Category: Education & Innovation

The goal of education and innovation in Nigeria is envisioned to be ruled by true wisdom and self-consciousness. The Nigerian innovative spirit coupled with humane values is acknowledged in its dynamic and universal applicability.

 

Ayo Dada & Olamide Oladeji Emerge Stanford University’s 2019 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Ayo Dada and Olamide Oladeji were among the 69 scholars that won the Knight-Hennessy scholarship at Stanford University for the year 2019.

The Knight-Hennessy scholarship is poised to develop both the depth and range of subject expertise to confront the numerous grand challenges and opportunities of the future. Knight-Hennessy Scholars receive full funding to pursue graduate study at Stanford. Ayo Dada and Olamide Oladeji both join Solomon Oyakhire, an alumnus of the University of Lagos, who was the only Nigerian recipient of the scholarship in the first edition in 2018 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Stanford School of Engineering.

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SPE FUTO Wins 2019 PetroQuiz Competition

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) Chapter emerge winners of the 2019 PetroQuiz competition at the students technical symposium and exhibition (sTsE 2019).

From 17 points down, SPE FUTO undertook an impressive come back to win SPE University of Uyo 55:36.

SPE FUTO Chapter emerged victorious in this competition after 17 trials and have clinched a ticket to Canada for further stages of the Petro competition.

Bala Magaji Emerge NOUN Best Graduating Student [2018/2019]

45-year-old Bala Magaji, have graduated with a degree in Islamic Studies, emerging as the best graduating student of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) for the 2018/2019 academic year.

Mr. Bala Magaji, who was showered with praises at the 8th convocation ceremony of the university in Abuja said a university degree is not cheap or easy but can open doors to great benefits.

Mr. Magaji recorded a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.8.

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