The Nigerian National Volleyball Federation Division 1 and 2 Championship Phase Two, hosted by Abia State, has ended in Umuahia with the Nigerian Air Force team, Defence Spikers, emerging as the winner of the male category and Team Delta winning the female category.
Darun Noor Intercontinental School Wins JAN 2024 National Company Of The Year Competition (NCOY)
Darun Noor Intercontinental School, Kano, whose company name was Smart Sprout Solutions, has emerged the overall winner of the 2024 National Company of the Year Competition (NCOY) organised by the Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN).
Darun Noor Intercontinental School, Kano, won for their invention of a Smart Sprinkler for farmers.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that all the schools took turns to make presentations and answer questions before proceeding for exhibition and demonstration of their inventions.
2024 ITTF Africa Championships: Team Nigeria Win Men’s Event
Nigeria emerged victorious in the men’s team event at the 2024 ITTF Africa Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Olubunmi Familoni Wins NLNG 2024 Nigeria Prize For Literature
Olubunmi Familoni, author of “The Road Does Not End” has been named the winner of the 2024 Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited.
The announcement was made at the grand award night held at Eko Hotel, Lagos.
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Rosemary Okorafor Wins 2024 International Daisy Award
Rosemary Okorafor, a registered nurse at the Karachi General Hospital, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has been honoured with the 2024 international Daisy Award for her dedication to work, care and kindness.
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Esomnofu Ifechukwu Wins 2024 Maltina Teacher Of The Year Award
Esomnofu Ifechukwu of Crown Grace School, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, has emerged the winner of the 10th edition of the coveted Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition at the Grand Finale held in Lagos on October 11, 2024.
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The Pinnacle Of Nigerian Excellence! By Raheem Mutiyat Oreoluwa
The Pinnacle Of Nigerian Excellence! By Raheem Mutiyat Oreoluwa
Notwithstanding the dynamics of the threatening rate of moral decline and stagnating socio-economic environment of the country, Nigerians have continued to be their best in terms of intellectual creativity, industriousness and resilient tenacity. In 2022, Nigeria ranked 17th in African countries Global Innovation Index, and 114th in the world (Galal, 2022), which showed an increased improvement compared to previous years. Globally, Nigerians have successfully carved niches and questioned the modus operandi in various fields of but are not limited to technology, sports, literature, agriculture, medicine and entertainment. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; the first ever African and woman to become the director of World Trade Organisation is from Nigeria, Olufunmilayo Falusi Olopade from the Yoruba ethnic group is globally acknowledged for her ground-breaking efforts in cancer genetics and researches in breast cancer tailored to women of African descent, Philip Emeagwali who left a mark in the domain of oil exploration and supercomputing through his nature-inspired formula, is from South-Eastern Nigeria.
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