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16-year-old Jane-Frances Okorie, a student of Lagos State Civil Service Senior Model College student, Igbogbo, Ikorodu has emerged winner of the 9mobile Future CEO Speech Competition 2022.
She triumphed over nine other finalists in a keenly contested speech battle held at the Immaculate Heart Comprehensive Senior High School, Maryland, Lagos.
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18-year-old Chinasa Nweze has emerged the best overall in West Africa in the May/June 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
She and two other students who placed second and third position respectively in the International Excellence award were rewarded at the 70th Annual meeting of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) held in Abuja on 15 March 2022.
Chinasa Nweze triumphed over 1,500,000 million candidates that sat for the school exam in the five member countries in the sub region.
Dansol College has emerged winner of the 2022 Chief Akintola Williams School Debate organised by the Nigeria-Britain Association (N-BA) in honour of Pa Akintola Williams, the patron of the association.
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Professor Oghenetega Ighedo has become the first black woman graduate with a PhD in Pure Mathematics at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
It is the first time such achievement would be attained in South Africa’s foremost university since it was established 148 years ago.
University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has emerged the overall winner of the 9th All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC) hosted by the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) between February 13 – 19, 2022.
1st Runner up – University of Ilorin 2nd
Runner up – Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUDC)
The championship, which is an annual event, drew participants from 23 universities across Nigeria for debate/public speaking contests in the British Parliamentary style.
Lumen Christi International High School, Uromi, Edo State has been honoured with the Augustus Bandele Oyediran Award for producing the best aggregate results in WASSCE for School Candidates in 2021 in Nigeria.
This is the sixth time the all-boys Catholic boarding school will win the award, having clinched it in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2016.
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Maryam Ogunbayo has emerged overall winner of the 774 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award (774 – YONSPA) [2022].
Gbolahan Ayinde from Ogun State came second while Uchendu Judith from Edo State came third.
The 774YONPA targets young Nigerians in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory to motivate them towards careers in Science, Technology and Innovation sectors.
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