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Esther Oluwabukola Gbeja has emerged overall winner of the 2021 NCC National Essay Competition during the prize presentation ceremony held on November 23, 2021, at the Conference Room of the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja.

Over 2,000 entries were received from 97 public and private tertiary institutions for the competition in which Esther Oluwabukola Gbeja, a 600-Level student of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ilorin, was declared overall winner. Gbeja received a cash prize of ₦500,000.00, a laptop, and a printer; while the first runner-up, Moses Nosa Edosa, a final year student of Accounting at the University of Port Harcourt, received a cash prize of ₦300,000.00 only.

Two second runners-up emerged from the competition to pick the third prize. MarcPatrick Efevuriri Efeni, a 200-Level student of Cybersecurity at the Airforce Institute of Technology, Kaduna; and Nasiru Abdul Karim, a 400-Level student of Computer Engineering at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, both came third having scored same number of points. They both received cash prizes of ₦200,000 each.

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has awarded Miss Yinka-Banjo Victory Morenike as the overall best student in 2020 at a ceremony held on November 18, 2021.

Miss Yinka-Banjo Victory Morenike, a student of Princeton College, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos, with No. 4252067/039 came first, having scored A1 in her subjects, while her total score was 606.3196.

Adebowale, Dorcas Ayooluwa of Emerald Laurel Comprehensive College, Ibadan came second, having A1 in all her subjects with a total score of 601.2198.

Nwaozuzu Confidence Chinaza of Total Education Development Academy, Eke-Owerri, Abia came third. She also scored distinctions in all her subjects with a total score of 599.605.

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