26 July 2026
Universities

UNIOSUN PhD Student Wins Top French Science Award

Oluwadamilare Dauda, a final-year PhD student of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), has brought pride to Nigeria after winning the Young Scientist Award from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse in France. Dauda earned the honour through his groundbreaking research on how blackflies spread onchocerciasis, popularly known as river blindness, in parts of southwestern Nigeria. The

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Research

PhD Scholar Wins French Science Award

Oluwadamilare Dauda, a PhD student at the Osun State University, has received a French science award for his research on the transmission of river blindness. The French Embassy said that Dauda received the Young Scientist Award from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France, in honour of his research, which complements disease control efforts in

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