Category: Education & Innovation

Folashade Salako has won the 2018-2019 maiden edition of the Shalina Young Talent Award (SYTA) also dubbed the ‘Best Pharmacy Brain’ Award.

Folashade Salako, a final year student of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), clinched the award to emerge the best pharmacy brain in Nigeria. She beat two other contestants from Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan – Temiwunmi Akinmuleya and Adeboye Bamgboye to second and third places respectively.

Organised by Shalina Healthcare, the Shalina Young Talent Award (SYTA), seeks to promote pharmacy as a profession in Nigeria by engaging tertiary health institutions in the country in the professional development of young pharmacists.

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Uverineh Oghenefejiro has emerged overall winner in the maiden edition of the Rejoice Alabi Writing (RAW) Challenge for first year Law students.

The competition, with the theme: Why I want to be a lawyer, is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of the founding partner of Egbaaibon & Alabi LP, Mr. Rejoice Alabi.

Uverineh Oghenefejiro of the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State, overcame over 40 students from 10 universities to come tops.

Ogunba Ademiposi and Ibikunle Daniel, both of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Osun State, were second and third respectively.

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Maryland Convent Private School has emerged overall winner of the Issyma Children Foundation Competition on mathematics and science technology.

Maryland Convent Private School emerged winner with a prize of ₦100,000 and a laptop, while Susan Memorial School and Air force Primary School emerged first and second runners up with a cash price of ₦50,000 and a mini tablet and ₦25,000 with a mini tablet.

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13-year-old Tochukwu Ndukwe, of the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC) Leeja, Nsukka, Enugu State has emerged the overall winner of the 2018 Nigerian Mathematics Queen Competition.

Saibu Medina from FESTAC College, Lagos, took second position while Olayiwola Adedagun, FGGC, Ketu, Osun came third at the competition.

115 female students of Junior Secondary School across the country participated in the Girls’ Mathematics Olympiad Competition, organised by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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17-year-old former student of Nigerian Airforce Secondary School, Ikeja, Lagos, Peter Seunara Arotiba, has emerged the best overall candidate in the May/June 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in West Africa.

Peter Seunara Arotiba emerged the best candidate in the West African sub-region with eight A1s in the May/June 2018 WASSCE, beating over 1.9 million candidates that sat for the examination.

In the May/ June 2018 WASSCE, Peter Seunara Arotiba with examination number 4251112045, obtained A1 in eight subjects, which are Economics A1, Civic Education A1, Tourism A1, English Language A1, Mathematics A1, Biology A1, Chemistry A1 and Physics A1.

The second and third positions went to two Ghanaian students, Wilhermina Opoku (2nd) and Brago Afrifa, (3rd).

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9-year-old Enwere-Kingsley Ikenna of Cuddy Kids School, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos has emerged overall winner of the 16th Annual National Mathematics Competition (ANMC).

Enwere-Kingsley Ikenna won gold medal, scoring 98.85 percent to defeat 39,518 candidates who participated in the competition in the 36 states of the Federation, including the Federal Capital Territory.

The competition, organised by National Mathematical Centre and Nigeria Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) Abuja, was to reward hard work for pupils who devoted time to surmount the phobia associated with mathematics.

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Jane Onyinyechi Ogwo has emerged as the best graduating student of Federal University Of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, with CGPA Of 4.90 for the 2017/2018 academic session.

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