Category: Education & Innovation

Toluwalase Oseni of Caleb British International School, Lekki, Lagos State, has been declared winner of the 2020 World Scavenger Hunt Award.

The event, an annual global entrepreneurial competition, which took place virtually on Zoom Platform as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic had 55 teams from the USA and other countries as participants with Master Toluwalase Oseni winning the Scavenger Hunt Award out of the eight awards available at the event.

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Faisal Adamu Hamman has emerged as the overall best graduating student for the 2019/2020 academic session at Isik University, Turkey.

20-year-old Faisal achieved a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.98 (out of 4.0) – Faculty of Engineering.

Susan Chioma Omeh has emerged overall winner of the 2020 WIPO National Intellectual Property Essay Competition on the recommendation of the panel of judges.

Susan Chioma Omeh was announced winner on the 28th of July 2020 and the competition’s theme was “Making innovation work for a Green Future in Nigeria”.

Ms. Susan is a 500-level (final year) student of Law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

The 2020 WIPO National Intellectual Property Essay Competition was organized by the WIPO Nigeria Office on the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day 2020.

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Chinelo Dike Okonkwo has emerged winner of the 2020 Unicaf Nigeria Essay Competition at an awards ceremony held online, on July 3, 2020.

In a statement by Chinelo Dike Okonkwo, the first winner has been awarded a full scholarship for a Master’s degree of her choice with Unicaf University through online delivery and also a cash prize of $300.

The second winner Eze Cornelius Chidiebere was awarded an 80 percent scholarship and also a cash prize of $200. Oyafemi Toluwalese Augustine, the third winner received a 75 percent scholarship for a Master’s degree scholarship and also a free tablet.

The statement also thanked over 500 Bachelor degree holders that took part in the essay competition, “Is online learning the future of education”.

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Professor Charles Egbu has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University, United Kingdom.

Professor Charles Egbu will return to Leeds, a city in which he studied and taught, to begin his new role on 1 November 2020.

He will take over from Professor Margaret A House OBE who will step down after seven years as Vice-Chancellor.

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Winners have emerged at the inaugural edition of the Edtech Summit Awards organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and AFRITEX, which held on March 3rd, 2020, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.

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Annabel Kemmy has emerged as the best student with a distinction in the Master of Arts in Security Studies at the University of Rwanda [2019/2020].

Annabel Kemmy also received the best College Research Paper and third best in merit of Senior Command and Staff Course 08 (Rwanda Defence Force Command and Staff College).

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