Oni Inioluwa Daniel has emerged overall winner of the 2021 Intercontinental Spelling Bee Competition in the senior category, which was held on September 24, 2021 at the Best Western, Hotel Deira Creek in Dubai.
Winners Of 2021 President’s Teachers And Schools Excellence Award (PTSEA)
Winners have emerged in the 2021 President’s Teachers and Schools Excellence Award (PTSEA), which was held on October 5, 2021 at the Eagle Square in Abuja with the theme, “Teachers at the heart of education recovery”.
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Adeola Joseph Oloruntoba Emerges Overall Best Graduating Student At University Of Ilorin (UNILORIN) [2019/2020]
Adeola Joseph Oloruntoba has emerged as the overall best graduating student at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) [2019/2020 academic session].
Adeola Joseph Oloruntoba, a graduate of the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Physical Sciences had a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.92 in a 5.0 grading system.
He receives the University Merit Award among other beneficiaries.
Winners Of 2021 Nigeria Climate Innovation Center (NCIC) Embryo Incubation Programme
The winners of the 2021 Nigeria Climate Innovation Center (NCIC) Embryo Incubation Programme (EIP), sponsored by the All On Hub have emerged.
The winners and members of the 2021 cohort, who were announced on September 27, 2021, after a Demo Day pitch event held in Ajah, Lagos, were: Dalsman Tech, Darlton Consult, Bebeque Limited, D’Suon Limited, Artec-hubs, DiamundGates Ltd, Trekk Scooters, SiriusX Energy, Susten Solutions, Aglobe Development Center, Drift Power, ArleeGreen Renewables, Vdverts, Think Electric Africa, WakaGen, Zimaj Craft Enterprise, Iyfarm, Vectar Energy, Lanray Technical Solutions, and YOWIF.
Twenty clean energy start-ups, from over 400 original applications successfully completed a 6-month incubation programme run by the NCIC.
Abanika Taiye Wins 2021 Maltina Teacher Of The Year Award
Abanika Taiye has emerged winner of the 2021 Maltina Teacher of the Year Award organised by Nigeria Breweries through its flagship malt brand Maltina.
Abanika Taiye, a basic technology teacher with James Hope Royal College, Agbor, Delta State received a total cash prize of 6.5 million Naira (₦1,500,000 immediately and ₦1,000,000 every year for the next five years) from the Nigerian Breweries/Felix Ohiwerei Trust Fund.
He will also be part of an all-expense paid capacity development training abroad, while a fully-equipped computer laboratory or six-classroom block worth ₦20,000,000 will be built in his school.
The winners were announced on October 15, 2020 at the grand finale of the 2021 Maltina Teacher of the year award ceremony event at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
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Nigerian Apps For Learning Indigenous Languages
This compilation by PositiveNaija aims to provide a reliable guide on Nigerian apps (mobile applications) for learning indigenous languages.
Apps with user ratings less than 3.0 (assessed alongside with user feedback shared on the app store) are not included in this compilation. Apps that have not been updated for a long time are also not included. In instances where user ratings and feedback are unavailable on the app store, we encourage extra vigilance by (prospective) users.
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Oluwasegun Olakoyenikan Wins 2021 African Fact-Checking Award
Oluwasegun Olakoyenikan emerges the first runner-up in the Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist category at the 2021 African Fact-Checking Award.
The category was won by Jean le Roux from the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Lab in South Africa.
Reagan Kiyimba of Uganda from Makerere University won the Fact-Check of the Year by a Student Journalist category. Fatma Mbacké of Senegal from CESTI Dakar emerged the first runner-up in the Fact-Check of the Year by a Student Journalist category.
The winner of the best fact-check in the category for working journalists is awarded a prize of $3,000 and the runner-up takes $1,500. The winner of the students category takes home $2,000 while the runner-up collects $1,000.
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