Unilorin Student Wins N100,000 Essay Prize

Date: 2024-03-12

Winner of the Honorable Justice Innocent Umezulike Annual National Essay Competition, Precious Onuabuchi of the University of Ilorin has won a cash prize of N100,000.

A statement by the foundation said, 'The Hon Justice Innocent Umezulike Annual National Essay Competition' is a legacy project in honor of Umezulike.”

Umezulike was an acclaimed Professor of Land and Property Law with over 25 published books and was the longest-serving Chief Justice in the southeast.

It read, “This project assists in the advancement of education and qualitative research amongst undergraduate law students, particularly in Land/property law. Its core aim is to cultivate and improve skills such as writing, critical thinking and research amongst our next generation of lawyers which will be invaluable to them in life and career. It is also an avenue to forge partnerships between the Foundation and Law Faculties in Nigeria.”

It explained that 40 Law Faculties participated in the 2023 Annual essay which attracted over 200 submissions.

“The submitted essays were then double-blind peer reviewed and scored by high-ranking academics in the field. The best candidate with the highest score was Precious Chiamaka Onuabuchi from the University of Ilorin and won a cash prize of N100,000. The first runner-up was Omobolanle Alashe from Babcock University with a cash award of N50,000. The second runner-up with a cash prize of N20,000 was Timothy Wisdom from Rivers State University. The Awardees additionally received Certificates of Excellence and will have their essays published in the Hon Justice Innocent Umezulike Foundation Law Journal,” it read.

The Foundation Head of Legal and Research, Ruth Soronnadi, commended the winners for their excellent research skills, critical thinking, and outstanding writing which exemplified the legacy of Umezulike.

Speaking on the National Essay Competition, the foundation's Co-chairs, Dr Cynthia Umezulike and Dr Victor Umezulike, noted that the foundation remained committed to advancing excellent legal education and research which was what their late father was known for in his lifetime.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Playing Host     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     SAPZ Project     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Awili Pedro     Just Law Forum     Alaiye     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     COVID     Segun Ogunsola     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Transition Implementation Committee     Mustapha Olanipekun     Umar Saro     Hassanat Bello     Yusuf Badmus     Umar Gunu     Yahaya Dumoye     Kamoru Kadiri     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     3MTT     Trader Moni     Air Peace     Dairo Kunle Paul     Bola Sagaya     Kanu Agabi     Aisha Gobir     CKNG     Gani Saadu     Afeyin-Olukuta     Sunset Workers     Musa Alhassan Buge     Isiaq Khadeejah     Olaitan Buraimoh     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Police Commissioner     Ilorin Like-Minds     Musa Aibinu     NULGE     Kaosarah Adeyi     Benin Republic     Jamiu Oyawoye     Abubakar Suleiman     Muritala Awodun     Labaeka     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Yahaya Seriki     Christopher Ayeni     Olokoba     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Gobir     Chief Of Staff     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Oyin-Zubair     Yomi Ogunsola     Kumbi Titiloye     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ahmed Dankaya     Jide Oyinloye     Doyin Awoyale     Labour Party     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Hassan A. Saliu     Revenue Court     Olayinka Are     Pacify Labs     Tsaragi-Share     Law School Scholarship     Tunji Oyawoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Quarry Royal Valley     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Nigerian Army     Sayomi     Iyeru Grammar School     Oniwasi Agbaye     Kunbi Titiloye     Usman Yunusa     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Albert Ogunsola     Lawal Olohungbebe     Age AbdulKareem     Ilorin     Oyelere Oyinloye     IPSAS     Senate President     Crystal Corner Shops     Henry Makinwa     Kawu Baraje     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Kaiama     Kishira     Oloye     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Aro Yahaya     Ahman Pategi     New Model Police Station     Ita-Ore     Quranic Recitation Competition     Kwara Central     Mamman Saba Jibril     LAK Jimoh     Borgu     Yakubu Shaaba     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Musa Yeketi     Sango-UITH Road     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Oloriegbe     Ado Bayero     Adamu Atta     Bamikole Omishore     Abdullahi Atanda     Towoju     VADA     Ghali Muhammed     Florence Saraki     Orire     Ayinde Oyepitan     Ope Saraki     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Shuaib Olarongbe     Transition Implementation Committee     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Sam Onile     Goodluck Jonathan     Kwarareports.com     Cornelius Adebayo     Kwara     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Temi Kolawole     Kwara 2023     Bola Tinubu     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Park     Kolawole Bashirat     Adeola Abraham     Kwara Apc     Post Utme     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Gani Saadu     Sarah Alade     Tafida Of Ilorin