Basheer Salisu Named First Female Nigerian Referee At The 2019 U-17 AFCON

A Nigerian female referee, Basheer Salisu has been named among three other female referees to officiate for the first time at a men’s football competition – the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (U-17 AFCON) in Tanzania.

The trio of Jonesia Rukyaa Kabakana who hails from Tanzania, Kenya’s Mary Wanjiru Njoroge and Lidwine Rakotozafinoro from Madagascar were among the 29-match officials listed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the 2019 U-17 AFCON.

Basheer Salisu is the only Nigerian referee on the list for the competition.

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Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi Emerge 2019 Commonwealth Young Person Of The Year

Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi has won the overall prize of the 2019 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year, in recognition of her efforts to end sexual violence at a ceremony at the Commonwealth’s headquarters in London.

She also emerged the Commonwealth Youth Awards regional winner for Africa and Europe, with her project focus on Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality.

Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi and three other exceptional young people from India, the Solomon Islands and Saint Lucia also won prizes and received a £12,000 grant for their innovative projects.

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Nigerian Students Team Emerge Joint Winners Of Sub-Saharan Regional Finals Of 2019 Huawei ICT Competition

A team of Nigerian students have emerged joint winners of the Sub-Saharan regional finals of the 2019 Huawei ICT Competition alongside Team Tanzania and earned a spot at the global finals in May 2019 in China.

The Nigerian students: Abdulqadir Babagana Musa, Muhammad Mustafa Maihaja, Fahad Danladi, Shuaibu Abbas Usman, Kamaludeen Umar, Abdulqudus Adebayo Temidayo all from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) first emerged winners of the Huawei ICT national competition, which involved a participation of 13,600 students from 30 universities across Nigeria before proceeding to represent Nigeria at the just-concluded Sub-Saharan regional finals held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Nigerian team of students ranked number one leading with a dominant score of 790.4, followed by Tanzania with 745.6, then Kenya with 737 and Angola with 700.8.

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Winners Of Jumia Travel Third Edition Nigeria Travel Awards

Winners have emerged at the third edition of the Nigeria Travel Awards organised by Jumia Travel at Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Managing Director of Jumia Travel Nigeria, Miss Omolara Adagunodo, said the award was organised to raise the service delivery bar in the Nigeria travel/hospitality industry, and encourage all hotels and airlines in the country to offer the highest quality of service to their customers. She also explained that the award was to recognise individuals and organisations within the country’s travel and tourism industry.

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Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja & Kingsley Igbokwe Win At 2019 Mathematics For Life Conference And Exhibition

Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja and Deeper Life School, Akure have emerged first and second place winners respectively of the Mathematics for Life National Mathematics Competition in which over 200 schools across Nigeria participated.

The competition organised by Mathematics for Life Foundation is one of the activities adopted by the foundation for the promotion and advocacy of the study of mathematics in Nigeria.

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Listed In Transparency International “Anti-Corruption Fighters”

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been listed as one of the eight Transparency International “Anti-Corruption fighters”. She is the only Nigerian and the second African to make the list.

According to Transparency International, the women listed are:

“… setting a positive example, showing that women are not only victims of corruption, but also key players in the struggle against it.”

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Peter Nkanga Wins 2019 Jamal Khashoggi Award For Courageous Journalism [Nigeria]

Peter Nkanga has been selected for the 2019 Jamal Khashoggi Award for Courageous Journalism in Nigeria by Inti Raymi Fund.

In a letter signed by Anas Talalqa, Human Rights Advisor at Inti Raymi Fund, congratulating Mr. Peter Nkanga:

“The Award honors the brave journalists who expose abuse of power and corruption, share difficult truths, discuss taboo topics, and work in hostile environments. For true democracy to work, there must be a free press.”

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