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20-Yrs Old Medical Student Divine Great, Emerge Winner Of ‘YOUCANSING’ Season 2

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5 years ago

January 10, 2022

A 20-year old medical student from the University of Calabar, Divine Great, has emerged as the winner of ‘YOUCANSING’, a music show in Abuja.

It will be recalled that the YOUCANSING music show Season 2 started on Oct. 3 with over 200 applicants from all over the country who tried to get into the show.

While speaking, the host of the show Richmond Atu-Johnson, on Monday revealed that out of the over 200 contestants, only 96 made it to the live show.

“The show celebrated Nigeria’s 61st independence as contestants were made to sing a song celebrating Nigeria at 61.

“The show had four stages and seven contestants made it to the penultimate stage.

“Divine Great, a 20-year-old medical student from the University of Calabar emerged the winner, beating both MarySavio Okundo from Ebonyi State and Petra Alare who finished as the first and second runners up respectively.

“Divine Great won the N5 million prize money, while the runners-up received Music Contract deals from Cityhill Records, one of the partners of the Youcansing Show as well as Full music scholarship training at Cityhill Music Academy,” he said.

An elated Great expressed that she was very grateful to her mother who was both her greatest inspiration and her manager, adding that she supported her every step of the way to be a part of the show.

“I am not a fan of Facebook, but the day I decided to go online, I saw the advert and showed my mum who then advised and encouraged me to participate in the show.

“At first, I wondered how I was going to cope with the show, especially with my studies which were very demanding and took most of my time.

“However, with my mum’s support I was able to pull through with all the challenges that came with the show and I am so glad that all my efforts paid off at the end of the day,” she said.

Great also expressed her gratitude to the organizers of the show for the opportunity to showcase her talent as well as her mum and to all her friends and fans who voted for her during the course of the show.

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FG Backs MyCityApp Launch of 100-Day Tourism Calendar to Drive $100bn Economic Growth

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2 weeks ago

September 15, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Federal Government has thrown its weight behind the launch of MyCityApp, a Nigerian city discovery and tourism platform designed to aggregate festivals, concerts, cultural events and lifestyle experiences into a single digital calendar.

The platform, which flags off the 100-Day Tourism Calendar, was unveiled on Monday at the Ember2Remember National Stakeholders’ Conference in Victoria Island, Lagos, with the initiative targeting Nigeria’s estimated $100 billion tourism and creative economy opportunity.

In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Media and Publicity Adviser to the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the ministry said the conference was aimed at mobilising public and private stakeholders to transform the September-to-December festive period into jobs, investment and economic growth.

Speaking at the unveiling, the Minister, Hannatu Musa Musawa, said millions of visitors travel across Nigeria every year to celebrate, reconnect and experience the country’s diverse culture, stressing that the festive season could be deliberately organised and monetised to strengthen tourism’s contribution to the economy.

“This initiative is about moving beyond the traditional concept of a festive season. It is about deliberately organising, packaging, promoting, and monetising one of the most economically active periods in our national calendar,” Musawa said.

She noted that every visitor generates economic activity across several sectors, including aviation, transportation, hospitality, restaurants, entertainment, retail, technology, artisans and local communities.

The Minister commended MyCityApp Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Chukwu, for her vision and commitment to the initiative.

She urged state governments, event organisers, tourism operators, hospitality businesses and other stakeholders to list their festivals, concerts, exhibitions, food experiences, cultural celebrations, fashion and sporting events on the national calendar.

Musawa said the platform would enable Nigerians, members of the diaspora and international visitors to discover tourism and entertainment experiences across the country from a single, credible source.

Earlier, Chukwu said Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage and creative sector provided enormous opportunities for tourism-driven economic growth.

She cited the contributions of tourism to the economies of countries such as Spain, France and the United States, arguing that Nigeria could equally build a $100 billion tourism economy.

Also present were Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Toke Benson-Awoyinka; Enugu State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ugochi Madueke; NCAC Director-General, Obi Asika; National Gallery of Art Director-General, Ahmed Sodangi; ARCON Director-General, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo; and MTN Nigeria CEO, Dr Karl Toriola.

MyLagosApp and MyCityApp will serve as the digital engines of the calendar, distributing events through a 360-degree media ecosystem to audiences in Nigeria and the diaspora.

Stakeholders were encouraged to upload their events on MyCityApp to participate in the national tourism calendar urging them to upload events on http://www.MyCityApp.io.

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