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Reasons Why Many Nigerians Lack Interest For Good Or Positive News On Nigeria & Nigerians

Reasons Why Many Nigerians Lack Interest For Good Or Positive News On Nigeria & Nigerians

“To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralized nation tells demoralized stories to itself.”

– Ben Okri

False Stereotype

Many Nigerians have been stereotyped to believe that every challenge is peculiar to Nigeria. They have failed to understand that every standing nation had their share of hard times. Unfortunately, this notion has sunk deep into the minds of a number of young Nigerians spurring an uninterested feeling towards the positivity of the country.

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Publiseer Wins 2019 Startup World Cup Nigeria Regional Competition

Publiseer has emerged winner of the 2019 Startup World Cup Nigeria Regional Competition, which took place at the Civic Hive in Lagos.

The Startup World Cup is global startup pitch competition, which is held by Silicon Valley based venture capital firm Fenox VC, with a $1 million investment prize. The global startup pitch competition offers entrepreneurship opportunities for early-stage startups around the world.

This year’s Nigerian regional finals had Passion Incubator as its exclusive regional partner. It had a pitch session with 10 early stage startups.

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Team Nigeria Win 2019 Nigeria Taekwondo Open

Team Nigeria has emerged the overall best team of the 2019 Nigeria Taekwondo Open held at the Abuja National Stadium, Abuja.

Nigeria emerged in first position with 9 gold and 1 bronze medal – a total of 10 medals, Team Benin Republic came second with 1 gold and 1 silver, while Team Saudi Arabia and Taraba state won 1 gold and 1 silver to finish third and fourth place respectively at the end of the three-day championship.

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Aisha Abubakar & Ronke Salau Win 2019 HEDA Anti-Corruption Debate

Aisha Abubakar and Ronke Salau have emerged the overall winners of the 2019 anti-corruption debate organized by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA).

The anti-corruption debate competition was organized by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) in partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC); Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC); National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR).

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Nwosu Oluebube & Ijaola David Win 2018 USPF Changemaker Challenge

Team Real Media comprising of Nwosu Oluebube and Ijaola David have won the 2018 USPF Changemaker Challenge.

Three teams emerged winners of the 2018 USPF Changemaker Challenge, out of the 14 teams that were shortlisted for the contest from over 500 applications received.

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Team AI Squad Wins FIRST Lego League (FLL) Nigeria National Championship [2019]

Team AI Squad from Hillside School, Abuja has emerged winner of the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Nigeria National Championship [2019] hosted by Baze University, Abuja.

The competition, which hosted 600 pupils of ages nine to 16, had team Federal Government College (FGC), Odogbolu, Ogun State, emerge second place winner, while Team Glistobots, from Glisten International Academy, Abuja, won the third place.

The top three teams will represent Nigeria at international tournaments including the World robotic festival at Houston, Texas and International Open Championships in Turkey, Lebanon, Australia and Uruguay.

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