Meet Nyeneokpon Emmanuel Ekanem - Profile of winner, DigitalSENSE Students' Essay 2013

Nyeneokpon Emmanuel Ekanem

As the tradition on this platform, ITRealms hereby brings you, our dear readers the profile of the winner, of annual Nigeria DigitalSENSE Student Essay on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) 2013; Nyeneokpon Emmanuel Ekanem, who is a student of UNIBEN, Edo State. Enjoy!

Born as third among a set of triplets to Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Ekanem of Ibiono-Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria on May 6, 1989, Nyeneokpon Emmanuel Ekanem had his primary and secondary education at Abak International Nursery and Primary School and Holy Family College, Abak, Akwa Ibom State; where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate and Senior School Certificate respectively.

He then proceeded to University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State where he is currently a student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Besides studying Engineering at the university, Nyeneokpon Ekanem is actively involved in freelance writing especially on issues of national and global interests.

He has won many national and international essay and mathematics competitions and attended several conferences including the 2011 annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.

A staunch Christian, his hobbies include researching, travelling and writing. He is a feminist and an ardent social right campaigner and environmental protection advocate.

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2013 FIFA Confed Cup: Adidas hosts Team Nigeria to training in Germany

Team Nigeria in Adidas training field

 As part of the preparation for the commencement of 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup on Saturday, June 15 in Brazil, the Nigeria national football team were hosted to training sessions at the home of Adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

ITRealms recollects that in February this year, the Super Eagles were crowned as the victors of Africa when they beat Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final of AFCON 2013 in Johannesburg. 

Getting set for 2013 FIFA Cup

And in order to help keep the team’s positive spirit, long-term partner of Nigerian football, Adidas, assisted the team by inviting the team to train at its high performance headquarters with access to top sports facilities in readiness for Brazil crackdown.

Also, ITRealms gathered that while Team Nigeria was in Germany as seen in the accompanied link, the players were in good shape at the training camp.

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