Alj Uche:

first nigerian medical doctor

The first Nigerian medical Doctor is Nathaniel King. In 1861, a medical missionary to Nigeria, Dr A.A. Harrison of the church missionary society (CMS) selected four cleverest boys in Abeokuta to train them as Assistant doctors. Only one of them, Nathaniel King graduated, and became personal assistant to Dr Harrison. In 1866, Nathaniel king was sent to Sierra Leone where he studied the preliminaries of medicine under Dr. Bradshaw of the Colonial Hospital, Freetown. King later went to England where he graduated as a doctor in 1874; thus becoming the first Nigerian qualified Medical Doctor. He returned to Lagos to serve the CMS on a salary of 50 pounds sterling a year.


first maths phd

Grace Lele Williams became the first Nigerian woman to earn any doctorate when she got her Ph.D. in Mathematics (University of Chicago).
race Alele Williams received her education at Queens College in Lagos, University College at Ibadan, and the University of Vermont, before receiving a Ph.D. in mathematics education from the University of Chicago in 1963. She made history as the first Nigerian woman to be awarded a doctorate. She returned to Nigeria for a couple of years' postdoctoral work at the University of Ibadan before joining the faculty of the University of Lagos in 1965.

Dr. Williams' ongoing interest in mathematics education was originally sparked by her stay in the US, which coincided with the Sputnik phenomenon. Working with the African Mathematics Program in Newton, Massachusetts, under the leadership of MIT professor Ted Martins, she participated in mathematics workshops held in various African cities from 1963 to 1975. Highlights included writing texts and correspondence courses covering basic concepts in mathematics, working in concert with leading mathematicians and educators. She taught at the University of Lagos from 1965 to 1985, and spent a decade directing the Institute of Education, which introduced innovative non degree programmes, with many of the certificate recipients older women working as elementary school teachers.

Appointed the first female Vice Chancellor of a Nigerian university in 1985, Professor Williams believes her appointment at the University of Benin, which ended in 1992, was a test case to demonstrate a women's executive capability. She is now Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Lagos. Among her honors are those of Fellow of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria and of the Nigerian Academy of Education; Merit Award Winner of Bendel State in Nigeria; and Regional Vice President for Africa of the Third World Organization for Women in Science" (Science in Africa: Women Leading from Strength AAAS, Washington, 1993, p.174). It may be added that Professor Williams is also the Chairwoman of AMUCWMA, the African Mathematical Union Commission for Women in Mathematics.

DR. Grace Alele Williams is also a Vice President and member of the Executive board of The Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS).


first phd holder in nigeria

Dr Joseph Olusola Akinyede, born (1952) and living in Nigeria, is a very special man: he is ITC’s first PhD student ever. “ITC is one of the best education institutions in the world,” he immediately replies to my question concerning his considerations on continuing education at ITC. “It was a great privilege. ITC is unique.”
Joseph got the opportunity to conduct research at ITC through a four-year scholarship granted by the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1986. A year earlier, an EEC scholarship had enabled him to follow a postgraduate course in applied geological survey − also at ITC. In February 1990, Joseph received a PhD degree for his thesis Highway Cost Modelling and Route Selection Using a Geotechnical Information System from Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. ”My PhD research equipped me with the skills to independently understand a problem and quickly define ways of solution,” says Joseph. “Let me give you a recent example. The Fulani people move their cattle from the north of Nigeria to the south in the dry season, and in the reverse direction when the rainy season comes. Their movements cause friction with the settled farmers. Who is causing the problem: the nomads or the farmers? To answer that question, I recommended mapping the Fulani track routes from satellite images captured over the last 20 years. Using GIS technology, changes over time can be identified and also the areas of infringement. The study has been approved and is ongoing.”

http://www.itc.nl/Pub/alumni/Interviews_and_testimonials/Interview_with_alumnus_Dr_Joseph_Akinyede.html

Dr Joseph Olusola Akinyede, born (1952)[/b

U de vex?:

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Alele Williams is not Yoruba.

Ramnon.2:

^^^^^^
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/williams.htm
Please no misinformation here. Alele Williams is either ishekiri or Urhobo. She is not Yoruba. Unless you imply a geneological relationship between Yoruba and one or both of those Delta ethnic groups.
By the way, she is not the first PhD holder in maths in Nigeria. She is likely the first female though.

Ramnon.2:

^^^^^^
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/williams.htm
Please no misinformation here. Alele Williams is either ishekiri or Urhobo. She is not Yoruba. Unless you imply a geneological relationship between Yoruba and one or both of those Delta ethnic groups.
By the way, she is not the first PhD holder in maths in Nigeria. She is likely the first female though.

"We are still waiting for Governor Uduaghan to name either Delta State University, Abraka; College of Education, Warri or State Hospital, Oghara after Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, the manner Governor Rotimi Amaechi named the State Hospital after Justice Karibi-Whyte (rtd), an Ijaw, while he is still alive."

U de vex?:

You are right, she is from Delta state and Itsekiri / Urhobo.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/01/ijaw-hail-uduaghan-on-award-mourn-williams/

seanet02:

How is that possible? She was born in YORUBA lady my friend. Provide a link or shut up. YORUBAS were the first to use williams as surname.

seanet02:

I provided a link asserting her as the First Nigeria's PH.d holder. If you have any link to counter that Abeg provide it. We are all learning everyday

afam4eva:

This seanet dumb sha.

U de vex?:

You should be the one to provide a link or shut up.
She is from Warri, was born in Warri, started her schooling in Warri and grew up there.

seanet02:

Yeepa YORUBA don carry every award wey dey ground o. Ibo man start am he no feel stand am again. You don carry load wey big past your weight today.  Nigerian First PHd holder in Agriculture  is YORUBA again o.  Abeg check her name yourself o  http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/36046/1/When-the-first-Nigerian-female-PhD-holder-in-Agric-went-home/Page1.html

seanet02:

Abi ori e yi? Na lie go kill you. Somebody went to queens school you are here spewing garbage. Did you followed my link on her? If you did and can still not grasp the easiest of simple sentences then you are a Dumbo.

seanet02:

How is that possible? She was born in YORUBA lady my friend. Provide a link or shut up. YORUBAS were the first to use williams as surname.

U de vex?:

Abeg, I don't have time to argue about things little even kids know. Alele Williams is from Warri. Period.

So, Williams is a Yoruba name too?  
You're one hell of a funny guy, that really made me laugh!

ezeagu:

The first Nigerian graduate is probably from the North. . . .

PhysicsRND:

On a related note, the first Nigerian graduate seems to have been an Itsekiri.


"The Itsekiri king Olu Antonio Dom Domingo a 17th century graduate of Coimbra University in Portugal"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsekiri

I'll have to look into this and verify it.

If true, then the Itsekiri produced the first Nigerian graduate and the first Nigerian woman to obtain a Ph.D (Grace Alele Williams).

@ U de vex?

Itsekiri are sometimes considered Yoruba.

PhysicsRND:

On a related note, the first Nigerian graduate seems to have been an Itsekiri.


"The Itsekiri king Olu Antonio Dom Domingo a 17th century graduate of Coimbra University in Portugal"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsekiri

I'll have to look into this and verify it.

If true, then the Itsekiri produced the first Nigerian graduate and the first Nigerian woman to obtain a Ph.D (Grace Alele Williams).

@ U de vex?

Itsekiri are sometimes considered Yoruba.

seanet02:

Itshekri are YORUBAS and therefore the woman is a YORUBA.

PhysicsRND:

What university?

Remember, this is a 17th century date (1643).

So unless we can find Kanuri or Fulani who had graduated at that time from a Sahelian or North African university, the Itsekiri would be earlier.