This category highlights exceptional achievements of individuals, including students and public figures, who are worthy of emulation.
Some identical twins are known to do several things in common, but finding a pair who graduate with the same CGPA—especially as the best graduating students—is extremely rare. Yet, Busoye Opegbemi Matthias and Busoye Tolulope Matthew, twin brothers, broke that record during the 2023/2024 academic session at the University of Ibadan (UI). Things they share […]
The overall best student in the 2023 NECO Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), Miss Ifebude Chelsea Benson, has been rewarded with a cheque of N500,000 by the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, who presented the cheque on behalf of the governor on Sunday in Awka,
Dr. Moruf Tunji Alausa, born on April 18, 1967, is a UNILAG-trained medical doctor and the 36th Minister of Education in Nigeria. Before his deployment to the Ministry of Education on October 23, 2024, he served as the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare from August 21, 2023, to October 2024. Education After completing
Many years ago, students who achieved exceptional grades or graduated with first-class honors were either automatically employed by the institutions they graduated from, or other institutions prioritized them when they applied. However, this seems to have changed in Nigeria’s academic landscape. For Chizoba Victor Ejiofor, the best graduating pharmacy student in his department, faculty, and
Forty-eight years ago, Lanre Laoshe was one of the Nigerian undergraduate students, who benefited from Nigeria’s Federal Government Student Loan Scheme to support his academic pursuit. Specifically, Lanre, who is today the Chairman of Leverage Insurance Brokers, took the student loan during the military regime of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was in office a military
Recently, I watched as the governor of Jigawa State sworn in new High Court Judges, among them was 33-year-old Nilfa Abdullahi Gambo, a 34-year-old mother of four, who is currently a PhD candidate. To be sincere, if we’re to judge by statistics, the Northern part of Nigeria is the worst in terms of out-of-school children
A student of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Victoria Idobo, has graduated with a First Class in Mathematics, a rare academic feat in the field of her field of study. EdubaseNG learnt that the young vibrant lady popularly called Vicky among her peers scored 4.77 on a scale of 5.0 Grade Point Average
Here is a story of Jim Ovia, a man who loss his father at four, started his banking career as a clerk, but now owns one of the biggest financial institutions in Africa. When the the ‘Godfather of banking’ and founder of Zenith Bank Mr Jim James Ovia was appointed as the Chair of the Board
Many Nigerians may not have known about Mr. Akintunde Oluwole Sawyerr until his appointment as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) on April 5, 2024. Those who know him can vouch for him as someone who doesn’t compromise standard and accountability, having worked with several multinationals in different
