PositiveNaija Naija Lyrics And Movies Challenge 2021

The PositiveNaija Naija Lyrics and Movies Challenge 2021 is a monthly quiz aimed at appreciating the value of good songs and the movie industry in Nigeria.

The seven-question-challenge, which features estimable Nigerians/individuals, is scheduled for the last Friday of every month at 9:00 pm (beginning from June 2021), focuses on various genres/kinds of songs and movies/film (including comedy).

Participants are presented with five (5) songs in selected portions/parts with each having a maximum of 50 words. The participants are expected to state accordingly, for the presented lyrics, the official song title or the name of the song. Including the name of the artiste(s)/singer(s)/musicians is optional.

Participants are also presented with two (2) images of a Nigerian actor and actress and expected to state accordingly, the names of both persons.

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Othuke Umokoro Wins 2021 Brunel International African Poetry Prize

Othuke Umokoro has emerged winner of the 2021 Brunel International African Poetry Prize with his poem titled “A Mountain Cracks Before Translation”.

The £3,000 prize winner, Othuke Umokoro, is a poet and playwright who studied playwriting at the University of Ibadan and teaches literature to high school students.

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Eight Nigerians Selected Into African #YouTubeBlackVoices Creator Class Of 2021

Eight Nigerians have been selected into the African #YouTubeBlackVoices Creator Class of 2021.

According to Youtube on the inaugural #YouTubeBlackVoices Creator Class:

“We’re excited to spotlight Black creatives and to continue to center both their voices and perspectives. As part of that mission, we developed the #YouTubeBlackVoices grant program  — an initiative dedicated to investing in Black creators and artists, and equipping them with the resources to succeed on our platform. This grant program is part of our larger #YouTubeBlackVoices Fund, a global, multi-year commitment to empower Black creators and artists on our platform, as well as to produce and acquire new YouTube Original programs, focusing on racial justice and Black experiences.

After many months of collaboration, we’re excited to introduce you to our inaugural class of #YouTubeBlackVoices creator grantees from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, who are part of our 132 creators from across the world who are participating in the Class of 2021.

In the coming months, we will work closely with the Class of 2021. This will include dedicated partner support, seed funding invested into the development of their channels, and participation in an intensive development program that will focus on training in production, community engagement and wellbeing, followed by ongoing workshops and networking programs.”

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Titan Trust Bank Wins 2021 Global Finance World Best Trade Finance Provider In Nigeria

Titan Trust Bank has emerged winner of the 2021 Global Finance World Best Trade Finance Provider in Nigeria.

Titan Trust Bank was established on the 12th of December, 2018 and obtained its National Banking license on the 26th of April 2019, operating as a fully commercial National Bank in Nigeria.​

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Ayodele Oluwafemi, Taiwo Adebulu, Vivian Chime And Three Others Emerge Report For The World Inaugural Reporting Corps [2021-2022]

Ayodele Oluwafemi, Taiwo Adebulu, Vivian Chime and three other journalists have emerged Report for the World inaugural reporting corps [2021-2022].

Three corps members will join the staff at TheCable in Nigeria and three will join Scroll.in in India.

Report for the World launched in February and has been working with its newsroom partners, TheCable and Scroll.in, to select these talented local journalists. The application process was highly competitive, with over 335 applicants, but only six spots available. The corps members, who are full-time employees of the newsrooms for up to three years, are:

  • Aarefa Johari, covering work and gender for Scroll.in
  • Ayodele Oluwafemi, covering criminal justice for TheCable
  • Ishan Kukreti, covering land and climate for Scroll.in
  • Johanna Deeksha, covering health and education for Scroll.in
  • Taiwo Adebulu, fact-checking for TheCable
  • Vivian Chime, covering climate change for TheCable

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Indigenous Labs Wins 2021 Abuja Tech Friday Hackathon

Indigenous Labs have emerged first place winner of the 2021 Abuja Tech Friday Hackathon organised by Art Tech District (ATD) in collaboration with the Civic Innovation Lab (Civicilab).

This hackathon is an opportunity for Developers, Tech Startups, Tech enthusiasts and Undergraduates (in Universities across Nigeria) to propose and build software solutions to determine the best way to walk through museum exhibitions using AR (Augmented Reality) or VR (Virtual Reality) or a Web Application, with the aim of synchronizing Nigerian Art and History with digital solutions.

The maiden edition of the Abuja Tech Friday is a series of hackathons to create a platform for “Using Technology To Tell Nigerian History” and will be called the MUSEUMHACK.

Indigenous Labs – proud lovers of culture whose solution enabled uploads, updates, and registration processes; a full system in one. Their solution leverages on providing traction and no-contact experiences which enables navigation in, around and out of the museum-freely, truly built for times like this. They also demonstrated how museums can become the go-to for teaching kids history and empowering institutions. The fact that these things can be achieved using web links and not an application was another factor that distinguished this team of two.

Indigenous Labs receive the grand prize of ₦500,000 seed fund for further development of the solution.

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