Category: Education & Innovation

The goal of education and innovation in Nigeria is envisioned to be ruled by true wisdom and self-consciousness. The Nigerian innovative spirit coupled with humane values is acknowledged in its dynamic and universal applicability.

 

Winners Of The 2017 PIN Poetry Competition

Poets in Nigeria (PIN) have announced the prize-winners for the 2017 edition of Nigerian Students PIN poetry Competition, which opened since February this year, and which received about 725 poems from students drawn from over 100 tertiary institutions in Nigeria and abroad.

Winners of the 2017 Poets in Nigeria (PIN) Competition

1st Prize

Bakre Fadil Adedamola, a 400-level student of Philosophy at the University of Ibadan, clinched the first prize with his poem ‘Mixed History’.

2nd Prize

Ajah Henry Ekene, a medical student of University of Benin, won second position with his poem ‘Song of Freedom’.

3rd Prize

Bona O. Solomon, a student of Guidance and Counselling, University of Ibadan, took the third prize with her poem ‘Beach Chronicles’.

The winners get 200,000 Naira and an exclusive feature in the seventh issue of PIN Quarterly Journal and NSPP’s anthology of top 100 poems to be released later in the year.
Professor Akachi Ezeigbo, chair of the judging panel appraised the winning poems. In his  statements: “I have chosen the winning poem ‘Mixed History’ and the two runners-up ‘Song of Freedoms and ‘Beach Chronicles’ not just because of the content, but more importantly, because they are virtually error-free and make judicious use of imagery, especially as seen in the skillful use of symbols and metaphors. They are charming poems in every sense of the word and explore serious themes and interesting ideas.”

Enem Aniemeka, PhD Emerges Babcock’s Best [2017]

Warrant Officer Enem Aniemeka of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has emerged the overall best graduating doctorate student with the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.67 at Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun state.

Enem Aniemeka, an MSc. graduate in Information Technology from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) obtained his PhD in Computer Science Networking telecommunication with the title of his thesis being: “Transmission Control Protocol’s Initial Congestion Window for Web Latency Reduction and Speedy Flows”.

According to the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya:

“The research work was able to propose solution to the problem of short lived connections in Internet network in Nigeria. This would potentially enable internet users in Nigeria to have better service by improving page loading time.

Aniemeka, who is one of the beneficiaries of NAF school release programme, is currently the Supervisor of the Computer Centre at 051 Personnel Management Centre at NAF Base in Ikeja, Lagos State.”

Olukayode Mobolaji Oluwasona 5.0

Olukayode Mobolaji Oluwasona, has graduated with a Cummulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 in Computer Technology from the University of Computer Sciences and Skills, Lodz, Poland – the best result under a special degree exchange programme arranged by Babcock University.

Already leading in first class from his first semester examinations in Babcock University, 20-year old Olukayode Mobolaji Oluwasona, was among the 17 outstanding students of Babcock University that left Nigeria at the beginning of their 200-level programme in 2014 to continue undergraduate studies in Poland.
This was under a special degree exchange programme arranged by Babcock University with the University of Computer Sciences and Skills in Lodz, Poland, where they remained ‘international students’ until the end of their four-year course.

Under the arrangement, they had to return to Babcock for their last and final year in 2016, during which they remained under the monitoring, supervision and mentorship of their lecturers in Poland. Mobolaji and his colleagues were the pioneers in the four years old exchange programme between Babcock and the Polish institution.

Chancellor of the University of Computer Sciences and Skills, Mrs. Aniela Bednarek, presented to Mobolaji a Special Achievement Award for his superlative academic performance.

Olukayode Mobolaji Oluwasona attributes his success to vision, determination, discipline and above all, the Grace of God. He looks forward to a successful working career in any of the world’s topmost Information Technology organisations. He dedicated his award to his parents, who he said mentored him well and set his feet on the right path.

Adeniyi Kolade Launches ‘Entrump6’ Game [2017]

Adeniyi Kolade launches his fourth game and first entrepreneurial board and card game, Entrump6 – designed to promote entrepreneurial attitude for both impact and profit at the Alexander Brown Hall, University College Hospital, Ibadan Oyo State.

According to Adeniyi Kolade:

“For the business entrepreneur, the primary goal is to make profit through pursuit of opportunity, while for the social entrepreneur; the primary goal is to make impact through problem solving and value creation.

Entrump6 is a board and a card game designed to promote entrepreneurial attitude for both impact and profit. It is logically crafted to demonstrate entrepreneurship realities with respect to attributes of, and challenges faced by entrepreneurs within the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and largely, traits exhibited by successful entrepreneurs.

Support for entrepreneurship is a crucial strategy for national transformation and economic development through problem solving and opportunity finding respectively. Entrump6 is an entrepreneurship-based game designed to project these realities.”

Mr Kolade has also designed games like Cool Tour, to promote peoples knowledge, places and product; Prompt Card, designed to aid prompt and managerial reasoning; Scripstars, a bible board game and Entrump6, to promote entrepreneurial thinking.

Adedipe Oluwatosin Is Young Scientist of the Year [2017]

16-year-old Adedipe Oluwatosin, an SSS III student from Shepherd International School, Ado-Ekiti has been crowned Young Scientist of the Year [2017], after winning the Young Nigerian Scientist Presidential Award at a ceremony held at Eagle’s Square, Abuja.

Adedipe Oluwatosin emerged best at a competition organised by the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, out of a total of 774 candidates (drawn from all the local government areas in the country) who participated both at the preliminary and the final stages.

In recognition of this achievement, the Ekiti State Government very recently awarded a cash prize of 2.5 million Naira to Adedipe as well as an annual scholarship grant of 1million Naira per annum for a period of four years as funding for his undergraduate studies.

Adedipe Oluwatosin was also the 2016 winner of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) National Science Competition.