Winners Of SystemSpecs Children’s Day Essay Competition 2021

Winners have emerged at the SystemSpecs Children’s Day Essay Competition 2021, themed “Building a more Secure Nigeria using Technology”.

Now in its second year, the SystemSpecs Children’s Day Essay Competition is organized in furtherance of the technology firm’s commitment to the development of indigenous IT capacity for national prosperity. In this year’s competition, students wrote about how the country can overcome its present security challenges through technology.

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Adekuoroye Odunayo Folasade Wins Gold At UWW Poland Open Ranking Series 2021

Adekuoroye Odunayo Folasade has won Gold medal in the 57 kg Women event at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski, Poland Open Ranking Series 2021.

The two times Commonwealth gold medalist’s strength was too much for Iryna Kurachkina in the final, which took place on the 11th of June 2021, as the Belarusian withdrew from the bout due to injury.

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Onuachu Paul Wins 2021 Ebony Shoe Award [Best African Player In Belgium Top-Flight]

Onuachu Paul of KRC Genk has emerged winner of the 2021 Ebony Shoe Award recognizing him as the best African player in the Belgium football top-flight.

The striker saw off competition from Club Brugge’s Clinton Mata (Angola) and Genk’s Theo Bongonda (DR Congo) to the prize to succeed Dieumerci Mbokani – who represents Royal Antwerp.

The Ebony Shoe prize is an annual award given to the best African player in the Belgian Pro League.

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Ese Brume Sets New Long Jump National And African Records Of 7.17 Meters At Chula Vista Field Festival

Ese Brume has set a new Personal Best (PB), National/Nigerian Record (NR) and African Record (AR) of 7.17 meters (1.1m/s) in the long jump event at the Chula Vista Field Festival in the United States of America on May 29th, 2021.

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Oyo State Secondary School Wins 2021 PSDN Inter-Senior Secondary School Debate Competition

Oyo State Secondary school debate team has emerged winner in the 2021 inter-senior secondary school debate competition organised by the President’s Schools Debate, Nigeria (PSDN), in collaboration with the Oyo State Ministry of Education.

The event took place at the Ibadan Business School, Francis Okediji Street, Bodija, from May 17 to May 20, 2021 and drew debate teams from all six South-West states.

The Oyo State team were first while debaters from Ogun and Ekiti states placed second and third respectively in the debate.

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Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Hospital Performs First Successful Laparoscopic Surgery

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) hospital has performed its first successful laparoscopic surgery on a 54 years old patient who had gall bladder stones.

The surgical team was led by Squadron Leader Ismail Tsauni of 063 Nigerian Air Force Hospital, Abuja.

Laparoscopy is an operation performed in the abdomen or pelvis using small incisions (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) with the aid of a camera. The laparoscope aids diagnosis or therapeutic interventions with a few small cuts in the abdomen.

Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery (MIS), bandaid surgery, or keyhole surgery, is a modern surgical technique.

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Nwachukwu Benedict Wins BUSA Drawing Competition 2021

Nwachukwu Benedict has emerged winner of the Babcock University Students’ Association (BUSA) drawing competition 2021.

Quansah Mishaella emerged as second place winner while Ekpo Idongesit emerged as third place winner.

Nwachukwu Benedict receives ₦40,000, Mishaella receives ₦30,000 and Ekpo receives ₦20,000.

The participants made a video of themselves as they made their drawings.

The drawing competition was themed: “The effects of E-learning on students in Nigeria“.