Dr. Kennedy Obehiri Obohwemu has emerged winner of the “Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition” 2022, organised by the University of Sunderland, United Kingdom.
The three-minute thesis competition is an annual competition held in more than 200 universities worldwide.
It is open to PhD students, and challenges participants to present their research in just 180 seconds, in an engaging form that can be understood by an intelligent audience with no background in the research area.
Nathaniel Ezekiel has set a new national record of 48.42 seconds to win the men’s 400-Meter Hurdles at the Big 12 Championships [2022].
Running for Baylor at his first Big 12 Championships since moving to the United States of America, Nathaniel Ezekiel was in absolutely amazing form, storming to a massive Personal Best (PB) of 48.42s and breaking Henry Amike’s National Record (NR) that was set in 1987.
With that time, he qualified for the World Championships, set a World Under-20 Lead, an NCAA Lead and moved to 4th on the 2022 global toplist.
Behind him came Isaiah Levington who took 2nd in 48.82 seconds and Malik Metivier in 3rd with 49.53 seconds.
Former Nigerian president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has been appointed to the international advisory board of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East.
The appointment makes Dr. Goodluck Jonathan the first sub-Saharan African leader to serve on the board of the ECAM Council, a non-profit organisation established with the purpose of promoting and developing relations between the countries of Europe, Africa and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, with Italy playing a leading role.
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has appointed Professor (Mrs.) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, as the Eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University.
The Council ratified the appointment at its Special Meeting held on May 12, 2022.
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‘Yemi Adamolekun, the Executive Director of Enough is Enough, has been announced as one of the winners of the 2022 Global Citizen Prize Award.
According to Global Citizen, an international advocacy organisation, the Global Citizen Prize: Citizen Award 2022 and Cisco Youth Leadership Award recognises individuals for their efforts in shaping the world, poverty eradication, and the sustained impact they have created in their work of fighting for social justice.
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Chukwuma Rosemary has emerged winner of the 100 and 200 meters events at the TTU Corky/Crofoot Shootout in Texas.
Chukwuma won the women’s 100 meters convincingly with a time of 11.28 seconds (-0.1).
She clocked a Personal Best (PB) of 22.78 seconds to win the women’s 200 meters, running into a 1.4m/s headwind and way ahead of Aneesa Scott, 2nd in 23.26 seconds and Raheema Westfall in 23.31 seconds. This is a new school record and the 10th fastest time in the NCAA this season.