Nigeria’s Adebola Aderibigbe, 20, was honoured on Friday, 12th January, 2024 in the U.S. as she became the first African and the youngest ever to receive the prestigious Horizon Award at the 15th Realizing the Dream Legacy Awards Banquet.

She was recognized alongside former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington, Jr. and attorney and former U.S. Senator Doug Jones who both received the Mountaintop Award and the Call to Conscience Award respectively.

The annual event recognises a person in keeping with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideals of promoting social justice, peace, and equality who provides vision, courage, and leadership to improve the quality of life for all.

Adebola, a native of Abeokuta, Ogun State, is driven by the dream of using her journalistic prowess to amplify unheard voices and create waves of inspiration. Her advocacy journey for the rights of the girl child started at 15 when she won the maiden edition of the now annual International Day of the Girl Child Essay Contest organised by HACEY Health Initiative, beating over 1000 other contestants to the top prize. The essay was titled: “What Gender Equality Means To Me.”

A sophomore student at Stillman College, Alabama, in spite of the demands of her academic pursuit, Adebola is the Manager of The House Tuscaloosa, where she volunteers to promote and develop literacy in The West End Community in three areas: Educational, Musical, & Spiritual in alignment with the mission of the library.

In 2019, Adebola served as a panellist at With And For Girls Awards held in London, representing sub-Saharan Africa. While in London, she was one of the three outstanding girls that featured on the podcast interview segment of IG Advisors, a UK-based organisation that is into strategy consultancy specialising in social and environmental change.

Adebola runs an Initiative called “Girls Matter Too” and she is a volunteer member of The Legend Lifeskills Foundation, a non-governmental organisation set up with the aim of equipping young people, especially girls with skills for success in life and career.

Some of the previous Horizon Award honorees include inaugural recipient Kendra Key, Tyler Merriweather, Elliot Spillers, Marissa Navarro, Quinvarlio S. Kelly, Jr., Emma Mansberg, Carina Villarreal, and Christopher Gill.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/nigerias-aderibigbe-emerges-first-african-recipient-of-martin-luther-king-jr-award/amp/

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These days anytime you hear justice and equality. watch out

Not an easy feat...Congrats to her and her heritage

NCAA won't be disappointed with this, it swings one side this time


It's going to be a tribal bashing and it's not my fault

Also, all brokers of peace should save their sermon till Kettykin/Workch or giddgiddy create their threads

Congratulate her first nau.

How will it sound that on d day of ur honour someone who doesn't know u from Adam alludes to the hypothesis that ppl like u are armed robbers.

Optional09:
Anytime i hear social justice and equality this days i am always suspicious. Keep an eye on that girl before she becomes a toll to promote homosexuality in Africa.

These days anytime you hear justice and equality. watch out

richie240:
Congratulate her first nau.

How will it sound that on d day of ur honour someone who doesn't know u from Adam alludes to the hypothesis that ppl like u are armed robbers.

I am not against her i wish her good luck.

richie240:
Congratulate her first nau.

How will it sound that on d day of ur honour someone who doesn't know u from Adam alludes to the hypothesis that ppl like u are armed robbers.

Shortigbomnn has been mocking the Igbos on here for years,to you admiration and amusement. We don't know what happened to him that made him now start putting pepper in ya rectums but how come you suddenly alludes to the hypothesis now that shotigboman is now an easterner,so much so you had to bring in the Omo nna as a shield? What a shame 😁😂

COMRADES, congratulations to the winner, Nigerians are good but unfortunately inec is our biggest problem

I don't know where The Nation and other Nigerian News outlets got this info from, because, I've searched for both past and present recipients of all the Martin Luther King Jr awards and couldn't find anything related to the above name.

yorubas always lead ,while others follows and get fustrated with their progress.

Great achievement.

Intelligent ladies are pride to their families and nations.

Unlike some frustrated low life feminist who have nothing to think with their heads than ..........


Ride on girl, the whole nation is proud of you.

Which wan consyn me what he had bn doing in d past? That wan na him (and ur) biznaze.

Moreover what even brought tribe into this issue now??
Did I in any way alludes to his tribe?

Hello? U don chop?

Justiceleague1:


Shortigbomnn has been mocking the Igbos on here for years,to you admiration and amusement. We don't know what happened to him that made him now start putting pepper in ya rectums but how come you suddenly alludes to the hypothesis now that shotigboman is now an easterner,so much so you had to bring in the Omo nna as a shield? What a shame 😁😂

Many awards affiliated with Martin Luther King Jnr.
Goodluck Jonathan received an award too.

Nice pair of tits. We call it cellular back in the day.