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Ifetayo Ali-Landing Wins 2017 Sphinx Competition

Ifetayo Ali-Landing, a 14-year-old cellist, recently won first place in the junior division at the prestigious Annual Sphinx Competition with her performance of Lalo’s Concerto in D Minor.

Her win includes a cash prize of $10,000, performances with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, participation with the Sphinx Soloist Program Partners, solo appearances with major orchestras, and a radio interview on “From the Top,” a nationally-broadcast music program.

The national Sphinx Competition provides young Black and Latino classical string instrument musicians the opportunity to compete under the guidance of an internationally-renowned panel of judges and perform with established professional musicians.

Ifetayo Ali-Landing is the Junior Division 1st Place Laureate of the 2017 Annual Sphinx Competition and performed as soloist with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.  She is also the Junior Division 2nd Place Laureate of the 2016 Sphinx Competition. She was selected as one of the winners of the 2016 DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers competition and performed as soloist with the Festival’s Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra. Over the years, she has placed or received honorable mentions for the Society of American Musicians (SAM) competition, Depaul Concerto Festival for Young Musicians competition, and the Music Festival in Honor of Confucius competition.

Voice IT Wins 2017 Re: Code Nigeria Hackathon

Voice IT, a Voice banking app, has won the 2017 Re: Code Nigeria Hackathon and a prize money of ₦1.5 million as well as access to Microsoft Azure and the IBM platform for a year.

The winning app allows banking customers to use voice commands to carry out banking operations such as checking one’s account balance, transferring funds, and purchasing airtime for one’s mobile phone are done using voice. In other words,  you speak or talk and the App does all the work.

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2017 NAF Inter-Command Combat Sports Competition

Team Headquarters Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has emerged the best overall winner of the 2017 NAF Inter-Command Combat Sports Competition with 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. The four days competitive sporting activities dubbed ‘Jos 2017’ began on Monday, 27 March 2017 with 6 teams competing for honours.

Team Training Command came 2nd with 8 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals while Team Special Operations Command won 2 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals to clinch the 3rd position.
Team Logistics Command came 4th with 2 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze medals, Team Tactical Air Command with 1 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze medals was in the 5th position and Team Mobility Command with 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals came 6th.

100% Indigenous Urine-To-Gases Equipment

A Nigerian scientist, Ejikeme P. Nwosu, and his team of researchers have fabricated equipment that converts urine into flammable gases, biomethane and hydrogen-rich gases, with 100% indigenous technological inputs.

Nwosu, a graduate of Pure and Industrial Chemistry from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU), Anambra State with Masters of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State, asserts that a blend of these gases- biomethane and hydrogen-rich gases- can be effectively used to run a gas turbine generator to give the nation over 11,250 megawatts hours of electricity.

Biomethane is a 100% renewable energy source produced by the natural breakdown of organic material: green waste, household waste, agricultural waste, food industry waste and even industrial waste.

Prototype: Thunder Lightning Power Generation

Obayagbona Emmanuel Imafidon, an Electrical Engineer from the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu has revealed that he has invented a power-generating device that could generate power from thunder lightning, which can solve the problem power outage in the country.
According to Obayagbona Emmanuel Imafidon,
“I have been researching on generating constant power from thunder lightning. That is using a strike of thunder lightning to generate power that can serve Nigeria and Africa for five years and 30 days. That means that whenever thunder strike for once, we are sure of uninterrupted power for five years and thirty days.

Banwo & Ighodalo in Chambers Global 2017 Tier 1 Ranking

Banwo & Ighodalo receives Tier 1 rankings in the Nigerian legal market, across its Banking & Finance, Corporate/Commercial and Energy & Natural Resources practices in the Chambers Global Guide; with 6 lawyers also recognized. Banwo & Ighodalo also retained its ranking as a leading firm in Intellectual Property and made its debut ranking in Dispute Resolution.

Chambers Global 2017 directory offers client-based insights into law firms and lawyers practising internationally; and covers over 190 countries across the world including Region-wide and Global-wide sections. Law firms and individual lawyers are ranked in bands from 1-6, with 1 being the best.

The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.