Ifeoluwa Afolayan Wins 2025 WE Innovate Award

19-year-old Ifeoluwa Afolayan, a Master’s student in Design Engineering at Imperial College, London, and the Royal College of Art, has emerged as one of the first-prize winners at 2025 WE Innovate, Imperial College, London’s flagship pre-accelerator programme supporting women-led ventures.

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Bidemi Babalola Wins 2025 Dan David Prize

Bidemi Babalola, a research archaeologist at the British Museum in London, has received the 2025 Dan David Prize, the world’s largest award for historical research.

Bidemi Babalola was honoured with the $300,000 prize at an awards ceremony held in Italy on May 28, 2025.

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2025 Star Athletics Sprint Series: Rosemary Chukwuma Wins Women’s 100 Meters Race Event

Rosemary Chukwuma has clocked a season’s best of 11.03 seconds (0.8) to win her 100 meters section at the 2025 Star Athletics Sprint Series in Florida.

With that time, she hit the qualification for the Tokyo 2025 World Championships, becoming the third Nigerian woman to achieve that after Favour Ofili and Tima Godbless.

Shannon Ray was second in that race in 11.32 seconds, while Candace Hill was third in 11.35 seconds.

2025 NCAA Championships: Ezekiel Nathaniel Wins Men’s 400 Meters Hurdles Field Event

Ezekiel Nathaniel has won the men’s 400 meters hurdles field event at the 2025 NCAA Championships, clocking a Personal Best of 47.49 seconds – a new national record.

He also smashed his own Nigerian record for the fourth time this year.

Ja’Qualon Scott was second in 48.29 seconds, while Kody Blackwood ran 48.66 seconds for third.

Ogazi Samuel Wins 2025 NCAA Outdoor Men’s 400 Meters Race Event

Ogazi Samuel has won the 2025 NCAA outdoor men’s 400 meters race event with a time of 44.84 seconds.

He was well clear of the rest of the field as Gabriel Moronta was second in 45.47 seconds and William Jones in 45.53 seconds.

The first man from Alabama to win the title since the great Kirani James.

He is also only the second Nigerian man ever to win the NCAA Outdoor 400 meters title after Clement Chukwu in 1999.

PositiveNaija Public Alert 27: NAFDAC Notifies on Unregistered Tarivid (Ofloxacin 200mg) found in Nigeria

PositiveNaija Public Alert 27: The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is informing the public of the presence an unregistered batch of Tarivid 200mg in Nigeria.

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