Winners have emerged at the Techpoint Awards 2021, which was held on January 23, 2022.
The Techpoint Editorial team also chose startups and VCs that had recorded impressive activities in the period under review.
Nigeria Men’s Hockey Team Win Bronze At Africa Cup Of Nations [2022]
Nigeria Men’s Hockey Team at the Africa Cup of Nations held in Accra, Ghana, has won the bronze medal after beating Kenya 4-2 in the third place match of the competition played on January 30, 2022.
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ACP Amabua Mohammed Becomes First Female Police Adviser For Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) In Chad
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Amabua Mohammed has been appointed the Police Adviser for the Multinational Joint Task Force in N’Djamena, Chad.
With this appointment, ACP Amabua Mohammed becomes the first female Police Officer in history to hold the tasking position of coordinating policing activities, ensuring discipline and professionalism and providing advisory on the management and improved peace-building efforts, in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency by the Multinational Joint Task Force.
Scorpion Spikers Volleyball Club Win Abuja Inter-Club Volleyball Championship 2022 In Men & Women Categories
Scorpion Spikers Volleyball Club has emerged winners of the second edition of Abuja Inter-club Volleyball Championship 2022 in the men’s and women’s categories.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports (NAN) that the final played at the Mambila Barracks on January 30, 2022 in Abuja saw Scorpion Spikers Volleyball Club defeat Karu United 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-20) in the men’s category.
Scorpion Spikers Volleyball Club beat Defence Spikers 3-1 (25-19, 25-27, 25-23, 25-20) in the women’s category. NAN reports that Scorpion Spikers Volleyball Club organised the second edition of the three days Abuja Inter-club Volleyball Championship 2022 in collaboration with the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF).
Michael Ogbochukwu Wins WeNaija Photography Competition [2022]
Michael Ogbochukwu has emerged overall winner of the WeNaija Photography Competition [2022] organised by the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF).
The WeNaija Photography Competition tagged: Visions of Nigeria, which came to an end with the exhibition held at the Coronation Gallery, Victoria Island, Lagos, saw Michael Ogbochukwu, taking the top position and was rewarded with ₦500,000 for his photo titled: The Abnormal Normal; Joshua Iragbie for his photo titled: Nigeria In COVID-19 and Onoseizame Dele-Damisa (Isolated), came 2nd and third, and received ₦300,000 and ₦200,000 respectively.
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Team Nigeria Emerge Champions Of Zone 3 Under-21 Beach Volleyball Championship In Boys & Girls Categories
Team Nigeria have emerged champions of the Zone 3 Under-21 Beach Volleyball Championship in the Boys’ and Girls’ categories held on January 30, 2022.
Nigeria defeated host, Benin Republic 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) in the Boys’ final while Nigeria defeated the first team of Benin Republic 2-0 (21-11, 21-13) in the Girls’ category.
The duo of Emenike Ezike and Emmanuel Udah represented Nigeria in the boys’ event while Happy Wushiland and Esther Mbah wore the colours of the country in the girls’ event.
Ibom Air Ranked Best Airline In Nigeria In 2021 By Travellers Awards
Ibom Air has been ranked as the best airline in Nigeria by Travellers Awards for the year 2021.
Organisers of the award said this is based on the ranking of Nigerian airlines using the following parameters: average age of aircraft, schedule integrity, spread of services, customer care, inflight services and total number of flights done in 2021.
Air Peace wins the award of the Best Nigerian International Airline of the year.
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