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NCS Holds ICT ‘Whizkids’ Competition for Secondary School Students


To promote excellence among secondary school students, the Nigeria Computer Society, (NCS) says it will hold a National Information Technology Whizkids Competition for secondary schools across the country.
Mr Rex Abitogun, the Chairman of the society, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that the annual competition was for students in both private and public secondary schools.
He said NCS considered the competition as a development process and encouragement of excellence among secondary school students across the country.
According to him, the competition, which is usually organised in July every year, begins from the state level and schools that emerge best proceed to the national level.
“At the national level, NCS picks the best from each state and the competition is usually conducted at the society’s annual national conference.
“The best schools are rewarded with laptops, desktops, and money and these are part of things we are doing to encourage the young ones,’’ he said.
Abitogun said the society was also planning to one million students in information technology, adding that ICT professionals across the country would participate in the training.
He said the society was adopting a model whereby professionals who had spent some time in the ICT industry could train upcoming youths on skills they required, especially in areas of programming and system maintenance.
He said Abuja chapter of the society had empowered six schools with computers as part of pilot project in the FCT.
“What we did was to get some of these systems and members to volunteer their skills to fix them.
“These are part of the interventions we are coming up with as without ICT we cannot really move forward.
“We talk about fighting corruption, you need ICT to fight corruption, and this is very critical to the nation at the moment,” he said. (NAN)
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“One-Chance” Victim Dies After Abuja Hospital Allegedly Denied Her Treatment


A young lady, Greatness Olorunfemi, a victim of ‘one-chance’ operators in Abuja, has died after an Abuja hospital allegedly refused to attend to her.
An X user, #Gbemilekhe, who shared the story on Friday, alleged that the hospital in the Maitama area of Abuja asked for a police report before treatment could commence. Olorunfemi sadly passed moments later.
“Greatness was pushed out of a moving vehicle by one-chance criminals in Abuja.
“She was rushed to Maitama General Hospital, and they refused to attend to her, demanding a police report. She died afterwards,” the tweet read.
One #Nwaadaz on X, who claimed to be a friend of Olorufemi, shared more details of the sad incident, saying the assailants stabbed Olorunfemi, who bled to death after the hospital rejected her.
“Maitama General Hospital refused to attend to my friend who was stabbed by a one-chance driver in Abuja. They allowed her to bleed to death and locked the emergency ward against her because she didn’t have a police report!! Nigeria has failed Greatness!,” the user tweeted.
Here’s the video report.




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Nelson Mandela’s Granddaughter, Zoleka Dead; She Wrote A List Of People Not Allowed At Her Funeral


The list revealed includes her ex-husband and father of two of her kids, Thierry Bashala.
Although Bashala had mourned her on Instagram after her death.
Zoleka also listed some relatives who sexually abused her. She said those on the list with a dot (.) against their names abused her sexually and are not allowed near her dead body.
She added on the list that she is close to including her sisters, dad, and step mom to the list.
Zoleka died on Sept. 25, 2023, after a long battle with cancer.
The author had survived cancer twice, before it came back a third time and she passed at the age of 43.
She was treated for breast cancer in 2011. It returned in 2016 and she beat it again. Sadly, she announced in August 2022 that she had been diagnosed with bone metastasis.
Via her instagram account where she documents her journey, she disclosed that the cancer had mestastasized to her bones and liver.
Sadly, she died earlier this week, leaving behind 4 of her 6 children.




May her soul rest in peace.
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Protest As New Minister For Works, Dave Umahi Locks Out Late Comers From Work


There was apprehension at the Works ministry on Thursday as protesting civil servants asked for the Removal of the new minister, Dave Umahi, After he locked out over 300 staff and directors who resumed work late.
The public servants expressing their displeasure also demanded an apology from the minister.
Earlier, the minister upon resumption at 9.30 am was said to have prevented workers who came to work late from gaining access to the ministry for over four hours.
However, after the gate was opened, the workers, comprising both Housing and Works Ministry, refused to enter the ministry and resorted to an impromptu protest barricaded the entrance gates.






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