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.
Rosemary Chukwuma has emerged champion of the Big 12 Indoor 60 meters event at the SEC Indoor Championships in Texas, USA 2022.
Chukwuma held off Julien Alfred who was also given the same time by two-thousandths of a second, while Kynnedy Flannel picked up 3rd in 7.30s.
She ran an impressive Personal Best (PB) of 7.17 seconds to take the title, breaking the Meet Record (MR).
The Nigerian also set a third school record in the space of three (3) weeks in the event.
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings has ranked Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) as the Best University in Nigeria and one of the best 400 in the world.
On the rankings, Covenant University (CU) emerged second; University of Ibadan (UI) emerged third; University of Lagos (UNILAG) emerged fourth; Landmark University emerged fifth; Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike emerged sixth; Babcock University emerged seventh; Edo State University, Uzairue emerged eighth; and Lagos State University (LASU) emerged ninth.
Ifeoma Uddoh has emerged winner of the inaugural SelectUSA Tech Nigeria Pitch Competition; a United States government program led by the U.S. Department of Commerce that supports international business expansion to the United States.
Ifeoma Uddoh, a 2021 alumna of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs is the founder of Shecluded, a fintech start-up dedicated to bridging the financial inclusion gap among women of colour.
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