Category: Education & Innovation

Daniel Emeka-Ilozor, a 10-year-old pupil of Grace Children School, Gbagada, Lagos State wins the 2016 The Ultimate Mathematics Ambassador competition (TUMA).

Daniel Emeka-Ilozor, a grade five pupil, emerged winner after scoring 93.5 percent. He contested with 347 pupils from different private primary schools in Ogun and Lagos states. He went home with ₦125,000 and a plaque, while his mathematics teacher got ₦50,000 and a plaque and his school was given a laptop, printer, textbooks and a plaque.

The event was sponsored by The Ambassadors  Schools, Ota, Ogun State, which also hosted the event that produced 10 winners in all.

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National Universities Commission (NUC) declares University of Ibadan (UI) as the best university in Nigeria (2016).

The University governing body on academic and performance known as National University Commission NUC, has released (recently in 2016) the universities in Nigeria and rank the first 100 ranking of Nigerian universities.

The ranking who see the University of Ibadan (UI) topping the list and the University of Lagos emerging 2nd place and while the University of Benin UNIBEN came in 3rd place.

The bottom three universities are Federal University Lokoja, Lokoja at the 98th position and at 99th position is the Federal University Kashere, Kashere and the 100th position is Rhema University Obeama-Asa.

The list of the 2016 NUC Latest University Ranking in Nigeria are as follows:

1. University of Ibadan, UI, Oyo State.
2. University of Lagos, Unilag, Lagos, Lagos State
3. University of Benin, Uniben, Benin City, Edo State
4. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Osun State
5. Ahmadu Bello University, Abu, Zaria, Kaduna State
6. University of Ilorin, Unilorin, Ilorin Kwara State
7. University of Jos, Unijos, Jos, Plateau State Nigeria

Daniel Dada Ayodele, a student in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences of University of Lagos (UNILAG), has emerged the best student with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 at the 2014/2015 convocation.

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Mrs Olubola Babalola of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) becomes Africa’s first female professor in Quantity Surveying

Eluagu William of Yabatech displays an amazing artistry with a delightful work of art using plastic bottles and cans named; ‘Your Destiny Is In Your Hand’ as his final year project.

26-year-old Romola Adeola has set a record in being the youngest person to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree (LLD) in the 30-year history of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Furthermore, she is only the 2nd youngest person to achieve this in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, since its establishment 107 years ago. She distinguished herself by completing the LLD in under 3 years. During her undergraduate years at Lagos State University (LASU), she was the Best Student in International Law.

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Adebunmi Adeniran has developed Nailangs keyboard to support and enable writing in at least 12 Nigerian languages, with correct signs and tones to give instant meaning to the reader.

The Keyboard, known as NAILANGS, according to her, was conceived as a result of her zeal to ensure that Nigerian local languages are learned with ease so as to prevent the languages from going into extinction.

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