NELOC Media Publish Pidgin Magazine, Seeks to Promote Pure Pidgin Content

World over, pidgin English varies in the nature of people who speak it and how they do. On Friday, NELOC Media, publishers of the Gbedu Magazine unveiled the maiden edition of her basic pidgin magazine project. The pidgin magazine was published to celebrate and promote the existence of pidgin language in Nigeria and across the world.

According to the production team, the magazine editor, explained that  subsequent editions would cover exclusive pidgin stories and journalism in native pidgin. He also expressed the need for writers and arts inclined individuals to join in coming editions. The producers further disclosed intentions to engage disruptive pidgin contents covering fashion, music and lifestyle amongst others.

Gbedu, hosts columns and story series like the Corporate Beggar,  Naija No dey carry last, pidgin proverbs and as well, a pidgin biography featuring an individual who has promoted pidgin while exploring creativity in arts. expected to follow a series of other 

You can download Gbedu by clicking here

Coronavirus: Nigeria Records First Coronavirus Death

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the first Coronavirus  death in Nigeria.

The NCDC via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Monday said, "The first #COVID19 death in Nigeria has been recorded. The case was a 67-year-old male who returned home following medical treatment in the United Kingdom.

"He had underlying medical conditions- multiple myeloma and diabetes and was undergoing chemotherapy."

The Coronavirus rates have increased in the last twenty four hours, spreading across states.

   

TED Set to Host Second Edition of Digital Marketing Conference

After a Successful Conference in April 2019, The Echo Digital, is again set to storm Ile-Ife, Osun State with the second edition of it's Digital Marketing Conference.

The Conference tagged #TEDInvasion 2.0 is a digital Marketing Conference that seeks to help its participants and delegates to connect the dots using modern, technological and digital marketing skills. 

Our reporter gathered that TEDInvasion 2.0 targets businesses and brand owners who are willing to learn how to grow their brands as well as individuals who want to become experts in online marketing.

According to the CEO of The Echo Digital (TED), Mr Kehinde Odeyemi, the purpose of the conference is to educate people about the opportunities in online marketing because of the believe that Digital is the new business.

The Echo Digital, T.E.D started on the 1st of August 2017 and since launch, has executed  over 620 jobs in marketing since inception ranging from Ads, SEO, Page Management and Development, Email Marketing, Branding, Website Designs, Content Creation and Trainings in Digital Marketing with Certification.

The brand has also organised 3 major tradefairs and planning 2 others between March and April. 

According to his address, ''We have made sure that we increased the benefits on each ticketing by multiplying the benefits from ast year. This was in such a manner that whoever does not want to participate in the event needs to be mentally analysed'' as the benefits cannot be underestimated.

He further stated that the market of the conference are business owners, individuals who are interested in learning skills in online marketing and who want to become professionals in it.

Mr Kehinde also encouraged support and sponsorship for the event as a requirement to make history together. In his words, ''We hope to have a better edition. We got a lot of positive reviews last year, let us do that again and triple or quadruple it..''

Interested Participants are required to register and get conference tickets via https://paystack.com/pay/tedinvasion using Lead number 037. Ticket Prices Range between: #1,500 and #3,000 

The Conference is scheduled to hold at the Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

To follow up on #TEDInvasion 2.0, connect with the brand via 

Instagram,  Facebook Or Linkedin

   

KoloNigeria launches disruptive Financial Service

 

KoloNigeria, a financial management company that operates a reformed thrift system is set to disrupt the social media space with the introduction of its new customer support bot.

Sisi, the bot, functions via the website and blog to give financial intelligence aids to individuals who are business inclined, investors and generally conscious of their wealth.

READ: If You are not in Charge of your Finances, you can't be in charge of your Destiny- Olatunde Victor, CMO Extramile Africa.

In a release announcing the launch, the KoloNG team led a notice to include that the platform operates an all inclusive system and in its operations, your financial responses are custom and personalised. 

The KoloNigeria startup with its agent roots operates in Lagos, Ondo, Osun (Ile-Ife) and Ibadan. All operations are managed via the company's website and her head office in Ondo State, Nigeria. The company started operations in 2019 with an idea phased trial platform.

Israeli Researchers Announce Breakthrough on Coronavirus IBV Vaccine

Researchers at the Migal Galilee Research Institute (MIGAL) in Israel say they have developed an effective vaccine against avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and will soon create a human vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19). 

IBV is a disease affecting animals. The researchers said the vaccine against IBV has been proven in pre-clinical trials.

After four years of multi-disciplinary research funded by Israel's ministry of science and technology in cooperation with Israel's ministry of agriculture, MIGAL, on its website, the researchers said they have achieved a scientific breakthrough that will lead to the rapid creation of a vaccine against coronavirus.  

MIGAL said it has now made required genetic adjustments to adapt the vaccine to COVID-19, the human strain of coronavirus, and is working to achieve the safety approvals that will enable in-vivo testing, enable the initiation of production of a vaccine to counter the coronavirus epidemic currently spreading throughout the world, which so far has claimed 2,666 lives.

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From the MIGAL research, it was discovered that the poultry coronavirus has high genetic similarity to the human COVID-19, and that it uses the same infection mechanism, a fact that increases the likelihood of achieving an effective human vaccine in a very short period of time.

"Given the urgent global need for a human coronavirus vaccine, we are doing everything we can to accelerate development. Our goal is to produce the vaccine during the next 8-10 weeks, and to achieve safety approval in 90 days," David Zigdon, MIGAL's chief executive officer, said.

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"This will be an oral vaccine, making it particularly accessible to the general public. We are currently in intensive discussions with potential partners that can help accelerate the in-human trials phase and expedite the completion final product development and regulatory activities."

Chen Katz, MIGAL's biotechnology group leader, also said "the scientific framework for the vaccine is based on a new protein expression vector, which forms and secretes a chimeric soluble protein that delivers the viral antigen into mucosal tissues by self-activated endocytosis (a cellular process in which substances are brought into a cell by surrounding the material with cell membrane, forming a vesicle containing the ingested material), causing the body to form antibodies against the virus. In pre-clinical (IN-VIVO) trials, MIGAL's researchers have demonstrated that the oral vaccination induces high levels of specific anti-IBV antibodies."

   

New Man Movement Awards cash prizes to Adeniran Adeleke, Other 2019 Writing Contest winners.

Yesterday, Monday, 10th February, members and representatives of the New Man Movement visited Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife to present cash prizes to Adeniran Adeleke, the overall winner of the 2019 writing contest.

According to an earlier release from the organisation, Adeleke emerged the overall best in the 2019 edition of the New Man Writing contest alongside Adewonuola Esther and Edechukwu Matthais.

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The New Man Writing Contest is a yearly writing contest to comb out the forest of literary virginity in students of secondary schools across Nigeria. in it's fifth year, the contest has received well over 5,000 entries since inception.

Addressing the students, the representatives of the organisation, Adewumi Josephine and Adedoyin Fisayo encouraged the students' participation in self-discovery and development initiatives such as the New Man Writing Contest.

The Principal and Vice Principal of the school, Mr Sanusi Ademola and Mrs Salami Omolola, while congratulating Adeniran Adeleke, thanked and commended the efforts of the organisation.

In absentia, Nelson Vincent, President of the New Man Movement, expressed his satisfaction at the success of the writing contest. He stated that the 2020 Call for entries would be released soon. He also enjoined interested individuals to share the details of the writing contest and as well encourage young ones to write.

OAU Final Year Student sentenced to Jail for Cybercrime

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Friday, sentenced an undergraduate at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Orimolade, to four months imprisonment for defrauding an American of 150 dollars.

The Judge, Justice Patricia Ajoku, in her judgement, sentenced Orimolade, based on the evidence before her and his plea bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

“I have considered the plea bargain agreement entered into by the convict as well as the provisions of Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 in this judgment.

 

“I also consider the fact that Orimolade is a very young person, preparing for his final exams at OAU and that he had shown great remorse.“However, to serve as a warning to others intending to engage in cybercrime, Orimolade is sentenced to four months in prison and the sentence starts from the date he was first arrested and detained.“All the exhibits found in his possession are hereby, forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria,” Ajoku said.

The defence counsel, Mr Austin Fadugba, had before the judgment prayed the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing his client.Earlier, counsel to the EFCC Ibadan zonal office, Mr Babatunde Sonoiki, had told the court that the convict was facing a count amended charge bordering on impersonation. Sonoiki added that the convict committed the crime on September 28, 2019 in Ibadan, Oyo State.

According to the prosecution, Orimolade disguised as a US citizen to one American man, Nelisa Snell, that he was deeply in love with him through the Internet.

“Snell, therefore, sent Orimolade 150 dollars, believing that he had found a lover,” Sonoiki said. The offence, he said, contravened Section 22(A) of the cybercrime law of the Federation 2006.

Student Journalists Win Cash Prizes at 2019 Annual ICIR Awards

The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) Award is an initiative for fostering the growth of investigative reporting in Nigeria. At the maiden edition of the annual award, three student journalists emerged winners and won cash prizes.

Ibrahim Adeyemi from Usman Dan Fodio Uinversity came first, Alfred Olufemi from the Obafemi Awolowo University came second and Solomon Oladipupo from the University of Lagos came third at the award presentation which held at Bello Dome, University of Ibadan. Respectively, the cash prize awarded was N120,000, N80,000 and 50,000.
Student journalists of honourable mention were Adejumo Kabir and Abiodun Jamiu who took the fourth and fifth position respectively.

Kunle Adebajo, an investigative reporter, represented the ICIR at the award presentation. He said the ICIR has a keen interest in developing skills for journalists as early as possible which had prompted the introduction of the competition.
Moreover, he noted that only one entry was shortlisted for the Union of Campus Journalists’ award for best investigative report. This he termed a poor culture of investigative journalism in the University of Ibadan, his alma mater.

Martins Isaac, the President of UCJ UI, commended the Executive director of the ICIR, Dayo Aiyetan for introducing the ICIR annual award. He congratulated all participants of the competition mentioning that investigative reporting demands the commitment of time and resources.

New Man Movement Announce Winners of 2019 Gospel Writing Contest

The New Man Movement has officially announced winners of her 2019 Gospel Writing Contest in a press release via her website and made available to our correspondent.

The annual Gospel Writing Contest which received entries all over Nigeria from July to October 2019 released her shortlist late last year and has now, according to the release, announced as winners, Adeniran Adeleke, Adewonuola Ifeoluwa Esther and Edechukwu Matthais who emerged as first, second and third place prize winners respectively in the 2019 edition of the New Man Writing Contest.

The New Man Writing Contest received entries from across 58 secondary schools in Nigeria with 1,012 total entries composing 346 poems, 214 prose works, 291 essays and 161 drama pieces.

Adeniran Adeleke won the first prize with his essay "African Heritage and Values" while Adewonuola Ifeoluwa Esther, followed with her poem "My name is Africa" and Edechukwu Matthais' essay "The Future of Harms and Hopes" came third place.

The judges appraised the winning entries as diverse in style with mentions to exceptional creativity, judicious use of imagery, especially seen in the skillful use of symbols and metaphors.

The New Man Writing Contest Prize, initiated in 2016, solely aims to comb the forest of literary virginity and creativity among students of secondary schools in Africa. She has received over 2,000 entries since inception, with winning entries from Ojuko Temitayo, Arukuje Olusegun, Agu Gift, Osinachi James, Onyekwelu Chinwenite Kingsley, Opeyimika Aremu, Oladoyin Ayodeji Victor, and Enomah Exploit Ebubechukwu in previous editions.

In the Press Release, Nelson Vincent Ayomitunde, the President of The New Man, a gospel media organisation congratulated the winners and enjoined the general public to anticipate the 2020 edition of the contest.