Gideon Ogungeyimi Wins Edu-Aid 2020 Most Outstanding Lockdown Teacher Competition

Gideon Ogungeyimi has emerged winner of 2020 ‘Most Outstanding Lockdown Teacher Competition’, organised by Educational Aid Global Initiative (Edu-Aid).

Gideon Ogungeyimi is an alumni of Teach for Nigeria (TFN), a non-government organisation.

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Taiwo Adebulu Wins African Fact-Checking Awards 2020 Fact-Check Of The Year By A Working Journalist

Taiwo Adebulu has emerged winner of the Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist at the 2020 African Fact-Checking Awards.

Mr. Taiwo Adebulu, a reporter with The Cable, won the award for his piece; ‘FACT CHECK: Nigeria told UN that 7 varsities run strictly on renewable energy, but is this true?’

In his fact-check, Taiwo Adebulu investigated how Nigeria’s minister of environment had grossly misinformed the United Nations at its Climate Action Summit in 2019.

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Adepeju Jaiyeoba, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, Temie Giwa Tubosun & Fela Akinse Emerge Winners In 2020 The Meaningful Business 100 (MB100 2020)

Adepeju Jaiyeoba, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, Temie Giwa Tubosun and Fela Akinse have emerged winners in the 2020 The Meaningful Business 100 (MB100 2020).

The Meaningful Business 100 (MB100 2020) celebrates leaders globally combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN SDGs. Comprising corporate CEOs, sustainability leaders, impact investors, entrepreneurs and micro-entrepreneurs, the MB100 cuts across geography, industry, role and company size to highlight outstanding work being done to solve the biggest issues we are facing today.

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Winners Of 2020 PwC Media Excellence Awards

Winners have emerged at the 2020 PwC Media Excellence Awards.

The PwC Media Excellence Awards celebrates and rewards excellence in business reporting in Nigeria. The competition is open to professional journalists on a full time employment or freelancers, working in Nigeria, who have produced a story that falls within the categories covered by the award and that is available on a platform whose primary audience is Nigeria.

The overall quality improved so much to a level that PwC decided to award prizes to 10 additional entries.

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Oluwabunmi Anani Wins 2020 Maltina Teacher Of The Year Award

Oluwabunmi Anani has emerged winner of the 2020 Maltina Teacher of the Year Award organised by Nigeria Breweries through its flagship malt brand Maltina.

Oluwabunmi Anani, an English language teacher with Concordia College, Jimeta, Yola, Adamawa State received a total cash prize of 6.5 million Naira and capacity training abroad while a block of classrooms will be built for her school.

The winners were announced on October 16, 2020 at the grand finale of the 2020 Maltina Teacher of the year award ceremony event at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

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Best Nigerian Universities Offering Mass Communication [Unbundled]

This assessment by PositiveNaija aims to provide a reliable guide on the overall standard of Nigerian universities offering mass communication as an academic course and degree.

Mass Communication covering Journalism and Media Studies; Public Relations; Advertising; Broadcasting; Film and Multimedia Studies; Development Communication Studies; and Information and Media Studies.

This assessment aims to promote the culture of impactful scholarship and academic excellence in the Nigerian educational sector.

“To communicate is to learn, understand, trust and share.”

– Toju Micheal Ogbe

Best Nigerian Universities Offering Mass Communication [Unbundled]

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Winners Of Poets Factory World Poetry Day Competition 2020

Winners have emerged in the inaugural edition of the Poets Factory World Poetry Day Competition in commemoration of World Poetry Day on March 21st.

The winners announced by Toluwani Obayan (daughter of former Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University; Lt. Professor Aize Obayan of blessed memory) are: 2nd runner up – Ehi Mark from Chrisland School Opebi, 1st runner up – Odinchezo Igboekwere from Victory Home School Ikeja, and the overall winner of the poetry competition went to Chinatu Nnodim from Canadian International School Surulere.

Among the awards received by the winner was the 1st place trophy, gold medal, certificate, free access to two Poem ebooks by Moyosola Olalekan, two hardcopy books, one-year scholarship into Poets Factory’s Virtual Poetry Club and an opportunity to be coached and mentored to write and publish a poem book in a year.

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