Nigerian schools have been encouraged to participate in a new international competition that rewards innovation in education. The Global Schools Prize, launched by the Varkey Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, will distribute $1 million across 10 categories, with one overall winner receiving $500,000. Organisers say the award aims to spotlight schools as centres of innovation
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
Two Nigerian pupils have won the 2025 Technovation Global Summit (Beginner Division) with an artificial intelligence (AI) app designed to combat drowsy and distracted driving. Ten-year-olds Akachukwu Blessed Nwachukwu and Ifunanya Gabriella Okoye, both from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, created Stay Woke. This mobile app utilises facial recognition and voice interaction to detect driver fatigue
A Nigerian scholar, Racheal Akindiose, has been awarded the SI Pioneering Women in STEM Scholarship, making her the only Nigerian selected in this year’s cohort. She will study for a fully funded Master’s degree in Biomedical Surface Science at Malmö University in Sweden, joining 50 other women chosen from across Africa and Asia. Akindiose graduated
A Nigerian scholar, Raphael Ebiefung, has been awarded the Grace Jordan McFadden Professor Programme Fellowship at the University of South Carolina. The fellowship, described by the university as highly competitive, recognises academics who contribute to advancement, gain knowledge, and tackle social challenges. Ebiefung, a doctoral researcher and former assistant lecturer at Top-Faith University, Nigeria, specialises
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
Oluwadamilare Dauda, a final-year PhD student at Osun State University, has won the prestigious Young Scientist Award from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France. The award was given in recognition of Dauda’s research on blackfly transmission of river blindness (onchocerciasis) in Southwest Nigeria. His work supports efforts to control the disease in affected communities.
