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SPAK National Science Competition Releases Names of 81 Finalists

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By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Organisers of the 2017 Spak National Science Competition have released names of 81 finalists with the highest scores out of those who wrote the qualifying examination.

These finalists would be invited to participate at this stage of the competition, which would be recorded and transmitted on TV/ Social media across Nigeria and Africa.

The SPAK competition was designed basically for senior secondary school students in charting the ideal career path and driving them towards full optimization of their potentials and the fulfilment of their dreams.

SPAK is an annual competition used in encouraging the study of science and promoting the various opportunities for sound science education for the Nigerian science student.

The names of the successful 81 students are:

State               Candidate Name                 School            Registration No                   Candidate Score                  Qualification Status

Oyo                 IDOWU TOLUWANIMI        KINGS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE             110140147  93                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Lagos              OLUYEDE QOYUUM            AS SOBRU PRIVATE SCHOOLS                   110280283  92                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Lagos              ADESHOLA FADAHUNSI     ST MICHAELS ALABSTAR COLLEGE           110280211  92                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 AKINWANDE FASHOLA       ST CATHERINE’S COLLEGE ALESHINLOYE                         110130088  92                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Imo                 CHISOM BENJAMIN CHIBUEZE                 DORITY INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL            110250033  85                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              OLUWATOBILOBA AKINGBULUGBE        HALLMARK SECONDARY SCHOOL, ONDO                     110080089  84                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Abuja              ABDULMUEEZ YUSUF         NIGERIAN TULIP INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ABUJA BOYS BOARDING                      110160088  83                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              OLUWANIFISE ONAFOWOKAN                 THE AMBASSADORS COLLEGE                  110050183  83                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              EVANS OWAMOYO              GREATER TOMORROW INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ARIGIDI AKOKO 110090022  82                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              DEBORAH AGBOOLA          THE AMBASSADORS COLLEGE                  110050186  82                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Akwa Ibom    CHIDINMA ONYEKPE          TOPFAITH INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL        110190023  82                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              SALAMI HABEEB                   ADEDOKUN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OTA                 110050084  82                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kwara             FAVOUR OKIKIOLA MOSHOOD                EUCHARISTIC HEART OF JESUS MODEL COLLEGE         110030262  82                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Edo                 OKAFOR KINGSLEY              LUMEN CHRISTI INT’L HIGH SCHOOL      110010016  81                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              TEMILOLUWA IGE                THE AMBASSADORS COLLEGE                  110050185  81                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 AYANBISI ENOCH                 FRUIT OF LOVE SCHOOLS   110140123  81                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              FAVOUR ADEOYE                 ABEOKUTA GRAMMAR SCHOOL              110060222  81                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              AYOMIDE FANIBI                  GREATER TOMORROW INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ARIGIDI AKOKO 110090019  80                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              OLUWATOSIN AJIBOLA       TAIDOB COLLEGE                 110060137  80                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Edo                 OPARA CLINTON                  LUMEN CHRISTI INT’L HIGH SCHOOL      110010015  80                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              SAMUEL AMOKO                 HALLMARK SECONDARY SCHOOL, ONDO                     110080088  80                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Imo                 MAXINE NWOSU                 DORITY INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL            110250034  80                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              DANIEL JESUGOROYE          HALLMARK SECONDARY SCHOOL, ONDO                     110080087  79                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              AYOBAMI AHMED               SCHOLARS UNIVERSAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OTA       110050021  79                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Imo                 CHIBUZO CHIWIKE              DORITY INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL            110250032  79                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              JOHN BOYINBODE               GREATER TOMORROW INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ARIGIDI AKOKO 110090023  79                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Enugu             IKEONYIA JOHNSON            COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ENUGU                       110200067  78                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              NKOM ELIZABETH                METHODIST HIGH SCHOOL,OKITIPUPA  110100018  78                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 OLUWATIMILEYIN OGUNDELE                  ORITAMEFA BAPTIST MODEL SCHOOL RINGROAD IBADAN               110140135  78                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Imo                 CHIKA JINANWA                  DORITY INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL            110250035  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 ABIOLA DAVID OLUWADAMILOLA          SMITH INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST ACADEMY, OGBOMOSO                 110140053  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kwara             ABDULQUDUS YAHAYA      UNILORIN SECONDARY SCHOOL              110030074  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              AMINU ABDULSALAM        THE AMBASSADORS COLLEGE                  110050181  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Lagos              CHRISTIAN ENYIA                 BESTGIFT COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE     110280228  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 TAIWO GBADAMOSI           ORITAMEFA BAPTIST MODEL SCHOOL RINGROAD IBADAN               110140133  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 KEHINDE GBADAMOSI       ORITAMEFA BAPTIST MODEL SCHOOL RINGROAD IBADAN               110140134  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kwara             OLAJIDE ENOCH                   LUSS OMU ARAN                 110030050  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              ARAGBADA ARAMIDE         IGANMODE GRAMMAR SCHOOL SNR    110050049  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              BABATUNDE AHMED          SCHOLARS UNIVERSAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OTA       110050019  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Enugu             UZODIMMA SOMTOCHUKWU                 COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ENUGU                       110200068  77                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              ADEYEMI JUSTICE                 LIFE MOULDERS COLLEGE 110060002  76                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Akwa Ibom    EDIOMO TOBBY                   DIVINE SEEDS HIGH SCHOOL                    110190053  76                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Edo                 ODOGUN EMMANUEL       LUMEN CHRISTI INT’L HIGH SCHOOL      110010013  76                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Rivers             EZEANUBA OLISAKWE         BISHOP OKOYE SPIRITAN SECONDARY SCHOOL           110170122  76                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Abuja              DONALD OKONKWO          NIGERIAN TULIP INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ABUJA BOYS BOARDING                      110160090  76                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              SOLOMON AJISAFE              SCHOLARS UNIVERSAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OTA       110050020  76                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kwara             OLARINOYE TEMILOLUWA AYOBAMI      CHAPEL SECONDARY SCHOOL                  110030168  76                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ekiti                 ADEWUYI KEHINDE OYINDAMOLA          PETOA CITY COLLEGE          110020001  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              AYANBADEJO OLUWAFEMI                       IJEBU ODE GRAMMAR SCHOOL SENIOR                        110070008  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Edo                 PRECIOUS O A MOGBOGUA                     UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SECONDARY SCOOL           110010113  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              SIMILOLUWA ODUMUYIWA                     SCHOLARS UNIVERSAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OTA       110050024  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Niger              GBODI JOSHUA                    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY SULEJA NIGER STATE                   110260032  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kwara             JIMOH ABDULRAHMAN    FLORA COLLEGE                   110030030  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              FOLAKUNMI KAZEEM-SALISU                   THE AMBASSADORS COLLEGE                  110050184  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ekiti                 AKINOLA MERCY OLAYEMI                        PETOA CITY COLLEGE          110020006  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              OLUWAGBOHUNMI OSADOLA                THE AMBASSADORS COLLEGE                  110050182  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Abuja              PLANGDI NEPLE                   BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL JOS                       110160126  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              OGUNTADE ABASS              IDEAL COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE           110060025  75                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 TREASURE TEMIDAYO OGUNDIRAN        ORITAMEFA BAPTIST MODEL SCHOOL TOTAL GARDEN IBADAN       110130031  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Imo                 CLARA NNANYERE               RAY JACOBS BOARDING SCHOOL MGBIDI                     110250130  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 FARAYOLA JOSHUA OLATUNDE                SMITH INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST ACADEMY, OGBOMOSO                 110140050  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Lagos              DESTYNA AMAKWE             MARYWOOD GIRLS COLLEGE                   110040077  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              ODUWOLE TIMILEHIN        SPCC IMEKO AFON              110060151  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Enugu             OLIVER EZE    SHALOM ACADEMY OBOLLO AFOR         110200137  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Lagos              MUSA MAYOWA                  BRAINFIELD COLLEGE MEIRAN                 110270168  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Imo                 PASCHAL NWABUEZE         RAY JACOBS BOARDING SCHOOL MGBIDI                     110250132  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kwara             DR ADESIJI TEMIDIRE          FLORA COLLEGE                   110030029  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Imo                 MIRACLE KELECHI AGAZIE  GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL AKWAKUMA                    110250038  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              ABELEJE TOLULOPE             CITADEL INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE         110090010  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Oyo                 OREOLUWA ADEKUNLE     ALL SOULS’ HIGH SCHOOLS                      110130164  74                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ogun              OLUWAGBEMISOLA AKINJOBI                  ABEOKUTA GRAMMAR SCHOOL              110060219  73                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Imo                 PRINCESS AWOSLEY            ROYAL ROCK ACADEMY     110250223  73                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kwara             ABDULQUADRI AMINULLAH                    UNILORIN SECONDARY SCHOOL              110030075  73                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Ondo              OMOWUNMI AKINJOLIRE HALLMARK SECONDARY SCHOOL, ONDO                     110080084  73                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Niger              IBEH IKECHUKWU               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY SULEJA NIGER STATE                   110260036  73                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kwara             AROSANYIN GODFREDA OREOLUWA      CHAPEL SECONDARY SCHOOL                  110030167  73                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Lagos              OYINKANSOLA AJIBOLA      MARYWOOD GIRLS COLLEGE                   110040078  73                   Qualified Top ( 81 )

Kaduna          JOSEPH JUDE                        EXCEL MODERN INTEGRATED SCHOOLS                        110240245  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Abuja              DANIEL YAKUBU                  BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL JOS                       110160124  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Niger              HAROUN FAROUK               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY SULEJA NIGER STATE                   110260035  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Akwa Ibom    FRANCIS MBONU                TOPFAITH INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL        110190022  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Ogun              EMMANUEL NWAFOR        SCHOLARS UNIVERSAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OTA       110050022  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Edo                 ESHILAMA DONALD            LUMEN CHRISTI INT’L HIGH SCHOOL      110010018  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Osun              SAMUEL ADELAJA                BIBO OLUWA ACADEMY    110290018  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Enugu             OKOLO OBIAJULU               COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ENUGU                       110200071  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Delta              MIRACLE OMOJIANA          DEBRIDE MODEL SCHOOLS                       110210112  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Osun              TIMOTHY OGUNDIPE          DEEPER LIFE HIGH SCHOOL OSHOGBO  110290024  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Ogun              ISAAC OLOWU                      TAIDOB COLLEGE                 110060135  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Edo                 OGHENEKEVWE AGBADUDU                    UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SECONDARY SCOOL           110010112  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Kano               SHUAIBU ABDULLAHI         NIGERIAN TULIP INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES YOBE BOYS                    110230263  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Kaduna          FRANK CHINYERE                 TRINITY COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL           110240066  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Ondo              AKINMEJI PEACE                  DOMINION SCIENCE ACADEMY IJEBU OWO                  110080039  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Rivers             EZINNE ENWEREUZOR        BISHOP OKOYE SPIRITAN SECONDARY SCHOOL           110170124  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Enugu             CHIDOZIE ABUGU                ST FRANCIS SECONDARY SCHOOL OVOKO                     110200065  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Anambra        NJOKU ISRAEL CHINAEMEZUNKWAYA    THE GOOD SHEPHERD SENIOR SCHOOL NNEWI          110180371  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Rivers             UGOCHUKWU ODIKA        FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE ODI   110170040  72                   Shortlisted Top ( 81 )

Modupe Gbadeyanka is a fast-rising journalist with Business Post Nigeria. Her passion for journalism is amazing. She is willing to learn more with a view to becoming one of the best pen-pushers in Nigeria. Her role models are the duo of CNN's Richard Quest and Christiane Amanpour.

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Mine Bitcoin and Dogecoin for Free With DL Mining! UK Compliance Platform Officially Opened

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Traditional cryptocurrency mining often requires huge capital investment, complex equipment configuration, and high electricity costs. However, DL Mining is subverting this industry, providing users with simple, low-cost BTC and DOGE cloud mining services. As a legal platform certified by the British authority, DL Mining makes mining no longer limited by expensive hardware and technical barriers, and truly enables everyone to participate. With top-level security protection, minimalist operation experience, and stable daily income guarantee, DL Mining has become one of the most promising cloud mining platforms in the encryption field.

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Prodigy Finance Unveils NovaGrad AI-enabled Planning Tool for Students

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By Aduragbemi Omiyale

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform giving LATAM and African students a clearer path to global universities known as NovaGrad has been launched by Prodigy Finance.

This tool allows users to plan their study-abroad journeys with confidence. The goal is to give every ambitious student the clarity, guidance, and confidence they need regardless of their background.

Many students still face steep tuition fees, shifting visa rules, complex admissions processes and limited access to reliable information.

The initiative has been created to make those first steps clearer and easier to manage. As interest grows across LATAM and Africa, universities have also stepped into the mission, recognising that students who arrive prepared are far more likely to succeed.

The platform is an AI-enabled planning tool that supports students throughout their study-abroad journey. It helps them explore courses, compare universities, understand their financial options and prepare strong, clear applications.

Students can research programmes across the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and many other countries, understand what each university expects and organise their plans in one place.

With visa policies evolving globally, students can also turn to the platform to make sense of timelines, documentation and opportunities in newer destinations.

The tool supports students as they prepare to apply for university and their student visa. The platform helps them understand each step of the process and gives them the confidence to submit a strong, well-planned application.

“2025 has been one of our strongest years yet. We launched several scholarship programmes globally, and the interest from students across Africa and LATAM was remarkable.

“Even though each cycle can only support a small number of winners, our recent Prodigy Finance Awards granted close to $40,000 to eight international students, including learners from Africa and Mexico. It became clear that we needed a broader solution for this region,” the Global Chief Business Officer at Prodigy Finance, Ms Sonal Kapoor, said.

”After nearly a year of work, we have launched a platform where students can explore multiple scholarship options, receive guidance on choosing universities and prepare their statements of purpose with confidence. That is why we built this service.

“It gives learners clarity about their choices and helps them plan their journey with purpose. This isn’t the kind of AI that replaces talent, it’s the kind that helps students unlock it,” she added.

Also commenting, the Head of Acquisition Strategy at Prodigy Finance and spokesperson for NovaGrad, Ms Mariana Alcocer, said, “I grew up in Colombia, and I know what it feels like to want something bigger than the place you grew up in.

“Many students across LATAM and Africa carry that same determination. They are ambitious and ready to work hard, yet the path in front of them isn’t always clear. The platform gives students the kind of guidance I wish I had in the past, a place where your options make sense and you don’t feel lost or alone.”

“Students aren’t looking for shortcuts. They want clarity. They want to know which universities align with their goals and how to present a strong application.

“The service brings all of that into one space. When students have the right tools, they move from doubt to confidence. That shift is exactly what the platform is built for,” she noted.

Prodigy Finance, a popular brand known for funding international students, has helped more than 45,000 masters students from 150 countries and has disbursed over $2.3 billion in funding.

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Human Rights Watch Urges FG to Protect Schools from Attacks

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By Adedapo Adesanya

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Nigerian government to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and communities from further attacks.

In a statement on Tuesday, the rights body said, “The groups responsible for the kidnappings should immediately release the students and teachers they are holding captive.”

On November 18, 2025, over 20 schoolgirls were kidnapped by unidentified armed men from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi state.

Just three days later, on November 21, about 303 students and 12 teachers were kidnapped at St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Niger state.

“These mass school kidnappings once again lay bare the deliberate targeting of students, teachers, and schools in Nigeria’s deteriorating security environment,” said Ms Anietie Ewang, Nigeria researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The deepening crisis underscores the government’s failure to protect vulnerable communities.”

Human Rights Watch said it spoke with parents of two of the girls abducted in Kebbi state. Mrs Isa Nazifi, whose 13-year-old daughter Khadija Nazifi, a junior secondary school student, was among those abducted.

“I immediately took a motorbike and rushed to the school, where I found my second daughter, also a student at the school. She told me Khadija had been taken. We are extremely worried. My wife is in tears. I will stay here at the school until my daughter returns. If I go home without her, what will I tell my family?”

Also, Mr Sani Zimri, whose daughter, Salima Sani Zimri, is a senior secondary school student who was also abducted, said he had heard rumors from other parents of a possible attack by bandits the week before the incident.

“We developed confidence after seeing military operatives surveilling the area, only to realize that there were no security operatives on the premises for the entire three hours that the incident occurred,” he was quoted in a statement by HRW.

The rights group also noted that the development was not new and dates back as far as 2014 and has been occuring with successive governments.

Human Rights Watch said Nigerian authorities have failed to apply lessons from previous attacks to create early warning systems and other measures that could prevent these atrocities.

In response to the recent kidnappings, the government has promised to rescue the kidnapped students and hold those responsible accountable. President Bola Tinubu directed security agencies to act swiftly to bring the girls back while also urging local communities to share intelligence.

The authorities have also shut down 47 federal secondary schools known as Federal Unity Colleges, and some states including Katsina, Taraba, and Niger have also closed schools or restricted school activities, particularly boarding institutions.

The rights group lamented that while these measures are aimed at protecting students, they have disrupted learning for thousands of children, denying them access to education and the social and psychological support schools provide.

“Without concrete measures to provide alternative learning opportunities to ensure continuity in their education, the students are at risk of falling behind academically and facing long term setbacks in their development,” the statement added.

It explains that since Nigeria is a signatory to the Safe Schools Declaration, the government should move with urgency to advance a proposal to introduce legislation to implement the Safe Schools Declaration.

“Children in Nigeria have the right to go to school without fearing for their lives,” Ms Ewang said. “Nigerian authorities should prioritize the safe release of the kidnapped children and their teachers and bring those responsible for their abduction to justice.”

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