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- ↑ Profile Of Iyeyinka, The Prodigy, The Guardian , 23 May 2012. Accessed 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Bayo Wahab, WAEC awards 3 girls as best students in Nigeria, pulse.ng, 23 November 2018. Accessed 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Ujunwa Atueyi, Winners of Greenlife’s rising star writing competition emerge, The Guardian , 18 October 2018. Accessed 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Meet Peter Arotiba, 18-year-old Nigerian who emerged overall best in WASSCE, pulse.ng, 22 November 2019. Accessed 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, Teenager on abuse in award-winning poem, The Nation , 17 October 2019. Accessed 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Girls Dominate in UBA Essay Competition, This Day , 10 December 2019. Accessed 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Iyabo Lawal, Secrets of my attaining highest UTME score, by Agnes Maduafokwa, The Guardian , 2 July 2020. Accessed 10 January 2021.