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Ikponmwosa Kingsley Osamede Wins 2019 NESG-NUC Essay Competition

Ikponmwosa Kingsley Osamede, a medical student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has emerged winner of the national essay competition organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The award ceremony held at Transcorp Hilton Abuja, where Ikponmwosa Kingsley Osamede was presented with the award by the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun.

The essay competition is a part of activities for the 25th anniversary of the 2019 Nigeria Economic Summit (NES) tagged Nigeria 2050: Shifting Gears organised to set agenda for Nigeria in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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Jude Idada Wins NLNG 2019 Nigeria Prize For Literature

Jude Idada with his work ‘Boom Boom’ has won the Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, for the 2019 cycle on Children’s Literature.

The book edged out ‘Mysteries at Ebenezer’s Lodge’ by Dunni Olatunde and ‘The Great Walls of Benin’ by O.T. Begho entries in the shortlist of three, to clinch the prize.

‘Boom Boom’ by Jude Idada had competed against 173 books submitted for the competition in March 2019 to win the $100,000 cash prize reward.

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Kafayat Omolara Sanni & Tolulope Arotile Emerge NAF First Female Fighter Pilot And First Female Helicopter Pilot

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has decorated its first female fighter pilot, Flying Officer Kafayat Omolara Sanni, and the first female helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile.

They were the two female pilots among the 13 that were winged.

The two female pilots had successfully completed their pilot training courses in the United States of America and South Africa.

The Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar decorated them alongside another officer Grace Garba, the first female Air Warrant Officer, and 10 0ther officers at the NAF headquarters in Abuja on the 15th of October 2019.

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IBI (The Birth), Nimbe, Dear Bayo And Unseen Treasure Win 2019 UK Nollywood Film Festival (UKNFF) Awards

Nigerian movies: IBI (The Birth), Nimbe, Dear Bayo and Unseen Treasure, have been adjudged the best films in the United Kingdom (UK) at the 2019 UK Nollywood Film Festival (UKNFF), organized by the UK Nollywood Producers Guild.

A statement signed and issued on the 13th of October 2019 by Mr. Malcolm Benson, President, UK Nollywood Producers Guild, stated that IBI (The Birth) was adjudged the Best Indigenous (Native language) Feature Film, it also emerged Best Feature Film 2019.

Dear Bayo, won the Jury’s award, as the Unseen Treasure, emerged the best in Best Short film category, while Diced was declared the best script.

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Call For Entries: Hult Prize UNIPORT On Campus Challenge 2020

The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) is pleased to announce its hosting of the Hult Prize On Campus Program 2020 and calls for inspiring, innovative and bold ideas from the students of the University of Port Harcourt towards building sustainable and positively impactful business startups.

The Hult Prize is a global student competition, which annually issues a big bold challenge aligned with a large market opportunity inspiring students from over 100 countries to solve critical problems.

The theme of the 2020 Hult Prize Challenge is “Building Startups That Have A Positive Impact On Our Planet With Every Dollar Earned” with the overall team winner receiving a seed fund of $1 million (USD) to fund their idea.

The Hult Prize On Campus is therefore a preliminary and key program of the Hult Prize Challenge, which gives students an opportunity to host local Hult Prize programs on their university campus, including an on Campus final round afterwards, the Regional Finals rounds of the competition, etc.

The UNIPORT Hult Prize On Campus Program seeks teams consisting of 3-4 current students from the university including all undergraduate, graduate, Ph.D programs and departments.

The benefits of participating in the program includes: mentorship of competitors by professionals; special workshop training for all competitiors; etc. as well as a chance to win the $1 million (USD) grand prize to implement your idea.

Register Now for the UNIPORT On Campus Program 2020

Online Registration: 25 September 2019 – 15 October 2019 (now extended to 18 October 2019)

Registration link: http://bit.ly/HPUP20Application

For more information on the 2020 Hult Prize Challenge and the UNIPORT Hult Prize On Campus Program, kindly see the following brochures as follows.

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Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna Wins 2019 Anna Politkovskaya Media Award

Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna has won the 2019 Anna Politkovskaya media award for several of her publications on environmental issues.

Nigerian journalist, Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna, has earned a spot as one of the most courageous women whose passion has led her to report stories that impact and demand change as it affects the lower class people of the society.

Augustina was on October 4 [2019] recognised for her courage and passion in Italy as she was awarded the prestigious Anna Politkovskaya award in recognition of her great work.

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Chiniki Guard Wins Best AI Startup Award At 2019 GITEX Future Stars Competition

Chiniki Guard, a Nigerian Information Communication Technology (ICT) start-up application, has won the best prize of $10,000 in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) category competition at the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX), which held in Dubai.

Chiniki Guard is an artificial intelligence security solution for retail stores and supermarkets, designed to monitor, detect and alert shop owners about shoplifting and suspicious behaviour in real time.

Chiniki Guard was among the 34 start-ups in the category of the Supanova finalists at the GITEX Future stars competition.

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