Ademilola Odujinrin

Ademilola Odujinrin, who works for Air Djibouti has become the first African pilot in history to fly solo around the world.

Mr. Odujinrin completed the final leg of his historic journey on Wednesday, landing safely at the Washington Dulles International Airport in the United States.

The pilot finished the entire circumnavigation in a Cirrus SR22, stopping in more than 15 countries on five continents, and returning to Washington D.C., where his journey began in September, 2016.

The flight is part of Project Transcend, a foundation which aims to inspire young people to achieve their goals, regardless of their personal circumstances.

On his historic feat, Ademilola Odujinrin said:

“Ever since I was a child, I dreamed of one day flying around the world. We have a responsibility to lead by example and follow our dreams”.

He said he wants African children to also think in the direction of “I can do this too”.

Team Nigeria Triumph At 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games

Special Olympics Nigeria athletes at the 2017 World Winter Games in Austria against all odds gave an outstanding performance winning a total of 20 medals.

Twenty two athletes participated at the Winter Games and nine officials. Special Olympics Nigeria athletes won twenty medals; twelve gold medals and eight silver medals.

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2016 WAEC’s Overall Best Performing School in Nigeria

Lumen Christi International High School, Uromi, Edo state emerged the overall best performing school in Nigeria by clinching the Augustus Bandele Oyediran trophy for producing the best overall results in the 2016 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Lumen Christi International High School emerged winner with best aggregate, determined on the results of best 50 candidates based on their grades in English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject.

The school having as its motto, The Best or Nothing, has won the prestigious awards instituted in 1985 five times in a row entering the hall of fame like other past winners such as Queens College, Yaba and Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja.

Since 1985, only 12 schools have won the award. Queens College, Yaba won the maiden edition and five consecutive times. Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja has also won it six times in a row.

The event coincided with WAEC’s 65th Annual Council meeting held in Abuja, which was declared open by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Jamilu Hassan Emerges Best Information Technology Student At International University Of East Africa (IUEA), Uganda

Sergeant Jamilu Hassan of the Nigerian Army, has emerged the best student of Bachelor of Information Technology at the International University of East Africa (IUEA), Kampala, Uganda with a First Class degree after scoring 4.97/5.00 CGPA.

Sergeant Jamilu Hassan was born in 1985 and attended Kamara Primary School Gombe from 1990 to 1996 before proceeding to Army Day Secondary School, Bukavo Barracks, Kano from 1998 to 2004.

He enlisted into the Nigerian Army on February 28, 2005 as a member of 56 Regular Recruit Intake and was posted to the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police where he was trained as a criminal investigator.

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Dakar International Taekwondo Open 2017

Elizabeth Anyanacho of Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation (CCSF) wins gold in the women’s -67kg (her second international medal) as well as the best female athlete award at the Dakar International Taekwondo Open 2017 held at the Ndiaye Stadium in Senegal.

Peter Itiku also won a bronze medal in the men’s +80kg of the championships.