Category: Education & Innovation

Ten cities from around the world including Ibadan (Nigeria) received the 2019 UNESCO Learning Cities Award on 30 September in Medellín, Colombia on the eve of the opening of the Fourth International Conference on Learning Cities.

David Atchoarena, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning stated:

“The Award is a recognition of exemplary progress made by cities in promoting inclusive education and lifelong learning in local communities.,”

It is a means to honour our network member cities as they have demonstrated remarkable progress by implementing the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) guidelines.”

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Iorliam Simon Tersoo has won the 2019 Future Maritime Leaders essay competition organised by the Global Maritime Forum.

Tersoo’s essay titled, “Emerging Technologies: Autonomous Shipping and Seafarers’ Continuous Professional (Ir) Relevance,” was among top three essays selected from 140 shortlisted entries from 46 countries that participated in the annual competition.

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Toluwani Deborah, has emerged the overall best graduating student with a First Class Honours from the Department of Mathematics at the 35th convocation ceremony of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN).

Toluwani Deborah, who was part of the graduation class of 2019, finished with a cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.98.

Isaac Fredrick Sunday has emerged overall winner of the 2019 Nigerian Content Development And Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Essay Competition.

The 3rd edition of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Annual National Undergraduate Nigerian Content Essay Competition Award and Prize giving ceremony was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The topic of the essay competition: ‘Nigeria’s local content policy and its impact on sustainable economic value creation’.

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Carlton Oke, an architecture student of Covenant University, has emerged winner of the 2019 Design Week Lagos Architecture Competition with his entry on ‘Airport Masterplan for Lekki’.

The organiser of the Architecture competition, Osaru Alile who called for more mentoring of young architects, said Carlton Oke’s submission showed creativity, innovation and originality.

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Mrs. Elusakin Agnes Iyabo and Adebiyi Abiola Temitayo have emerged the 2019 overall best teachers in Nigeria at the 2019 World Teachers Day Celebration in Abuja.

Mrs. Elusakin Agnes Iyabo, a teacher of Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, Lagos state, won the best teacher of the year 2019 award, in the public school category. She received the award along with a brand new Hyundai Sonata car gift from the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Mrs. Elusakin Agnes Iyabo said she has served in the teaching profession for 27 years, adding that the award will spur her into more hard work

Mr. Adebiyi Abiola Temitayo, a teacher of Varsity children grammar school, Ijebu ode, Ogun state, won the best teacher of the year 2019 award, in the private school category. He received the award along with a brand new Hyundai Accent car gift from the Federal Government of Nigeria.

A total of three cars, two buses were presented to various categories of winners by the Federal Government among the 24 awardees at the event.

Abiodun Jamiu, a campus-life reporter at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) has won the 2019 El-Critical Writing contest as well as UDUS Pen Press Campus Journalist of the Year prize.

Abiodun Jamiu was presented his award at the 2019 Pen Press UDUS Day held at the institution.

The event was courtesy of a collaboration between Pen Press UDUS, one of the home-grown media outfits for students of UDUS and Ibrahim Jatto, an ex-CAMPUSLIFE reporter and award winning journalist.

The contest with the theme: “The making of a 21st century university” aimed at improving literacy in the north, especially among students. It is a yearly contest for students in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states.

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