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By Abdulsemiu Monsuroh 3 Minutes Read Congratulations are in order for a final year student of the Lagos State University College Of Medicine, Adewunmi Akingbola who emerged as a finalist of the Dalai Lama fellowship shortly after winning the Diana Award.  The Dalai Lama Fellows Program awards year-long fellowships to 20- 25 innovators who are working on social change projects in local communities around the globe, to address one or more of the following areas: Health and Well-being, Education and Youth Development, Social Justice, Environment, Cultural Understanding, Contemplation.  The Diana award, however, is the most prestigious accolade a young person aged 9-25 can receive for their social action or humanitarian work.  Adewunmi launched his Non governmental Organization, HealthDrive Nigeria in 2019, the NGO’s primary goals is to  create awareness about the dreadful Hepatitis B disease, conduct free Hepatitis B screening and help residents of under-resourced comm...

Akinwumi Akingbola By Fareedat Taofeeq Two 500 level medical students of Lagos State University College of Medicine, LASUCOM, Oluwananumi Dawodu and Akingbola Adewunmi, have bagged the Diana Award for going an extra mile in trying to create a positive change in the society The Diana Award was established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, to honour young persons aged 9-25 years for their social action or humanitarian work. Oluwananumi Dawodu and Akingbola Adewunmi, both aged 23, from Lagos have been recognised by the Award board. Adewunmi Akingbola is the founder of ‘HealthDrive Nigeria’, an initiative in the South West of Nigeria, which aims to raise awareness, test and vaccinate people against the deadly Hepatitis B virus. Adewunmi’s awareness-raising campaigns have reached a good number of people in the region itself, whilst also engaging national audiences through mass media. On his part, Dawodu Oluwananumi, keen on curbing the spread of the virus, launched the ‘End...