An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award, the Tony Award, and the Grammy Award.
Julia Elizabeth King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, is a British engineer and crossbench member of the House of Lords, present Chair of the Carbon Trust and was the Vice-Chancellor of Aston University from 2006 to 2016.
Babcock University is a private Christian co-educational Nigerian university owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria. The university is located at Ilishan-Remo equidistant between Ibadan and Lagos. Enrolment was about 6,000 as of 2009.
Zaria is a major city in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria, as well as being a Local Government Area. Formerly known as Zazzau, it was one of the original seven Hausa city-states. Today, it is known for housing Nigeria's largest university, Ahmadu Bello University, as well as being home to a number of prominent Nigerians.
The Manipal Institute of Technology is a constituent institution of Manipal Academy of Higher Education that specializes in the fields of engineering and technology. MIT contains 16 academic departments and awards undergraduate, graduate and post graduate degrees. Established in 1957 in Manipal, Karnataka, India, it is one of the first self-financed colleges in India. It has been consistently ranked as one of the top colleges in India for engineering education.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government owned and operated Nigerian university. The university is in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife by the regional government of Western Nigeria, led by late chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose brainchild the university was.
Arogyaswami J. Paulraj is an Indian-American electrical engineer. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.
Adefemi Kila is a Nigerian politician and engineer who served in the Senate representing Ekiti Central April 2007 just after working for Julius Berger Nigerian Plc for 30 years as a Civil Engineer and as a Technical Manager (Administration) for 18 years. He is currently a Council Member of Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON. He his a devoted Christian of the Anglican church of Nigeria.
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, are presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run through the Africa Film Academy. The awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture. The award presentation is attended by numerous media representatives, celebrities, politicians, journalists, actresses and actors from all across the world. The AMA Awards are widely considered to be Africa's most important film event and the most prestigious film award in Africa. The 2016 ceremony was held in June 2016 and took place at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) is a Government of Nigeria institute responsible for researching and developing road and building materials for the Nigerian building industry. The institute is under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology of Nigeria.
Babatunde Ayodeji Ogunnaike (1956–present) is an American chemical engineer of Nigerian descent and the William L. Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University Of Delaware (UD). He also is the Dean of UD's College of Engineering.
Joseph Atubokiki Ajienka is a Nigerian professor of Petroleum engineering, educational administrator and 7th vice chancellor of University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Under his leadership, the University of Port Harcourt was ranked 6th in Africa and 1st in Nigeria in Research Influence by Times Higher Education (THE).
Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi OFR and CON was a Nigerian Civil engineer and former President of COREN, an engineering regulation body in Nigeria.
Ernest Ndukwe Officer of the order of the Federal Republic (OFR) is a Nigerian Electrical engineer and former Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.
Olawale Adeniji Ige Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, MFR is a Nigerian Electrical engineer and former Minister of the Federal Ministry of Communications (1990-1992). He also served as the Minister of the Federal Ministry of Aviation (1993).
Eli Jidere Bala is a Nigerian professor of Mechanical engineering and the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN).
Nicholas Agiobi Damachi, Officer of the Order of the Niger is a Nigerian professor of Industrial engineering and former Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education. He is currently the incumbent Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Ministry of Defence.
The Nigerian Academy of Science is the official science academy of Nigeria. The academy of science was established on 18 January 1977 as an association of Nigeria's foremost scientist, and incorporated in 1986. It is the apex scientific organization in Nigeria. The academy today acts as a scientific advisor to the Federal Government of Nigeria, funds research fellowships, and scientific start-up companies. The academy is governed by its council, which is chaired by the academy's president, according to a set of Statutes and Bye-laws. The members of council and the president are elected from, and by its Fellows. The basic members of the academy are also elected by existing Fellows. There are currently 233 Fellows allowed to use the postnominal title FAS, with not more than 10 new Fellows appointed each year. The current president is Professor Kalu Mosto Onuoha, a professor of Pure and Applied Geophysics. The Nigerian Academy of Science is Nigeria’s national representative on such bodies as the International Council for Science (ICSU) – the umbrella body for all science associations and unions – and the Inter-Academy Partnership (IAP) – the umbrella body for all national science academies globally. The academy is also a member of the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC)..
