TECNO mobile Nigeria played host to a really spectacular talent hunt finale at the FCE Akoka, Yaba on Friday, 7th February, 2020.

The event was crowded with students and fun lovers who came out en-masse to witness the incredible talents of five youngsters who battled for the grand prizes of the Spark IV Talent Hunt listed below.

– TECNO Spark Ambassador
– One year Internship with TECNO
– One year pocket money from TECNO
– The next TECNO Spark device.

A fashion creative who’s into bag making, a fashion designer, two talented music artistes and an exceptional fine art painter were given the chance to convince judges why they should be winners of those prizes and three out of these five impressed the judges the most.

Seun, Shanex and Prosper have quite a wonderful 2020 ahead of them as they were crowned winners of the prizes from the Tecno SparkIV Talent Hunt.

Ojo Oluwaseun is a Fashion creative and a FUNAAB student who’s into bag making. She displayed to the judges the ‘tote bags’ she made.

While on the stage, Seun said her bags which are adorable –obviously – and affordable, has made deliveries to states like Enugu, Port Harcourt, Unilag and some other tertiary institutions.

Her industrious talent is certainly why she’d get a pick from the judges. See some of her photos below,

Stephen Maiangwa AKA Shanex OG is a versatile rapper who draws inspiration of his music from his role model Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince Zamani.

Shanex put on quite a show at the event as he thrilled the crowd and the judges, apparently.. with an electrifying freestyle performance that earned him a spot at the top three winners of the event.

Aluu Prosper was one of the major highlights of the event as his exceptional artistic talent really wowed the crowd and the judges.

Prosper showed that not only can he paint but can put on quite a show while doing it… something like, ‘magical painting’.

The young lad took everyone by surprise as he, while on stage made a brief portrait of the late Nelson Mandela and did so not looking at the painting and even more wowing, painted upside down! Talk about talent yeah?!

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Meet Aluu Prosper, one of the Spark Talent Hunt Finalist!

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It’s no doubt that TECNO – as is their usual wont – really hosted an exceptional event at the SparkIV talent hunt. They really gave the crowd a thrill as they blessed them with performances from two of the country’s budding acts, Victor Ad and SlimCase.

TECNO made good sure that the crowd were not left out in takeaway goodies and being a part of the show.

Here are some highlights from the event;

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Operatives from the Bariga Police Station, Lagos state police command, have arrested 45-year-old Christopher Lament, pictured above, of No 23 Jossy Castro Street Lagos, for attempting to kill his wife, Comfort Christopher of the same address with a knife.

A statement released by the state police command spokesperson, Bala Elkana, today February 9th, said the woman was rescued by the Police following a distress call received. The knife was recovered and registered as exhibit.

Bala says the couple were married for 13 years and blessed with two children, ages 11 and 9. Both are from Akwa Ibom State. The suspect lost his banking job 5years ago and the woman is not working.

The couple were having series of crisis underpinned on matrimonial rascality and lack of maintenance. The event that reportedly led to the suspect attempt to stab the victim with a knife, started with a mere argument.

Bala says investigation is ongoing and the suspect will be charged to court soon.

Siju Olawepo, a primary five pupil of Carol School in Lagos, has been hailed as a calendar prodigy who knows the day for any date supplied to him, as far back as the 16th century.

According to Daily Trust, the nine-year-old genius provides corresponding day to any date he is given almost faster than an internet search engine. This innate ability was first noticed by one of his teachers who observed that he was always demanding for plain sheets to design calendars. Later he was seen designing calendars for the future without the aid of any existing one.

Nine-year-old Siju Olawepo Siju, like a soothsayer, once given a date, can tell the corresponding day of the week. In addition to knowing the dates, he also doesn’t forget any date he knows. He can tell anybody the particular day of the week he/she was born.

Within seconds, he told the Daily Trust reporter her birthday while he also said Nigeria will be 100 years on Friday, October 1, 2060. He was also quick to say it would be a leap year.

When asked how he came about knowing days with their corresponding dates, he response was, “I just know it. My instinct tells me dates with the corresponding days. It comes naturally to me, I cannot explain how.” Daily Trust gathered from Siju’s computer teacher, Mr. David Ugiomoh, that what the boy enjoys doing most is designing calendars.

“He was always coming to my office to ask for plain sheets for designing calendars. I and others in the school initially thought he was copying from an existing calendar until the day he came to my office to design a calendar for year 2023. When I checked the dates on my phone, I saw that they were all correct,”

“Then I started asking him days for different dates and he was answering correctly. I also asked him for the day to my birthday, which he provided seamlessly.

I was baffled and discovered he was a genius,” he explained. Siju said his future ambition is to become an horticulturist and will plant varieties of flowers.

Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has promoted Obiageli Mazi, a class teacher, to assistant headmistress for her dedication to work.

The Governor who paid an unscheduled visit to Shehu Sanda Kyarimi 2 Primary School around 6:30am on Friday February 7 to see how the school’s infrastructure can be improved, gifted the only teacher he met on duty N100k and also promoted her.

The level 12 teacher identified as Obiageli Mazi, was promoted to the rank of assistant headmistress by the Borno State Governor as confirmed in a statement released by Shettima Kullima, executive chairman of the State Universal Education Board (SUBEB).

Governor Zulum was reportedly impressed with the commitment of the Abia born teacher who has been teaching for 31 years.

The Governor said;

“Yesterday, as early as 6:30 in the morning, I paid an unscheduled visit to Shehu Sanda Kyarimi 2 Primary School to see how we can improve the infrastructure therein and I met teacher, Mrs. Obliageri Mazi, an Igbo Christian from Abia State who served for 31 years in the Borno state. Although it was very early, I met none of the teachers and their pupils on ground but only her.

“Her gender, tribe, religion or state of origin does not surprise me but her passion, enthusiasm, dedication, commitment and above all patriotism do surprise me a lot.

“As a government, we are mightily proud of her!”

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A yet-to-be identified man has been confirmed dead after sleeping with a prostitute during a night out.

Eyewitnesses who found sex enhancement drugs at the scene of the incident, suggested that the man must have died after taking the drugs.

Recounting her encounter with her dead client, the prostitute who identified herself as Precious from Akwa Ibom state said she was invited over to the lodging facility by the deceased’s friend.

Precious disclosed that the man slept all through the night even though she never saw him take the sex pills. She further revealed that they had sex around 5am, after which the man slept off again.

However after she got ready to leave, Precious noticed that the man was still sleeping after she demanded for her money.

She said she suspected foul play at first, but noticed that the man wasn’t still moving after she gave him a nudge. The commercial sex worker said it was at that point she cried out for help.

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