Eleven-year-old Chinonso Eche has emerged as the youngest ever Nigerian to win a Guinness world record for most consecutive football touches in one minute while balancing another football on the head.
Eche’s recognition was identified through his skill as a football freestyler as he was able to complete 101 touches while he held another ball on his head.
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Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister of Nigeria and former managing director of the World Bank, has been named the next Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.
The announcement was made on the 3rd of February 2020 by Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala begins her fellowship this month (February 2020).
Ogori Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State has emerged champions of the 2019 Ajanah Basketball Championship after defeating 2017 champions and host- Okene Local Government Area 69-68 points in the final.
The final of the three-day basketball event held in Okene.
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The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has emerged the overall winner of the 2020 Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Nigeria, CFA Institute Research Challenge.
At an event hosted at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos, UNILAG as the champion and Team OAU will now represent Nigeria at the Europe, Middle-east and Africa (EMEA) regional finals in the Kingdom of Jordan.
The students of University of Lagos (UNILAG) team include:
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Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye has won gold in the final of the 57 kg class of the 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series Tournament in Rome.
Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye defeated her opponent Anshu Anshu of India, 10-0 via technical superiority to clinch the gold medal in that category.
Blessing Oborududu defeated her opponent Alina Berezhna Stadnik Makhynia of Ukraine to clinch the bronze medal in the 68 kg category of the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series tournament.
Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Mr. Francis Erhabor has emerged the lead Integrity Icon of 2019 in a workplace honesty survey conducted by the Accountability Lab Nigeria, an organisation committed to “naming and faming” honest government officials in Nigeria.
Other icons honoured at the award event, which held on 21 January 2020 in Abuja were: Kacheilom Betram Roberts-Ndukwe, a teacher at GSS Andoni in Rivers state; Tina Odinakachi Iirmdu, a lecturer at the University of Jos; Christian Ahiauzu, an ICT unit head at the University of Port Harcourt; and Tani Ali Nimlan, an assistant director at NAFDAC.
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Winners have emerged at the Capital Finance International (CFI.co) awards 2019/2020 [Nigeria].
Each year, Capital Finance International (CFI.co) seeks out individuals and organisations that contribute significantly to the convergence of economies and truly add value for all stakeholders. Reporting from frontlines of economic convergence, CFI.co realises that best practice is to be found throughout the world and the Awards Programme aims to identify and reward excellence wherever it is found in the hope to inspire others to further improve their own performance.
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