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Dame Okowa, UNIBEN VC, Okotete, Others For Award Of Recognitions To Humanity

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Wife of Delta State governor, Dame Edith Okowa, the Vice Chancellor, University of Benin, Professor Lilian Salami, Hon. Stella Okotete, Executive Director, Business Development, Nexim Bank, Nigeria, are to bag award of recognitions for their contributions and services to humanities, especially the girl-child.

President, Oghenewvede Ashley Kemete Memorial Foundation, Mr. Dwayne Omonefe Kemete, disclosed this while marking the foundation’s day and the Day of the Girl-child in Benin City.

Other listed to be honoured is Hon. Helen Taiwo, National Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ex-officios.

He said those chosen for the awards are women who have contributed significantly to the development of the society and that it was done to encourage other girl-child that their future is bright if they could put their minds on what they are doing.

Mr. Omonefe Kemete said for the girl-child to have a voice and be self-reliance, their education must not be toiled with but should be given the utmost importance .

The president of the foundation lamented that over 95 million adolescent girls around the world are not in school and that these girls are bright and hardworking, and when given the chance to fulfill their potential with education, they can transform families, communities, and even the entire countries.

According to him “we know that when we give these girls a chance to learn, they will seize it. That’s why we have been working to lift and honour leaders and organizations around the country who empower girl-child every single day.

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“As part of our support for the girl child, an essay competition was run and the selection process have started and our distinguished judges will be coming up with the results soon.

“As the days go by, we hope to equip more girls with the critical skills they need to become leaders of their own lives.

“On the day of the girl-child and beyond, I hope that our foundation will find a way to support education for adolescent girls around the nation”.

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Meet 17-year-old Nigerian Who Won $3.5m Worth Of Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Other  Foreign Universities

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A 17-year-old Nigerian boy, Oluwafemi Ositade, has secured full scholarships to multiple Ivy League universities in the United States, Canada and Qatar.

The teenager, a member of the Class of 2023 of The Ambassadors College, Ota, won scholarships over $3.5 million.

Ositade’s astounding success stems from his exceptional performance in the SAT where he achieved a perfect score in Maths (800/800) and a near-perfect score of 760 out of 800 in reading and writing and his CGPA of 4.04/4.0 from college.

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Nigerian boy Femi Ositade wins $3.5 million worth of scholarships from Harvard and 13 foreign universities

Ositade received 14 scholarships from renowned institutions nine of which are full ride scholarships (covering tuition, accommodation, allowance and all other student’s expenses).

The universities that have given scholarship offers to Ositade are Harvard University, Brown University, Duke University, University of Toronto Lester B Pearson Scholarship, Wesleyan University, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, University of Miami, Howard University, Stetson University, Fisk University, University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus, University of Toronto St. George Campus, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus and Drexel University.

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In the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), he got a score of 358, and was ranked as the second best in Nigeria for the year 2023.

Also, in the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), Ositade got eight A’s and one B2.

He wants to pursue a degree in Computational Physics, due to his passion for Quantum Computing and Mathematics.

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Drama As Women Fight Dirty, Breasts Fall Out During Spring Break Outing In US [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

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Shocking videos captured during Spring Break shows topless women fighting on a popular US beach.

The Orange Crush is a college spring break party on Tybee Island in Savannah, Georgia.

The party has been hosted annually in April for almost 30 years since Savannah State University opened.

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This year’s event was chaotic. Videos have been shared on social media showing the carnage unfolding.

One video showed several bikini-clad women fighting on the beach’s boardwalk. They were filmed punching and scratching each other so violently that some of their tops flew off.

During the two-and-half minutes of chaotic footage, several women experienced their tops being forcibly lowered or displaced.

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Some stopped fighting momentarily to adjust their clothing, while one individual, clad in a green swimsuit, persisted in the altercation even after her breasts were exposed.

Watch videos from the scene below.

 

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Video Of Girl Being Bullied, Slapped At Lead British School Sparks Outrage Online [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

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Videos of female students bullying a lone female student at Lead British School, Abuja, has sparked outrage online.

In videos shared online, female students, dressed in school uniform, are seen slapping one female student identified as Namtira.

“What’s the boy’s name?” they asked as they confronted her and slapped her across both cheeks.

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Heartbreaking video shows girl being bullied and slapped by other students at Lead British School (videos)

Another video shows one of the bullies, identified as Maryam, asking, “Who broke my heart?” repeatedly as she slapped Namtira.

She then warned “don’t touch my hand” as Namtira tried to protect herself from the slaps.

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Afterwards, Namtira stopped trying to prevent the slaps and calmly took them.

Students in the background are heard claiming Namtira “snatched” someone as they confronted her.

Namtira Bwala, said to be the daughter of author Daniel Bwala, did not retaliate as they hit her.

Heartbreaking video shows girl being bullied and slapped by other students at Lead British School (videos)

The video has sparked outrage and led to the hashtag #JusticeForNamtira.

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