players Association Championship (WESPAC) title in Goa, India.

The World English Scrabble Players Association Championship (WESPAC) featured 30 countries and 145 players. Nigeria, represented by 11 players and officials retained the WESPAC Country Trophy after achieving the feat in 2015.

The four-day event also saw two Nigerians in fifth and 10th positions in the over all individual ranking at the championship, just as the other Nigerian players were ranked among the top 30 spot.

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Abiodun Jamiu Wins 2019 El-Critical Writing Contest

Abiodun Jamiu, a campus-life reporter at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) has won the 2019 El-Critical Writing contest as well as UDUS Pen Press Campus Journalist of the Year prize.

Abiodun Jamiu was presented his award at the 2019 Pen Press UDUS Day held at the institution.

The event was courtesy of a collaboration between Pen Press UDUS, one of the home-grown media outfits for students of UDUS and Ibrahim Jatto, an ex-CAMPUSLIFE reporter and award winning journalist.

The contest with the theme: “The making of a 21st century university” aimed at improving literacy in the north, especially among students. It is a yearly contest for students in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states.

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