Category: Education & Innovation

Hamzat Bala Lawal, Benjamin John and Olabukunola Williams emerge among 22 new advocates from six countries into the Education Champion Network 2020 Cohort by Malala Fund.

This is the the largest new cohort since the programme launched in 2017. The year 2020 also marks the Education Champion Network’s expansion into Ethiopia.

Malala Fund’s Education Champion Network invests in local leaders to accelerate progress towards girls’ secondary education around the world. These individuals best understand the needs of girls in their community, the barriers that keep them out of school and how to overcome these obstacles.

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Ayodeji Tahir Olowolagba has emerged winner of the 2020 PositiveNaija African Current Affairs Online Quiz held virtually from December 18-20, 2020.

The 2020 PositiveNaija African Current Affairs Online Quiz is aimed at promoting the knowledge and celebrating the beauty/value of the African continent.

The quiz competition open freely to everyone to take part in had Ayodeji Tahir Olowolagba accumulating a total score of 53 out of 60. He receives a certificate of award and a reward of ₦200,000 worth of advertising on PositiveNaija.

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12-year-old Joshua Agboola has won the MTN mPulse Hackathon themed ‘Beyond COVID’.

The MTN mPulse was initiated in 2018 for kids between age nine and 15 with a portal that assists students with work while getting some entertainment.

Joshua Agboola who is a JSS 2 student of Bellina College, Akoka in Lagos, won the competition by creating ‘Kagukar Study Buddie’, a home-schooling, remote education and learning solution.

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Olalekan Adeeko, a teacher at Baptist Boys’ High School, Ogun has won the African Union Continental Teacher Prize 2020 for his work and dedication to the teaching profession.

He is the first Nigerian to win the prestigious award at the virtual event held in Addis Ababa on the 21st of December, 2020.

For the 2020 edition of the African Union Continental Teacher Awards, prizes of $10,000 each were awarded to top African teachers at the secondary school level.

The AU Teacher Prize has been established as a means for demonstrating respect for teachers and the teaching profession, by encouraging and celebrating the committed teachers in Africa.

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Olalere Yusuf Asamu, a graduate of University of Ibadan has emerged the overall best graduating student in the January 2020 Bar Final Exams of the Nigerian Law School.

Olalere Yusuf Asamu won 12 (university of Ibadan – 28) out of the 38 prizes at the Bar Final Examinations January 2020 as approved by the Council of Legal Education, Bwari, Abuja.

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Oluwatomilola Idris Mustapha has won the 2020 Tei Kaihau Social Entrepreneur Award at the virtual Global Enterprise Experience Challenge held in New Zealand on  June 24, 2020.

Oluwatomilola Idris Mustapha is a a 400-level student of the Department of Biology, Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State.

The competition, which earned Mustapha’s team seed venture of $4,000, was organised by Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand’s capital city.

The major objective of the contest was to improve participants’ social entrepreneurship skills from across the world in order to create an enabling environment for them on their various business skills.

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Adedayo Thomas, Temitayo Oluwadara and Adenike Mary Olowolagba have graduated with a 7.0 CGPA (out of 7.0) at the University of Ibadan (UI).

First position: Adedayo Thomas with an average score of 82.0% in his MSc in Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry Option).

Second Position: Temitayo Oluwadara, with an average score of 81.6% in the MSc in Chemistry (Physical Chemistry Option).

Third Position: Adenike Mary Olowolagba, with an average score of 77.6% in the MSc in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry Option).