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Jamilu Hassan Emerges Best Information Technology Student At International University Of East Africa (IUEA), Uganda

Sergeant Jamilu Hassan of the Nigerian Army, has emerged the best student of Bachelor of Information Technology at the International University of East Africa (IUEA), Kampala, Uganda with a First Class degree after scoring 4.97/5.00 CGPA.

Sergeant Jamilu Hassan was born in 1985 and attended Kamara Primary School Gombe from 1990 to 1996 before proceeding to Army Day Secondary School, Bukavo Barracks, Kano from 1998 to 2004.

He enlisted into the Nigerian Army on February 28, 2005 as a member of 56 Regular Recruit Intake and was posted to the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police where he was trained as a criminal investigator.

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Dakar International Taekwondo Open 2017

Elizabeth Anyanacho of Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation (CCSF) wins gold in the women’s -67kg (her second international medal) as well as the best female athlete award at the Dakar International Taekwondo Open 2017 held at the Ndiaye Stadium in Senegal.

Peter Itiku also won a bronze medal in the men’s +80kg of the championships.

2017 JETS Competition Winner

Akwa Ibom has emerged winner of the 20th national Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientists, 2017 JETS Competition themed “Enhancing Food Security through Science and Technology Applications’’ for primary and secondary school students in which all the states and the Federal Capital Territory participated.

En route their emergence as the overall winners of the one week competition, the Akwa Ibom representatives garnered four trophies.

Akwa Ibom emerged first in free choice project, winning with their project on “Biodegradable Waste to Wealth” as well as the inter-state quiz competition by claiming the third position.

They also got the second position for coming out with the project on using “Orange peels’’ for other uses such as Orange Peel for Weight Loss, Orange Peel for Treatment of Hangover, Orange Peel for Production of Pesticides and Candies.

2017 One Book, One New York Winner

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has emerged the 2017 One Book, One New York Winner with her book; Americanah.

One Book, One New York is a program in which residents of all five boroughs are encouraged to read the same book at the same time. Because it is challenging to choose one book for eight million readers, the organizers held a vote. The five contenders included:

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Sellout by Paul Beatty, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.  The five finalists make a wonderful set of books with much in common. They are all moving, thought-provoking, seriously well-written reflections on race, identity, society and culture.

West African Standard Chartered Trophy 2017 Tournament

Team Super 7 from Nigeria emerged winners at the West African regional tournament of the Standard Chartered Trophy 2017 Tournament (soccer) at the Lizzy Sports Complex hosted by Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited after beating Team Multichoice from Ghana to clinch this year’s regional trophy.

Nigeria will represent West Africa at the Standard Chartered Trophy Final in Anfield. This is a four-day all expense paid trip to the UK.

In addition, the team will receive a professional training session with LFC legends and coaches to help them prepare for the “Final’ tournament.

2017 African President of Society for Tropical Crops

Prof. Lateef Sanni, has been re-elected for a second term as the President of the International Society For Tropical Root Crops, African Branch (ISTRC-AB) at the just concluded 13th triennial international symposium of the society in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
In a keenly contested election rounding off the one-week symposium, Prof. Lateef Sanni, who is the Dean, College of Food Science and Human Ecology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria, emerged as the President, while Dr. Kiddo Mtunda was elected as the First Vice President.
Others elected were Dr. Pheneas Ntawuruhunga, Secretary; Dr Simon Eze, Assistant Secretary; Dr. Elizabeth Parkes, Treasurer; Dr. Richard Okechukwu, Editor- In-Chief; Dr. Godwin Asumugha, Associate Editor; and Dr. Bosola Oladeinde as Fund Raising Officer.
Other elected officers for another two years are Dr. Nzola Mahungu, Dr. Robert Asiedu, Chief Alfred Dixon, Dr. Peter Kulakow, all as Ex-Officio; while Dr. Kanayo Chukwuka, Kwame Ogero, Moita Nassy Laurentine Marielle and Vito Sandifolo got elected for Western, Eastern, Central and Southern Africa respectively.
In his acceptance speech, Sanni promised that the team would redouble its efforts in uplifting the standard of the society in order to meet up with the set objectives.
He said the society has commenced capacity building for their early career scientists, especially on proposal writing and increased interactions among scientists from around the world working on all tropical root and tuber crops.