Nigeria has won the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World Government Award for being the government with the most innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) included in its national pavilion at the ITU Telecom Awards 2017.
Nigerian fintech startup, Medsaf also won the Greatest Social Impact award of the Global SMEs Awards at the ITU Telecom Awards 2017 held in Busan, South Korea.
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Winners have emerged in the first edition of the 2017 PositiveNaija essay competition, themed: How Great Is Nigeria!
The 2017 PositiveNaija essay competition (July 1 – October 1, 2017) is purposed towards informing the world what genuinely makes Nigeria a great country today, which every Nigerian and non-Nigerians should be proud of.
The PositiveNaija annual essay competition aims to encourage Nigerian patriotism, nation building as well as a platform for excellence.
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PositiveNaija Monthly Newsletter September 2017
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Sunday Oliseh continues to set and break records with his Dutch club, Fortuna Sittard as the team triumphed with its biggest away win since it was founded almost 50 years ago.
The win was recorded against Telstar away from home 6-0.
According to the former Super Eagles Coach:
“Join me in praising God for his blessings and Mercies… Experienced my most emphatic professional away win as coach 0-6 vs. erstwhile unbeaten Telstar @FortunaSittard yesterday. Though my players, coaching staff and fans gave their all, God’s handprints were everywhere to see on this record-breaking victory. This is Fortuna Sittard’s highest scoring away victory in its history.”
A few weeks back, Sunday Oliseh became the first coach ever, in the history of Fortuna Sittard to win 6 consecutive home games.
The former Nigeria captain has now extended that to eight consecutive wins.
With this latest 6-0 win recorded on Friday, Fortuna Sittard have moved up to second place with 16 points from seven games, one point adrift of leaders Jong Ajax who beat FC Oss 3-0 away from home.
Fortuna Sittard will face NEC at home in their next game on the 6th of October.
The School for the Gifted, Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has emerged winner of the 7th Korea-Nigeria quiz for secondary schools.
The competition was organised by the Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) in Nigeria and the FCT Secondary Education Board.
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Transcorp Hilton Abuja has received the Signum Virtutis (Seal of Excellence) in the Hotels and Resorts Category of the 2017 Seven Stars Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards. It is the second of such award, having received similar award in 2016.
The Award Gala ceremony took place at the most exclusive private members country club in Greece, the Ecali Club, on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at the 5th anniversary of the award body.
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