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Louisville Girls High School (LGHS) is a private girls' secondary school in Ijebu-Itele, Ogun State, Nigeria. The school was established in 1998 and is run by the Sisters of St. Louis , Nigeria. [ 1 ]
Onome represented Nigeria in the FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women where she averaged 5.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game during the tournament. [6] [7] The Nigerian team won the silver medal after a 57–46 loss to Mali in the Final, thereby qualifying them to the World U-17 Championship for Women.
Nile University of Nigeria, founded in 2009 and sited on a 113-hectare campus got acquired in July 2020 by Actis Capital backed Honoris United Universities becoming one of its member universities alongside educational institutions in countries of Tunisia (), Morocco (EMSI), Mauritius (Honoris Educational Network), South Africa (Mancosa, Regent Business School) Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO) is a privately owned university located in Okada, the headquarters of Ovia North-East Local Government Area in Edo State, Nigeria. Established on 10 May 1999 by Sir Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion CFR, IUO holds the distinction of being the first licensed private university in Nigeria. [1]
In June 2023, Wakama became the head coach of the Nigeria women’s basketball team. She made history as the first female coach of an African team to record a win at the Olympics.
Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) [1] According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens. [2]
Rena Wakama, a Raleigh native who played college basketball at Western Carolina, has coached Nigeria to its first Olympic win and a berth in the quarterfinals against the U.S.
Methodist Girls' High School is a secondary school for girls located in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. It was established in 1879 and affiliated with the Methodist Church. It is the first female secondary school and the third oldest secondary school in Nigeria. It is the sister School of Methodist Boys High School. [1] [2] [3]