Damilare Adeniran and Gold Obi Besong, students of Pastor Adegboyega Nursery and Primary School, Ketu have emerged overall winners of the 2026 KidsCook Showdown 2.0.
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Karimot Odebode, a public interest lawyer, poet, and gender advocate, has won the “29th Global Love of Lives Award” given by the Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation, a Taiwanese Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), in recognition of her advocacy for Black girls’ education and youth empowerment.
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Dr Festus Oluseye Babarinde has been honoured with the 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award in the United States of America, in recognition of a lifetime of volunteerism, public service, and unwavering commitment to underserved communities across Nigeria and the diaspora.
Mr. Kayode Kolade, a 51-year-old former public servant from Rivers State, has emerged as the overall winner of the Heirs Insurance Group inaugural Retirement Dream Competition.
He receives a ₦2.5 million cash grant.
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Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili has been selected as a joint winner of the 2025 International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in the Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement category.
The award – conferred December 14 in Doha, Qatar – was communicated by the Secretariat of the International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award, on behalf of the High-Level Award Committee chaired by the United Nations Special Advocate for the Prevention of Corruption, Dr. Ali Bin Fetais Al Marri.
AIG Aishatu Abubakar Baju, OON, mni, has been elected unanimously as the inaugural President of the Association of Women in Law Enforcement in Africa (AWLEA).
Chief Superintendent of Corrections, CSC Olukemi Ibikunle, of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has emerged winner of the 2025 United Nations Trailblazer Award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers.