Profile Category: Prize Winner for Science

Dr Peter Ngene is Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis at the Debye Institute of Nanomaterials Science at the Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Prof Ikeoluwa Ajayi is a lecturer at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. He was one of the three authors whose work joined other two works to clinched the Science prize after seven years that the prize returned no winner verdict.

Prof Ayodele Jegede, one of the co-researchers in the 2017 winning project “Improving Home and Community Management of Malaria: Providing the Evidence Base” is the Head of Department of Sociology at the same University of Ibadan.

Bidemi Yusuf, together with Ayodele Jegede and Ikeoluwa Ajayi authored one of the winning entries for the prize in, 2017, entitled: “Improving Home and Community Management of Malaria: Providing the Evidence Base”.

Olugbenga Mukuola’s work “Multi-faceted Effort at Malaria Control in E Research: Management of Malaria of Various Grades” was one of the entries that won The Nigeria Prize for Science in 2017.

In 2017, three research works were found to be of merit in controlling malaria spread in Nigeria. The spread of Malaria had been fingered as one of the most pressing challenges facing Nigeria and three works made significant contributions.

In 2010, Prof Ibhadode’s work in “Developing a new method in Dye Design” was considered of great merit and won the $50,000 The Nigeria Prize for Science.

Prof A J Nok was a professor of Biochemistry and Public Affairs Secretary of The Nigerian Academy of Sciences. Prof Nok received the Nigerian National Merit Award in 2010 after receiving Africa’s most prestigious prize in Science...

Prof Ebenezer Meshida was a scientist and Professor of Engineering Geology and Geophysics at the University of Lagos before he moved to Afe Babalola University.

In 2006, Prof Michael Adikwu, a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, won the Nigeria Prize for Science with his work “Wound Healing Devices (Formulations) Containing Snail Mucins”.