Edem Offiong Becomes First Nigerian To Win European Cup Women’s Table Tennis Title

36-year-old Nigeria’s second-ranked table tennis champion, Edem Offiong has made history as the first Nigerian to win the European Cup Women’s Table Tennis title.

Remarkably, it was also the first European title for ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari club.

The elated Offiong, who currently ranked 142nd in the world, helped her Italian Quattro Mori Cagliari record the famous victory over Hungary’s SH ITB Budaorsi Sport Club in the final over two legs in Budapest.

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Winners Of Inaugural The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards (TNBA)

Winners have emerged in the maiden edition of The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards (TNBA) held on May 17, with distinguished broadcast professionals, stations, and industry icons receiving awards in different categories.

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Police Sergeant Nasiru Bawa & Police Inspector Saratu Haruna Honoured With United Nations Posthumous Peacekeeping Award

Police Sergeant Nasiru Bawa and Police Inspector Saratu Haruna have been honoured with the United Nations Posthumous Peacekeeping Award.

The United Nations on May 25, 2023 honoured two Nigerians and 101 other military, police and civilian peacekeepers, who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2022.

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Winners Of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) 2023 National Creative Writing Competition

Winners have emerged at the Nigerian Copyright Commission’s 2023 National Creative Writing Competition for Secondary School Students across the country.

The winners emerged from Short Story, Poetry and Essay Writing Categories on May 16, 2023 in Abuja.

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Eight (8) Startup Businesses Emerge Winners Of 2023 Gitex Pitch Competition (Lagos Road­show Edition)

Eight (8) startup businesses have emerged winners of the 2023 Gitex Pitch Competition, Lagos Road­show edition, which was held at the Eko Innovation Centre, Ikoyi on May 12, 2023.

The winners at the Lagos Roadshow Event are Pocket Food; Fuspay Technologies; Byte; Africa Comicade, Get Equity; Alajo; Instant Rad, and Dataleum.

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Molarogbe Luman Olamilekan Wins 2023 CITN National Quiz Competition

Molarogbe Luman Olamilekan of Bayero University Kano (BUK) has emerged the overall winner of this year’s 2023 National Quiz Competition organised by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).

He came first at the closing ceremony of the 25th annual conference of the CITN, with the theme, ‘Nigeria of the Future: Achieving Sustainable Development through Taxation’.

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Philip Solomon Wins Guinness World Record For Most Skips On One Foot In 30 Seconds

Guinness World Record has confirmed Philip Solomon, a 17-year-old student of Oyemekun Grammar School Akure, Ondo State, as the record holder for most skips on one foot in 30 seconds.

On January 24, 2023 Solomon officially recorded 153 skips on one foot in 30 seconds to erase the former record holder, Rasel Islam of Bangladesh whose record was 145 skips in 30 seconds.

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