Oduduru Divine Sets New Records At 2019 Big 12 Indoor Championship

Oduduru Divine of Texas Tech school has won the 60 meters and 200 meters races at the 2019 Big 12 Indoor Championship in Lubbock, Texas.

Oduduru Divine won the 60 meters title for the first time ever at the Big 12 Championships with a Personal Best (PB) and School Record time of 6.52 seconds.

The 22-year-old Nigerian now holds Texas Tech’s 60 meters record.

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Adekuoroye Odunayo Wins Gold At 2019 German Grand Prix Championship

Adekuoroye Odunayo has emerged winner of a gold medal at the 2019 German Grand Prix Championship in Dormagen.

Adekuoroye Odunayo, competing in the 57 kg weight category, defeated Hungary’s Szell Anna in an impressive outcome of 10-0 through a technical superiority, which will boost her ranking in the global rating.

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Job Oyebisi Wins 2018 Ideas Change Lives British Council Global Competition

Job Oyebisi has who won the 2018 Ideas Change Lives British Council global competition and awarded a cash prize of £20,000 for emerging champion.

Job Oyebisi, who is the founder of StanLab, a 3D virtual science laboratory, is also a joint winner of the competition with ‘Malawi’s mHub’.

He won the championship that featured over 170 countries by creating a viable solution that would enhance secondary school students get acquitted with new learning skills in laboratory technology.

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Five Africans Win Inaugural JJI Champions of Science – Africa Storytelling Challenge

Johnson & Johnson Innovation has announced five winners of the first Champions of Science – Africa Storytelling Challenge.

The Champions of Science – Africa Storytelling Challenge is aimed at highlighting the journeys of scientists and innovators working in Africa, and celebrate the impact of their work on families, communities and the world.

The Challenge received more than 100 entries from scientists and innovators in 22 African nations, including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda, among others.

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Madumere Rejoice Ngozi Wins 2019 The Ultimate Mathematics Ambassador (TUMA) Competition

Madumere Rejoice Ngozi has emerged winner in the 2019 The Ultimate Mathematics Ambassador (TUMA) competition, Ota, Ogun State.

Ten-year-old Ngozi, a pupil of Giant Stride Nursery and Primary School, Ifo, competed with over 1,200 others from 408 schools in Ogun State and other neighbouring states.

With an impressive score of 93 percent, Madumere Rejoice Ngozi beat nine-year-old Enwere Kingsley Ikenna of Cuddly Kids School and 10-year-old Oyindamola Olawale Hann of Vickstell International School, Ikorodu who both emerged first and second runners up respectively.

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Joseph Adewole Wins micro:bit Global Challenge 2018 [Africa]

Joseph Adewole of Nigeria has emerged winner of micro:bit Global Challenge 2018 for the African region.

Joseph Adewole designed a system that detects the temperature of students in a class and lets their teacher know. He designed the device so that students can be treated quickly if they are ill and therefore don’t miss too much school.

Joseph Adewole made his contribution on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 – Good Health and Well-being.

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Susan Chioma Obasi Emerge Overall Best Graduating Student Of Caritas University

Susan Chioma Obasi has obtained a First Class in Business Administration as well as emerged as the overall Best Graduating Student of Caritas University, Amorji-Nike in Enugu State, with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.81.

The 21-year-old attended Hillcrest Preparatory and Primary School, Nsukka, and Louisville Girls Secondary School, Old Kutunku in Gwagwalada, Abuja.

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