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Philip Obaji Wins 2015 Future Awards Africa Prize For Young Person Of The Year

Nigerian education and children’s rights activist, Philip Obaji has received the 2015 Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of the Year for inspiring work in the continent in the last eighteen months.

Fellow countryman and bank analyst, Adesoji Solanke, South African TV host, Trevor Noah, Kenyan activist Teresa Mbagaya and her compatriot, Barclay Okari, a serial entrepreneur, were the other Africans shortlisted for the prestigious award held in Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos.

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Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Receives ONE And RED Award For Service To Humanity And Fight Against Poverty And HIV/AIDS

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is one of the distinguished recipients honoured at an event in New York on December 1, 2015 for services to humanity and the fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS.

She received the award from two respected international advocacy groups, ONE and RED, alongside Bill & Melinda Gates, philanthropist Mo Ibrahim and former New York Mayor and media mogul, Michael Bloomberg.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her co-honorees were recognized at a grand event marking the tenth anniversary of the advocacy groups.

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Mercy Torkwase Iyortyer Emerge NIQS First Female President

Mercy Torkwase Iyortyer (FNIQS) has emerged as the 23rd and first ever female president of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) at the 26th biennial conference and general meeting of the Institute.

Mercy Torkwase Iyortyer’s appointment coincided with the inauguration of the National Executive Council of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors during the five-day conference during which the professional body x-rayed the theme “Politics, Policies and National Development – The Role of Professionals”.

Ms. Iyortyer took over from the immediate past president, Murtala Aliyu, who successfully piloted the affairs of the Institute in the last two years.