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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...

PRES. TINUBU CONGRATULATES NIGERIAN SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS ON MAKING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HONOURS LIST. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

 

PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES NIGERIAN SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS ON MAKING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HONOURS LIST

 

President Bola Tinubu congratulates six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named by President Joe Biden among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States. 

 

This prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers.

 

This year's awardees, announced by President Joe Biden on January 14, 2025, are employed or funded by 14 participating United States government agencies. 

 

The Nigerian honorees include Azeez Butali, Gilbert Lilly Endowed Professor of Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa; Ijeoma Opara, Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, Yale University; and Oluwatomi Akindele, Postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. 

 

Others are Eno Ebong, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biology at Northeastern University; Oluwasanmi Koyejo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University; and Abidemi Ajiboye, Executive Vice Chair of the Case School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.

 

President Tinubu commends these trailblazing Nigerians for their remarkable achievements in science, technology and engineering. 

 

The Nigerian leader notes that recognising these exceptional talents underscores Nigerians' vast potential to excel both at home and on the global stage. 

 

He looks forward to the honorees sharing their multidisciplinary expertise to benefit Nigeria's development efforts under the Renewed Hope Agenda. 

 

 

Bayo Onanuga 

Special Adviser to the President 

(Information & Strategy) 

January 16, 2025

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