Ibrahim Adedeji Alimi has emerged as the overall best graduating student at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on the 51st convocation ceremony [2018/2019 session].
Ibrahim Adedeji Alimi, a graduate of mechanical engineering of the Faculty of Engineering had a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.98 in a 5.0 grading system.
Dr. Justin Chukwudi Olewuezi has become the first Nigerian to graduate from the Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk in Russia as well as with a CGPA of 5.0 in a 5.0 grading system.
Team DC Solar Element Stove has emerged winner of the inaugural Nigerian Content Science and Technology Innovation Challenge (STIC).
Team DC Solar Element Stove represented by Victoria Effiong and Paul Agbor of Cross River University of Technology, (CRUTECH), produced a solar element stove to be used for renewable and cheaper alternative cooking.
For the feat, Team DC Solar receives the grand prize of ₦10 million.
Team Quester of the University of Jos, came second with a Hydroponic system of growing food indoors without soil and received ₦4 million while Team Ted of the Federal University, Makurdi came third with a noiseless, fuel-less electric generator to provide alternate power source, and went home with ₦1.5 million.
Maduka Okoye has been voted the best player of the 2020/2021 season at Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie, the top flight of Dutch professional football.
The Super Eagles goalkeeper featured in 28 league matches for Sparta Rotterdam and had 10 clean sheets with a 68% save rate. He also saved one of the three penalties that he faced and made just two errors leading to a goal throughout the season.
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Eight Nigerians have emerged recipients of the 2021 The Diana Award, which celebrates outstanding young people selflessly creating and sustaining positive social change.
The Diana Award was established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales for young persons aged 9-25 years for their social action or humanitarian work through a retrospective nomination process only.
Young people as recipients of the 2020 The Diana Award do not work towards the award, rather they demonstrate their suitability through their actions, without any expectation of reward.
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“Ignition” is an e-book authored and released by Oluwaseyi Ogunkayode Simeon, provides useful and practical guides on understanding and managing potentials, success and attaining excellence in life.
“You know, a whole lot of “How I wish! How I wish!! How I wish!!!” But, have you ever asked yourself, “What can I contribute? What can I do to be part of the solution to these my ‘How I wish!’” You wish this, you wish that. But, how can you be part of the solution? That’s the point! How can you make a difference? What can you do to make things work? How can you do it?
Those ‘little little’ things that you do… acts of kindness with love; You find people in need of something and you think your drive, your talent or your passion can help you to ease those people’s needs and/or pains… Contribute to it. Do it!”
– Oluwaseyi Ogunkayode Simeon (Ignition, 2021)
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Chiamaka Onwuka has emerged the national winner of the 2021 African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) essay competition [Nigeria].
A statement from the office of the Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim named the winners as Chiamaka Onwuka of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) who came tops with 78.08 percent; in second position, Odu Sunday Bancha of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) with 77.94 percent and in third position, Chijoke Kennedy of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) with 77.68 percent.
The 2021 ARSO annual essay competition was themed: “The The Role of Standardisation in Promoting, Arts, Culture and Heritage – The Creative Economy in Africa”.
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