Eunice Gordon Osagiede Awarded USA Congress Woman Of Excellence Award 2019

Apostle Eunice Gordon Osagiede along with 19 others have been awarded the United States of America Congress Women of Excellence award for the year 2019.

Apostle Eunice Gordon Osagiede, a social crusader for women and youth empowerment was amongst 150 people that were screened across the globe.

It is to be noted that she is the only African woman to be featured in the 2019 awards. USA Congressman Danny K. Davis commented that the 7th congressional district’s Multi Ethic Advisory Task Force (MEATF) celebrated the 7th Annual International Women’s day by honoring “Twenty Global Women” who are excelling in their field of study.

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Conclusion Of The 2019 PositiveNaija Newscast Contest

No winner or finalist has emerged in the 2019 PositiveNaija Newscast Contest, themed: Nigeria, Nigerians and Excellence!

The 2019 PositiveNaija Newscast Contest (March 1 – 25, 2019) is purposed towards informing the world about the positive excellence associated with Nigeria and Nigerians globally for the year 2019.

The 2019 PositiveNaija Newscast Contest aims to promote media professionalism in Nigeria, advance original Nigerian storytelling, encourage Nigerian patriotism as well as serve as a platform for excellence!

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Nkete Obidimuso Wins 2018 National ICT Olympiad Competition

Miss Nkete Obidimuso of Livingstone College, Lagos State has emerged the first prize winner of the 2018 National ICT Olympiad. She also set a record as the first National Champion of the ICT Olympiad.

The finals was held from 26th- 29th of September, 2018 at Ibadan, Oyo State, with finalists drawn across the Federation.

The National ICT Olympiad was organized “in a bid to discover Nigeria’s best young computer scientists, develop healthy competitive skills as well as improve the youth’s self-esteem together with creating pride in academic achievement.”

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Aroloye Numbere Wins World Championship 2018 In Environmental Sciences (Precipitation)

Dr. Aroloye Numbere has won the World Championship 2018 in Environmental Sciences (Precipitation) out of over 85 countries.

The purpose of the award is to identify brilliant scientists and academicians around the world through the World Championship. The World Championship is organised by International Agency for Standards and Ratings  (IARS) at international level.

According to the award organisers, Dr. Aroloye Numbere plays a vital role in advancement of scientific knowledge in Environmental Sciences (Precipitation).

His research article emerged winner among 5897 nominations from 86 countries, screened for the World Championship 2018 in Environmental Sciences (Precipitation). Dr. Aroloye Numbere lectures at the Department of Animal and Environmental Biology at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).

World Championship 2018 in Environmental Sciences (Precipitation) acknowledges the outstanding international contributions and the winner(s) is selected based on international meritorious competition.

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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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