Victor Chude has emerged as the new President of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) with its Headquarters at Vienna, Austria.
This is the first time in the 98 years of the IUSS that a Nigerian will become the president through an election.
Victor Chude, who is the Registrar, Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) is expected to serve in the position for the next three years (2023-2026).
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Dr. Osahon Enabulele has been inaugurated as the President of the World Medical Association (WMA) held on 7 October 2022 in Berlin, Germany.
The former President of the Nigeria Medical Association becomes the first-ever Nigerian and West African physician to be elected as President of the World Medical Association (WMA).
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21-year-old Ichor Joshua has emerged winner of the 2022 United Nations Swarovski Prize for creating a technology that monitors contamination and scarcity in groundwater wells in Africa.
The final-year geology student at the University of Jos who is the first and only African to win the Swarovski Prize won alongside five other innovators from different continents.
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Five students of the Department of Fisheries at the Lagos State University (LASU) have emerged winners of the 2022 Millennium Oceans Global Prize with its “Lagos Plastic Revolution” application/campaign.
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Professor Adam Abba-Aji has been appointed as the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Alberta Hospital Canada, which makes him the first African in the 100-year history of the hospital.
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Chima Williams, the Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has been named a winner of the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize among seven winners.
Other winners of the prize include Niwat Roykaew (Thailand), Marjan Minnessma (the Netherlands); Juliet Vincent (Australia); Nalleli Cobo (United States); Alex Luciatante, and Alexandra Narvaez (Ecuador).
The Goldman Prize is awarded annually to environmental heroes from each of the world’s six inhabited continental regions.
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Evercare hospital has been awarded a level five certification at baseline assessment by PharmAccess’ SafeCare, making it the first hospital in Nigeria to receive the award which recognises quality healthcare delivery.
This achievement was attained recently due to the hospital’s outstanding healthcare delivery services and quality improvement measures.
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