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  • Worker wins Commonwealth scholarship

    A research fellow in the Department of Computer Science of FUNAAB, Mr. Oluwatimilehin Salako, has won a Commonwealth scholarship tenable in the United Kingdom during the 2015/2016 academic session.

    Salako was one of the 387 applicants that were offered the scholarships, funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DfID).

    The Executive Secretary, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, John Kirkland, noted that successful candidates were those with strong academic backgrounds, having demonstrated in their applications a clear and realistic plan of study as well as the likelihood of tangible development impact after the end of their fellowship period. Kirkland said the gender balance in selecting the candidates was taken into consideration, advising nominating agencies to continue to put forward, strong female candidates.

    Oluwatimilehin Salako holds a B.Sc degree in Computer Science (First class honours) from FUNAAB. He teaches practical classes as well as undergraduate students’ tutorials.

    He won the FUNAAB Senate Prize for First Class graduates in the Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences (COLNAS).

  • Scholarship for Anambra youths

    Many keep their pile of cash to themselves. Not Mr. Barth Nwibe, an engineer. Over 70 students in Anambra State are said to have studied and graduated from several tertiary institutions at the instance of his organisation, Ugo Ukwu Foundation. That is not all. Primary and secondary school pupils are also said to have been drawing from his scholarship scheme for 11 years.

    Neither is his philanthropy limited to his Igbo Ukwu community in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.

    TheNation gathered that about 250 primary school students and over 200 others in secondary schools across the state are studying under his scholarship scheme.

    Last weekend at the Ekwulobia township stadium in Aguata council area, the foundation awarded more scholarships to 40 students from primary to tertiary levels.

    Besides, the foundation presented over 10 laptops to some of the students to help them in their academics.

    The state governor Willie Obiano  was represented at the event by the Commissioner for Education, Prof Kate Omenugha.

    Obiano described the likes of Nwibe, the financier of the foundation, as success stories.

    He noted that the scholarship grants was one way of supporting the gain made by his administration in the education sector.

    For Prof. Uchenna Nwosu, who was the chairman of the event, Barth Nwibe is a rare breed, who attained success through hard work.

    He told the students and their parents that the key to success is  education, which, according to him, is also the basis of progress in any society.

    Apart from the laptops to the students and the scholarship to the new 40 students, textbooks, exercise books in cartons were presented to the students.

    Speaking with the Nation, Nwibe, a strong believer in APC and major financier of the party to some of the contestants in different positions in the party, said it was his own way of giving back to the society.

    He said the 40 students emerged through a careful, meritorious selection process, adding that the process had been ongoing for the past eleven years which had become a yearly ritual.

    Nwibe, therefore, commended the foundation for the progress made so far, adding that it was just the beginning, nothing that there are more to come.

    For Nwoye Valentine of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, and Okafor Kosi of Holy Child Secondary School Isuofia in Aguata council Area, two of the beneficiaries, it was a dream come true.

    The duo thanked the foundation for giving them opportunity of being like other students, adding that they would put up their best in making sure they come out in flying colours in their different disciplines.

  • Scholarship changed my life, says KC’s best

    Scholarship changed my life, says KC’s best

    At the twilight of his primary school education, Abraham Awamba, lost his father – eclipsing hopes of furthering his education.

    His mother toiled day and night to fund his education and that of four other siblings.

    Fast forward to today.  Awamba has been guaranteed of sponsorship up to Ph.D level.  He was one of the three best graduating students honoured during the valedictory service/speech and prize-giving day of King’s College,  Lagos, last Saturday.

    The 16-year-old could not hide his excitement as he shared his dreams of studying medicine with The Nation, thanking the Daniel Ogechi Akujobi Memorial Foundation (DOAMF) for making it possible through a sponsor.

    “I am happy, excited and above all thankful to DOAMF (Daniel Ogechi Akujobi Memorial Foundation) for the opportunity they gave me. I never knew I would go to secondary school. Ours was a hopeless case because I can still remember how my mum would suffer to raise my primary school fees.

    “But today, I didn’t just attend any school, I was sponsored and sent to one of the best schools, they have always provided my needs and ensured I lacked nothing.

    “Today, I am a step closer to my dream of becoming a medical doctor. I want to thank the foundation and also my sponsor for drying our tears. I also want to tell other children who think all hope is lost that they should not give up.

    Aside being one of the three best graduating students, Awamba won the Maria Ezenkwe Prize for the best graduating student in Biology; MTN prize for the best in English Language; Mrs. Owumi prize for the best in English  and Otunba Dele Olapeju prize for best in English.

    His journey to greatness

    His mother, Mrs. Bridget Awamba, said fortune smiled on her son after one of his primary school teachers discovered him.

    “I was  working at the primary school where my son attended. I assisted them with computer work.  One of his teachers discovered that he was a very intelligent boy. She knew I did not have money so she brought a form for scholarship one day for us to fill.

    “After filling the form, my soon attended the interview by the  DOAMF and he did well.  That was how they started sponsoring.

    “He was first sent to Saint Finbarrs  Secondary School; he performed excellently there and was later transferred to King’s College where he completed his secondary educaqtion.

    “I am grateful to DOAMF and to my son’s sponsor for giving him a life I could never have been able to afford. They gave him education and have promised to sponsor him to any level he wants to attend; I would not have been able to give him that.

    A DOAMF board of trustee member, Mrs. Sotonye Akujobi, said Awamba is one of 74 poor but brilliant children the foundation  has offered scholarships across the country.  The children are sponsored by various members of the society to assist them achieve their dreams in life.

    Mrs. Akujobi said that Awamba’s sponsor, who does not want to be named, was proud of him.

    “Awamba is an intelligent child and so, it is a source of motivation for his sponsor. Aside being intelligent, he is well behaved,” she said.

    Speaking at the programme, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr MacJohn Nwaobiala said that the Federal Government had invested in educational facilities, and teacher-training in the 104 unity colleges.

    He also said that new teachers are being employed and posted to the schools.

    “New teaching staff have also been recruited to address the shortage of teachers in the Federal Unity Colleges. ICT and Trade subjects for entrepreneurship as compulsory cross-cutting core subjects have been introduced,” he said.

    Earlier in his address, Principal of the college, Mr Oladele Olapeju, expressed concern over government’s policies on education which he said tend to lay undue emphasis on examinations to the detriment of knowledge acquisition.

    “While agreeing that examination is essential in measuring learning achievement, the situation is very disturbing as our graduating students spend almost five months criss-crossing one examination hall to the other with barely little time to study. The experience is too harrowing and on the long run costly to knowledge acquisition.

    “The Joined Admissions and Matriculation Board must strive to adjust its examination date to July  ending every year in order to allow the final year students concentrate on their studies,’’ he said.

  • FORD FOUNDATION PARTNERS AFRIFF ON SCHOLARSHIP

    FORD FOUNDATION PARTNERS AFRIFF ON SCHOLARSHIP

    AS a prelimnary to its Talent Campus initiative, the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) is already exploring avenues to enrich talents through scholarships to some of the top film schools abroad.

    Last Saturday, as the rain poured in Lagos, it was showers of joy for 15 young film students selected by AFRIFF for a Ford Foundation scholarship to the Montana State University in the United States of America.

    At a media parley where the recipients were unveiled, and subsequently send-forth amidst merriment, Prof. Paul Nwulu, Ford Foundation’s Program Officer for Advancing Public Service Media (West Africa) explained his organisation’s vision and support for creative talent and how AFRIFF fit into their aspiration as a worthy partner.

    Tagged ‘AFRIFF Talent Development Workshops’, the initiative provides beginner and intermediate courses for young people.

    The recipients were selected as the best in their chosen fields of training at the 2014 AFRIFF’s Talent Development Workshops. They include 12 Nigerians, two Kenyans and one Ethiopian.

    “This Scholarship scheme is a one month intensive hands-on training camp on various aspects of filmmaking with an emphasis on documentary film making,” said Prof. Nwulu.

    “There will be six days each week of classes which will include intensive field work and hands-on training. A trip to Hollywood in Los Angeles will crown this trip with interactions billed to happen with American film makers and a tour of certain film studios slated to take place as well.”

    For Founder/CEO of AFRIFF, Ms Chioma Ude, the scholarship is one in a series of other talent development initiatives of the five-year-old festival. She noted that the skill acquisition and youth development initiative was designed to use filmmaking as an authentic vehicle for youth empowerment.

    She said: “We believe we can use this model for a social revolution that will change the economic horizon of the African film industry, by providing technical knowledge and skill sets to the abundant talents in our film community.”

    It will be recalled that AFRIFF has since its first edition in 2010, provided free training and talent development opportunities for young people and aspiring filmmakers. They have provided cutting edge education in Sound for Film, Cinematography and Screen Writing for over 500 students, in partnership with Sound & Motion Technical College and City Varsity, Cape Town, South Africa. They have also worked directly with students of the National Film Institute, Jos; PEFTI Film Institute, Lagos; the Creative Arts Department of the University of Port-Harcourt; Department of Media & Theatre Arts at the University of Calabar and the Theatre Arts Department of the University of Uyo. The Desicon Group was the 2014 sponsor of the AFRIFF Talent Development Workshops.

    AFRIFF also organises master classes for more established filmmakers and professionals in the industry.

    Ude noted that this training in the US is in line with the vision of providing growth opportunities for graduates of the festival’s training program.

    Some of the recipients who left Nigeria at the weekend include, Anuel Modebe, Oluwabori Ijimakinde, Adeolu Adeniyi, Oto-bong Ekpenyong, Hausa Allahbura, Eloho Okumo, Adelarin Awotedu, Uribe Udoekpo, Sophie Okezie-Ajaero, Sharon Emmanuel, and Chukwuma Ekine.

    Others are; One Nigerian, two Kenyans and one Ethiopian, who are expected to join the group through separate flight arrangements.

  • Lad gets scholarship for honesty

    Lad gets scholarship for honesty

    Master Tunde Ojo, a secondary school pupil of Akande Dahunsi Memorial High School, has been awarded a N100,000 scholarship by L.I.F.E Initiative, a non-governmental organisation committed to raising and empowering teenagers through motivational talks.

    The lad, it would be recalled, returned a missing phone to a foreigner who before then had bad impression about Nigeria. Ojo’s polite refusal to accept any financial reward from the foreigner as a way of appreciation, a culture that is now rampant among youths of nowadays, also left the stranger agape, changing his once negative impression about Nigeria forever.

    “It was as a result of this uncommon show of integrity and honesty that L.I.F.E is awarding Tunde with N100,000 a year for four years’university scholarship. L.I.F.E Initiative is raising leaders, the future is now,” said L.I.F.E founder Obafemi George.

    “There are not many adults who can do what this boy did. He is a good boy, and should be encouraged,” he added.

    George belives the money is the NGO’s modest way of appreciating the gesture of a young boy whose kindness aligns with the vision of ‘L.I.F.E. Initiative.

    The NGO’s Proggramme Officer, Cindy Ikpe, said: “At L.I.F.E, we are about raising great leaders. This young man is to be celebrated, and that is what we are doing. We want to encourage others to live and lead like him.”

    The Power Teens Success Habits, a motivational book by George was also distributed free to all participants, written by Obafemi George,and foreword  by BRF former governor of Lagos State and can be gotten at Laterna Ventures Oko Awo close V.I, Glendora bookshop at Ikeja City Mall and University of Lagos Book shop.

    The last edition of the NGO’s Leading with Impact programme and tagged: “read to lead” took place at Osborne School Complex, Akande, Dahunsi Memorial High School, with 11 other schools in attendance. Participants were drawn from: Akande Dahunsi Memorial Senior High School; Government Senior college Maroko; Ilado Community Senior High School; Wahab Folawiyo Senior High School; and Government Senior College, Ikoyi.

    Other were: Ireti Senior Grammar School; Aunty Ayo Girls Comprehensive; Girls Senior Secondary Grammar School; Falomo Senior High School; Government College Victoria Island, Victoria Island Senior Secondary School; and Koramo Senior College.

  • Coop awards scholarship

    The UNILORIN Scientific Multipurpose Cooperative Society has awarded scholarships to 19 undergraduates, who are children of its members.

    The beneficiaries received N15,000.

    Of the 19 beneficiaries, 18 were from UNILORIN and one from the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.

    The Vice-Chancellor, Prof AbdulGaniyu Ambali, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Technology and Innovation), Prof. Gabriel Olatunji, congratulated the students, enjoining them to see the scholarship as a challenge, which should prompt them to live up to expectation.

    “This scholarship is a challenge that you cannot afford to let your parents and the society down, by continually improving on your performance. We look up to you … that one day, you will come back and give back to the system where you have taken something from,” he said.

    The President of the society, Dr Olatunji Kolawole of the Department of Microbiology, said the scholarship is the society’s way of enhancing the academic excellence of students.

    He disclosed that 13 students  benefited from the first scholarship in 2012.

    This year, he said the best 19 students, were selected after being  screened by a committee chaired by Mr. J. F. Olafare.

  • 59 OAU students bag alumni scholarship

    The joy of 59 outstanding undergraduates of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) knew no bounds when they won scholarships worth over N3 million during the OAU Muslim Graduates’ Association’s annual reunion convention held at the institution’s campus in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

    On hand to present the scholarship to the lucky students were erudite lawyer and business tycoon, Dr. Wale Babalakin, who was also the guest speaker at the event; chairman board of trustees of the association, Alhaji Rafiu Ebiti; National President, Prof. Abdulwahab Egbewole; chairman of the occasion, and Secretary General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede.

    One of the recipients from the Faculty of Arts (who does not wish to be named) thanked the organisers of the scholarship for making their dreams come true.

    “As you can see some of us are from the less privileged homes but endowed with extra-ordinary intellect by Almighty Allah. Through benevolence of these people, we have been able to achieve our dreams which would have been jeopardised due to financial constraints. I pray that God will continue to bless them and enlarge their coasts,” she said.

    National President of the association, Prof Egbewole, said through the initiative, the group has been able to touch many lives.

    “Since the inception of the programme in 2009/2010 academic session, UNIFEMGA has awarded scholarship to students of OAU worth N17, 566,000.00. It is gratifying to note and put on record that 16 of our awardees bagged First Class degrees at the last convocation of the university,” he said.

    Egbewole implored the awardees to learn one lesson from the gesture: that giving back to the society is the only way it can be sustained.

    Also speaking, the OAU Vice-Chancellor, Prof Bamitale Omole, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Prof. Ayobami Salami, praised the association for its benevolence and support to the university.

    “For so many years, they have been consistent and exceptional in awarding scholarship to their students. If we can assist five or six of them, the story will not be the same. As an institution, we will continue to partner with you,” Salami said.

    Founded over two decades ago, apart from providing the scholarship to outstanding undergraduates and postgraduate students, the association seeks to educate, enlighten and address societal issues.

    The annual convention in its 11th year running provides opportunity to members and the academic community to celebrate, network and seek ways to improve their alma mater.

    Other dignitaries at the event included the Chief Imam of OAU Central Mosque, Prof. Abubakar Sanusi; Governor Rauf Aregebsola of Osun State, who was represented by Mr Basil Lawal; Alhaji Ahmed Popoola, and Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odeyimka.

  • 12-year-old gets football scholarship

    12-year-old gets football scholarship

    •’I worked hard for it’

    Twelve-year-old Similoluwa Gbenle was the star of the fourth Greensprings-Kanu Football camp that ended last Saturday.

    He emerged the best player at the camp and would complete his secondary education at the Greensprings Spring School, Lekki, Lagos as his reward.

    The scholarship worth millions each year, would afford him to study at the elite school while nurturing his football talents.

    He would get the opportunity to participate in national and international age-grade football competition, which the school normally enters its football team for.

    Gbenle is the fifth beneficiary of the scholarship that is announced  yearly at the end of the camp meant for school-aged children of between five and 17.

    Though grateful to God, the former  pupil of Somolu High School, Bariga, in Lagos State, said he worked for it.

    “I am very happy and thank God for making it possible for me to get the scholarship. I am grateful to Greensprings and I prayed that God will continue to support and strengthen school. I worked very hard this week and I put in my best. I followed the coaches’ instructions and took my training very serious,” he said.

    The camp was handled by British Coaches from English Premier League side, West Bromwich Albion, who described some of the participants as future football stars.

    One of them, Richard Holmes, said the talent displayed by the students was exceptional.  He however added that efforts must continue to nurture them to stardom.

    “The footballers are great and they are very keen. Even when we finish coaching them, they still carry on playing all day. We train them four hours a day; so for them to carry on is brilliant. They are very good players, the equipment and facilities is great and everybody here is fantastic and it has been really good,” Holmes said.

    Adrian Dove praised the Greensprings for its facilities, which he said helped to bring out the best in the pupils.

    He said: “The facility is great and it is incredible. The grass pitches is great for the purpose they are used for. The goal posts are very good and I think everything is fantastic even the halls we are staying in are just what we need so it is really good and the school is great. I think it is the passion for the game. The children are willing to learn which I think it is a good thing because if you got children who don’t want to be here, it will be hard for us.

    “We’ve got children who are really passionate about what they want to do and they are going to do well with football.”

    On his part, Ashley Hodgkins, who was facilitating the camp for a second time, also said the facilities had improved.  He praised the tenacity of the participants.

    “This week the children have had 18 hours of coaching time. Back home in England, the professional players wouldn’t get 18 hours a week of coaching so I think they had a lot of good coaching.

    They camp is good for the youth teams, the national teams and if we see players like we’ve got in the older groups, they can go to England have opportunity to play in the Premier League. When we get back home we can speak to the academy at West Bromwich Albiom and see what they can do for players to give them choices,” he said.

    Over 100 participants drawn from Lagos, Ogun, Rivers states, Abuja and others participated in the camp.

     

  • Ige’s children seek two pupils for N24m scholarship

    Ige’s children seek two pupils for N24m scholarship

    Children of the late Chief Bola Ige are seeking two indigent pupils from Oyo and Osun states to benefit from a N24 million scholarship they endowed to immortalise their father.

    The catchment area covers the old Oyo State, where the late Ige was governor between 1979 and 1983.

    The scholarship competition is scheduled to hold on Saturday at the Salvation Army Middle School, in Osogbo, Osun State.

    The contest will be in two stages – written examination and oral.

    Each winner would get N12 million worth of scholarship for their secondary education at The Vale College in Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan.

    In a statement, the late Ige’s son and former Commissioner for Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Development in Osun State, Muyiwa, noted that the scholarship, valued at N2 million per session, covers their tuition, feeding, boarding, uniforms, sports/house wears, textbooks and registration for external examinations.

    Last year, the maiden edition of the Chief Bola Ige Memorial Scholarship for primary six pupils attracted applications from about 100 pupils from various schools in Ibadan.

    Master Folajuwon Ganiyu of Ayekale Community Primary School IV and Titi Josephine Friday of Command Primary School, Osogbo, emerged the overall winners.

    Mrs Funso Adegbola, Director of The Vale College and daughter of the late Ige, said the scholarship is a continuation of her parents’ legacy.

    She said: “I am fully persuaded that they will do exceedingly well and I promised them that if they get a Distinction A Grade, in all their subjects, I will solicit for funding to send them to any Nigerian university of their choice. We instituted this scholarship because our parents were benefactors to many Nigerian students.

    “It is in continuation of these high ideals bequeathed to us by our parents that the Board of The Vale College decided to institute the Bola Ige Memorial Scholarship at The Vale College.

    “Those eligible for the scholarships must be highly gifted primary six pupils in public primary schools, in Oyo and Osun States (the states which constitute the old Oyo State, where he was the first Governor from 1979-83).”

    Muyiwa said the scheme espouses the father’s legacy of free education.

    “This is the modest way by which the family of the late Chief James Ajibola Ige can touch the lives of the helpless Nigerians and show the world that Bola Ige lives on!” he said.

  • Edinburgh Global Health Academy Master’s Scholarship in UK, 2015

    The University of Edinburgh is offering one full-time Master’s scholarship. The scholarship is available for students pursuing one of the  Global Health Academy programmes. Scholarship will cover the UK/EU “home” rate of tuition fee of up to £8,100. The scholarship will be awarded to a student who is accepted for admission onto an eligible Global Health Academy programme at the University of Edinburgh commencing in 2015-2016. The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. The application deadline is 29 May 2015.

    Study Subject(s): Scholarship are awarded in the field of Anthropology of Illness, Family Medicine, Global Health, Global Health and Public Policy, Global Health and Anthropology, Health Inequalities and Public Policy, Health Systems and Public Policy, Science Communication and Public Engagement, Public Health

    Course Level: Scholarship is available for masters level degree at University of Edinburgh.

    Scholarship Provider: The University of Edinburgh, UK

    Scholarship can be taken at: UK

    Eligibility: -The scholarship will be awarded to a student who is accepted for admission onto an eligible Global Health Academy programme at the University of Edinburgh commencing in 2015-2016.

    •Applicants who have already commenced their programme of study on the closing date are not eligible for this scholarship.

    •Applicants intending to study part-time or online distance learning courses are not eligible for this scholarship.

    Scholarship Open for International Students: Applicants must be both nationals of and resident in one of Nigeria.

    Scholarship Description:

    Edinburgh Global Health Academy Master’s Scholarship

    The University of Edinburgh will offer one full-time master’s scholarship for eligible programmes offered by the University.

    Number of award(s):  It offers one full-time Master’s scholarship

    Duration of award(s): Not Known

    What does it cover? The scholarship will cover the UK/EU “home” rate of tuition fee of up to £8,100.

    Selection criteria: The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level or the international equivalent.

    Notification: A Selection Committee will meet in late June 2015 to select the scholarship holders. All applicants will be notified of the outcome in July 2015.

    How to Apply: The mode of application is online.

    Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 29 May 2015.

    Read more: 2015 Master’s Scholarship at The University of Edinburgh, UK Scholarship Positions 2015 2016

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