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David Roluga Emerges Overall Winner Of Inaugural Save-A-Lot Media Mobile Classroom Monthly Quiz

David Roluga has emerged the overall winner of the maiden Save-A-Lot Media Mobile Classroom monthly quiz.

David Roluga is a senior secondary (SS) 3 student of Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State.

Saffiyah Abdulhammed of Powerfield Group of School, Lagos State and Ibukunoluwa Arowosafe, Advanced Breed Comprehensive College, Ogun State were announced as first and second runners-up respectively during a winners’ party and media event held on Zoom on August 1st, 2020.

The top 20 students who emerged winners of the competition were awarded ₦20,000 cash prizes.

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Stephanie Busari Selected Into Yale World Fellow Program Class Of 2020

Stephanie Busari has been selected alongside twelve (12) others into the Class of 2020 for the annual Yale’s World Fellow Program.

The 2020 cohort include: Stephanie Busari, Sally Abi Khalil, Ambroise Brenier, Hamish Falconer, Ying Lun “Allen” FUNG, Mohammad “Musa” Mahmodi, Evan Mawarire, Mauro Mondello, Edwan Ngum Tah, Hyppolite Ntigurirwa, Jorge Soto, Jovitta Thomas, and Ann Thomas.

This cohort brings the total number of World Fellows since the program’s start in 2002 to 359 Fellows, representing 91 countries. This year marks the 19th cohort of World Fellows.

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Elizabeth Ayanacho And Iyeneobong Essien Named Among Malala Fund 2020 Game Changers Series

Elizabeth Ayanacho and Iyeneobong Essien have been named on the Malala Fund 2020 Game Changers Series.

Established by the Malala Fund co-founded by student and Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, the Game Changers series focuses on incredible female athletes while raising awareness about missing indigenous women, advocating for girls to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and speaking out for other para-athletes.

The 2020 Games Changers list comprises 30 female athletes selected from 24 countries and are described as “female athletes defying convention on and off the field around the world.”

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Dr. Christianah Bola Onigbogi Awarded Exceptional Service Award By Chartered Insurance Institute Of London [2020]

Dr. Christianah Bola Onigbogi has been awarded with the Exceptional Service Award by the Chartered insurance Institute of London [2020].

The notice of the distinguished Award was forwarded with a letter conveying the certificate and plaque to Bola Onigbogi (the President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers – NCRIB) jointly signed by the President of the Institute, Nick Turner and the CEO, Sian Fisher to Onigbogi.

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Professor Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun Elected First Female Provost Of The College Of Medicine Of University Of Ibadan

Professor Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun has been elected as the Provost of the College of Medicine of University of Ibadan (the first female and the 12th Provost of the college).

Professor Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun, the first female Professor of Psychiatry in Nigeria, resumed duty on the 3rd of August 2020.

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Toluwalase Oseni Wins 2020 World Scavenger Hunt Award

Toluwalase Oseni of Caleb British International School, Lekki, Lagos State, has been declared winner of the 2020 World Scavenger Hunt Award.

The event, an annual global entrepreneurial competition, which took place virtually on Zoom Platform as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic had 55 teams from the USA and other countries as participants with Master Toluwalase Oseni winning the Scavenger Hunt Award out of the eight awards available at the event.

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Bright Osayi-Samuel Wins QPR Goal Of The Season Prize And Supporters’ Young Player Of The Year

Bright Osayi-Samuel has emerged winner of Queens Park Rangers’ (QPR) Goal of the Season prize and Supporters’ Young Player of the Year for the 2019/2020 season in the end-of-season awards.

Eberechi Eze also won three awards: Players’ Player of the Year, the Supporters’ Player of the Year and the club Player of the Year.

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