UNIBEN Student Emerges Winner of Spoken Words Competition

A newly admitted student of the University
of Benin (UNIBEN), Joshua Paul Uma, has emerged the winner of the Season 4 Edition of the spoken word contest tagged “Final Showdown” beaten 20 other poets to win a sum of N100,000 (Hundred thousand Naira).

The competition which was organized by i2X Media Company Limited, is one of Nigeria's most prestigious
spoken word events.

Paul broke down with tears of joy after i2x CEO and convener of the event, Olumide Holloway, presented him with his N100,000 cheque.

First and second runners-up, Aremu and Green, were also given cash rewards of N20,000.00 and N10,000.00 respectively.