Category: Education & Innovation

Miss Ifeoluwa Toluwanimi Abiodun, a 14 year old student of Babington Macauley Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has emerged the winner of the 2016 edition of the NSE Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools students in Nigeria

1. Best African App Award: Sliide Airtime (Nigeria)
2. Enterprise Solution Award: Flutterwave (Nigeria)
3. News & Entertainment Award: Battabox (Nigeria)

1. In the Most Innovative Idea category, Tobilola Ajibola won the Naira 2 million prize money for her idea, “Dresses by Aloli”, which was adjudged the most outstanding.
2. The Most Innovative Product and Services category award was won by a team of three men comprising Ojeniyi James, Adegoke Olubusi and Oluwole Gbenga whose entry called “OneMedical”, came out tops to win the Naira 5 million coveted prize.

Etisalat Prize for Innovation was created in 2012 and has discovered and empowered a number of young creative Nigerian entrepreneurs by giving them the opportunity to showcase innovative products, services and ideas that address specific problems in the society and contribute to the nation’s socio-economic growth.

The Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has been adjudged the best state university in Nigeria for the year 2016 by the Institute for Governance Research, Leadership and Technology

Ayoola Oguntade and Juliet Eko have emerged winners of the 2016 edition of Cowbellpedia mathematics quiz competition for the Senior and Junior school categories respectively receiving the ultimate cash prize of 1 million Naira each.

The 1st and 2nd runner-ups in each category were rewarded with 750,000 Naira and 500,000 Naira respectively.

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Physical and Health Education teacher, Mr. Wesley Orioha, has emerged the “Best Teacher of the Year,” for Dansol High School, Agidingbi, Lagos State and rewarded with a cash prize of 1 million Naira for his steadfastness and dedication to his duty.

Computer, Basic Sciences and Physical Education teacher from Special Education Centre for Exceptional Children, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Imoh Essien, has emerged the 2016 Maltina Teacher of the Year.

The Maltina Teacher of the Year Award, instituted by the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund, was aimed at restoring the pride and dignity of the teaching profession and recognising the all-encompassing role of teachers in nation building.

Imoh Essien, who started nurturing the desire to become a teacher from childhood, was able to achieve the feat due to his ability to clearly define and demonstrate what it means to impact knowledge to the Nigerian child.

Having keenly competed with 34 teachers across the federation, he was, at a grand reception held at Oriental Hotel, Lagos, adjudged the best teacher of the year by the panel of independent jurists, headed by the Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Values in Leadership, Prof Pat Utomi.

For this, he was rewarded with ₦1 million overall prize, in addition to ₦500,000 he received as state champion from Akwa Ibom.

He would also be getting the sum of ₦1 million every year for a period of five years, a training programme abroad and block of six classrooms for his school.

An English teacher from Borno State, who was the first runner-up last year, Mohammed Binta Lawan, repeated the feat this year, while Ogwu Patrick from Government Day Secondary School, Adankolo in Lokoja, Kogi State, came third.