The list of senior secondary school pupils shortlisted for the final round of the UBA Foundation’s National Essay Competition, titled: “Is Social Media a safe place to make friends?”, has been released.

The 12 highest scoring candidates selected are: Orowale Promise, Baptist High School, Akwanga, Nasarawa State; Abidoye Adeola,
Breakthrough Academy, Lagos; Durueke Clinton, International School, University of Lagos, Lagos; Sunday Kenneth, Dority International Secondary School, Aba, Abia State; and Obi Daniel Chukwudi of St.Thomas Secondary School, Kano, Kano State.

Others are: Ogbonnaya Lydia, St. Louis Catholic Girls Secondary School, Ondo;Khadijah Akinleye, Crescent College, Lagos; Orji Ubachukwu, Dority International
Secondary School, Aba; Doko Timilehin, CMS Grammar School, Lagos; Fabelurin Fehintoluwa, Maverick College, Ibadan, Oyo State; Zubie-Okolo Ganiru, Federal
Government College, Enugu, Enugu State; and George Ekong, Nobles International School, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State.

They were judged by four professors of English Language from different Nigerian universities.

The competition, which started in 2011, is aimed at providing a competitive platform to develop the intellectual and writing abilities
of senior secondary school students in Nigeria.

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