25 years old Chiamaka Deborah Motilewa recently bagged her doctorate degree from Covenant University, thus making her the youngest Nigerian to achieve that.

Motilewa was awarded her PhD degree in business administration at Covenant University and she shared her certificate on Twitter. She also stated that she is the youngest to get a PhD at the university.

The 25-year-old who was excited to receive her certificate took to Twitter to share her success story.

She wrote:

“It’s finally official. Hello Dr. Motilewa
This journey tested me mentally, spiritually and physically.
But it was absolutely worth it. At 25, I am the youngest PhD holder produced from @CUHEBRON” and one of the youngest from any Nigerian University #scholars

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Award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie has been chosen by the Harvard College Class of 2018 to address the graduating seniors as part of the annual Class Day celebration on May 23, the day before Harvard’s 367th Commencement.

The announcement was made on the Harvard Gazette. According to the co-chair of the speaker selection committee said:

“We are honored to welcome Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as our Class Day speaker. Her eloquence and perspective as a writer and public speaker have inspired audiences to look beyond stereotypes and social norms to recognize our common humanity. In her captivating TED talks, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie urges us to better understand one another’s stories and to plan for ‘a world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves.’ This is a powerful message for our class to hear as we reflect on our time at Harvard and prepare to write the next chapter of our stories,” said Jerry Nelluvelil, co-chair of the speaker selection committee.

The Harvard College Senior Class Committee has invited a guest speaker for Class Day since 1968. Prior to that, the honor was given to University affiliates, such as deans, faculty, or classmates. The first invited guest was Martin Luther King Jr., who accepted the invitation shortly before his assassination. His widow, Coretta Scott King, delivered the speech in his absence and also became the first woman to give a Class Day address at Harvard. Since that time, speakers have spanned fields including politics, social activism, journalism, film, comedy, and more.

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Award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie has shared a story of how she was sexually assaulted at the age of 17.

She made this known during an address at the just concluded Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality.

Chimamanda revealed that she went to a “Big man in media” house after she wrote a book of poems who she thought would help her promote the book.

She went on to reveal how within a minute, the said man slipped his hands down her clothes and then moved on to her bra and squeezed her boobs.

She said, “I was so shocked that I did nothing for seconds but then, I pushed his hand away, gently, nicely, because I didn’t want to offend him. Later that day, I broke out in a rash on my face, neck, and chest, as though my body was recoiling, as though my body was saying what my lips had not said.”

We understand her better now as she shares her own story.

Watch the video below, starting from the 3:44:08 mark.

16-year-old Maud Benson is determined to be the first female grandmaster in Ghana and she’s doing everything possible to achieve her goal. She’s already being hailed as Africa’s Queen of Chess.

Benson only started playing chess at 14 after her French teacher got her to join the chess club. Once she realized the game was helping her strategize perfectly, she stuck to it. Playing in junior competitions, she was the only girl who could comfortably compete with boys.

At age 13, she beat all the best female chess players on the Ghana team during the 2015 Team Championships. She gradually made her way into national competitions, like the Women’s Championship where she easily pushed adult players aside to win the tournament.

She soon moved on to international competitions like the African Junior U20 Chess Championship in Togo where she scored an impressive 6/9 last December.

On how far she wants to go in the game, she said:

“I want to be the first female grandmaster in Ghana. Yes, yes, chess will be a constant feature and, so far, it has taken me here.

I believe that chess will give me the platform to help in creating awareness for female chess in Ghana and Africa as a whole.”

Last February, she secured a spot on the national team representing Ghana at the Chess Olympiad in Georgia come September 2018.