Best Nigerian Universities Offering Sociology And Anthropology

This assessment by PositiveNaija aims to provide a reliable guide on the overall standard of Nigerian universities offering sociology and anthropology as academic courses and degrees.

This assessment aims to promote the culture of impactful scholarship and academic excellence in the Nigerian educational sector.

The study of sociology and anthropology and the respective application of both disciplines are important in understanding distinct cultures; evolution of peoples and societies; assessing the influence of human actions.

“A culture is a total way of life. It embraces what people ate and what they wore; the way they walked; the manner in which they treated death and greeted the newborn.”

– Walter Rodney

Best Nigerian Universities Offering Sociology And Anthropology

 

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ACEGID Of Redeemer’s University Named Regional Repository And Bioinformatics Centre By WHO And Africa CDC [2020]

The African Centre of Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Disease (ACEGID), Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, has been named one of the regional repository and bioinformatics centres by the WHO and Africa CDC to provide sequencing, data analysis and other technical support services to the countries where they are located as well as to neighbouring countries and countries in their sub-regions.

This development was announced on Thursday, September 10, by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through a press release announcing the launch of a network of laboratories to reinforce genome sequencing of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, in Africa.

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Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan Receives Forbes Best Of Africa Award [2020]

Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan (FCA) has received the Forbes Best of Africa Award, in New York City, United States of America on September 11, 2020.

Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan (FCA) who is the Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited is honoured by Forbes Africa for his contributions to the financial services sector in the country and the African continent.

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Professor Florence Obi Emerges First Female Vice-Chancellor Of University Of Calabar (UNICAL)

Professor Florence Obi has emerged the first female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) in its 45-year-old history.

Professor Florence Obi of the Faculty of Education is to succeed Professor Zana Akpagu, whose tenure would elapse on November 30 [2020].

The choice of Professor Florence Obi was announced on the 11th of September 2020 by the 12th Governing Council of the university as the 11th Vice Chancellor-elect at the UNICAL Hotel in Calabar after emerging winner out of 13 contestants.

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ColdHubs Emerges Sustainable And Healthy Food For All Winner At 2020 Mohammed Bin Rashid Initiative For Global Prosperity

ColdHubs Limited has emerged Sustainable and Healthy Food For All winner at the 2020 Mohammed Bin Rashid Initiative For Global Prosperity (Cohort 2).

Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu’s ColdHubs is among four companies to win a $1 million (Dh3.67 million) Global Maker Challenge innovation prize set up by Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity.

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ColdHubs Limited Wins 2020 Cooling As A Service (CaaS) Prize

ColdHubs Limited has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Prize for their exemplary CaaS model that saved 20,400 tons of food from spoilage in 2019 alone.

The runners-up were Energy Partners and Maxwell & Spark.

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Moses Inwang Wins ‘Best Director’ & ‘Best International’ At The 2020 The People’s Film Festival (TPFF)

Moses Inwang has won the ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best International’ awards at the 2020 The People’s Film Festival (TPFF) for his movie, ‘Cold Feet’.

Other winners include: ‘The Meeting That Shaped Amerikkka’ (Kristopher Adams, Joshua Austin) for Best Feature Film; ‘The Reading’ (Garrick Wade) for Best Short Film; ‘Ruth Maingi – Poker (Dancurf Brown of Kenya) for Best Actress.

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