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Invitational Artistic Gymnastic Championship

Ondo State has won the second edition of the Invitational Artistic Gymnastic Championship hosted by Lagos State with 14 gold, 8 silver and 11 bronze medals

2016 York College Valedictorian

Eunice Udensi, a Pharmaceutical Science major mentored in the Chemistry department has emerged York College Valedictorian for the Class of 2016

Gbenga Adesina & Chekwube O. Danladi Win 2016 Brunel Poetry Prize

Two Nigerians, Gbenga Adesina and Chekwube O. Danladi have been announced joint winners of the 2016 Brunel University African Poetry Prize in partnership with Commonwealth Writers.

Gbenga Adesina, who lives in Nigeria, was an Open Society Foundation Resident Poet on Goree Island, off the coast of Senegal. His first chapbook, ‘Painter of Water, will be published by APBF in 2016. The judges described his poems as “powerfully political, beautiful and truly searing,” and as “a poet with compelling voice addressing concerns of injustice, memory, migration and family.”

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Ikechukwu Onwurah Emerge President of SETAC, Africa

Professor of Biochemistry, Pollution Control and Biotechnology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka , Enugu State, Ikechukwu Onwurah has emerged President, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Africa.

Ifo Ikede

Ifo Ikede graduates from University of Prince Edward Island in Canada with first class in Computer Science despite being discouraged by his lecturer.

43 Doctors of Pharmacy: 16 Awards

At the Howard University in Washington D.C graduation ceremony, of the 96 graduating Doctor of Pharmacy candidates, 43 of them were Nigerians and of the 27 awards given, 16 went to Nigerians

Dr. Bennet Ifekandu Omalu Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science Degree [2016]

Dr. Bennet Ifekandu Omalu, the man who discovered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) has received a honorary Doctor of Science degree from the Xavier University in Louisiana in the United States of America, for massive contributions to science.

In the words of Dr. Bennet Ifekandu Omalu on receiving the honour:

“Got an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Xavier University of Louisiana today. I am deeply grateful and thankful.”

Dr. Omalu is a Nigerian forensic pathologist and medical examiner who was first to discover and publish findings of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) while conducting autopsy on former Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster in 2002.

Webster had died suddenly and unexpectedly, following years of struggling with cognitive and intellectual impairment, destitution, depression and suicide attempts. Although his brainlooked normal at autopsy, Omalu conducted independent and self-financed tissue analysis.

Dr. Bennet Ifekandu Omalu fought against efforts by National Football League to suppress his research on the brain damage suffered by professional football players.

Will Smith portrayed him in the movie “Concussion” which depicts the 47-year-old doctor’s efforts to publicize CTE.