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Black Stallions Win Inaugural Rugby President’s Cup

The Nigeria rugby national team, Black Stallions have defeated their Ghanaian counterparts 14 to 12 at the Nduom Stadium, Elmina, Ghana to win the inaugural President’s Cup trophy. The competition was organised by the two West African nations.

The match, which also marked the end of the three-nation West Africa Rugby Series that also featured Cote d’Ivoire, was highly entertaining and tough in the first stanza as neither of the teams could score a try before half time.

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Jerry Jakpa Wins 200 Meters Race At The 2019 Citius Meet In Switzerland

Jerry Jakpa has won the men’s 200 meters at the Citius Meet in Berne, Switzerland.

At the Citius Meet, Jerry Jakpa equalled his personal best of 20.59 seconds to finish ahead of Antunes Diogo, who recorded 20.70 seconds and Martina Churandy, 20.76 seconds.

In the same race, Jakpa’s fellow Nigerian, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, finished 7th in 21.30 seconds.

Ese Brume Wins 100 Meters Race & Long Jump Events At 2019 Buyukler Sampiyonasi Meet In Turkey

Ese Brume has set a new Personal Best time to win the 100 meters race event at the Buyukler Sampiyonasi meet in Turkey on the 4th of August 2019.

Ese Brume previously ran a time of 11.50 seconds in the semifinals before running a time of 11.41 seconds ahead of Burcu Erdemir who ran 11.71 seconds and Elif Polat in 11.81 seconds.

Ese also jumped a massive 7.05 meters to win the women’s Long Jump finals, also breaking her personal best in the event.

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NISA Premiere Hospital In Abuja Performs First Successful Kidney Transplant

NISA Premiere Hospital, Abuja, has carried out its first kidney transplantation led by Dr. Obi Ekwenna, a Transplant and Urologist Surgeon and a Nigerian American, a Master Public Health Specialist and Registered Nurse Mary Brown from the United States of America and Dr. Lemah Mabasu Urologist Surgeon from NISA hospital.

Chairman of NISA Premiere Hospital, Dr. Ibrahim Wada disclosed this on 3rd of August 2019 in Abuja.

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Esigbone Omagbemi Ferdinard Wins 2019 Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition

16-year-old Esigbone Omagbemi Ferdinard of Roshallom International Secondary School, Egbeda, Lagos has emerged the overall winner in the 2019 edition of the Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition for Secondary School students in Nigeria competition, having scored a total average of 68 percent.

The second position went to Oluwaseun Aremu of Shepherd International College, Ado-Ekiti with an average score of 61 percent, while Adeola AdemuwaIfeola from Chrisfield College, Itamaga, Ikorodu came third with a total average score of 60 percent.

The fourth position was a tie, with West Tamunonye also of Christfield College, Itamaga, Ikorodu, and Anazia Rita from Roshallom International School with a total average score of 56 percent.

Ajayi Ibukun of Fit-Charis International School and Olaitan Olajuwon of Chrisfield College, Itamagaboth took the fifth position respectively in the competition with an average score of 54 precent.

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PositiveNaija Wins THE BIZZ Business Excellence Award 2019

PositiveNaija has been selected as a winner of THE BIZZ Business Excellence Award for its consistency in business leadership, product/service quality, management systems, innovation and creativity, corporate social responsibility, and results achieved.

THE BIZZ Business Excellence Award is given to PositiveNaija and its Team by the Board of Directors of the World Confederation of Businesses (WORLDCOB), an international organization that represents more than 3,000 business members in more than 130 countries.

Also awarded with the THE BIZZ Business Excellence Award is Publiseer – a Nigerian digital content distribution company.

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