4 Nigerians bag Queen's Young Leaders' Award

The Queen Elizabeth of England will present a Queen’s Young Lead­ers Award to four exceptional young Nigerians at a cere­mony in Buckingham Palace, London on Thursday, 23rd June, 2016.

As the Commonwealth cel­ebrates the Queen’s 90th birth­day, this year’s Award winners, including Olanrewaju Ade­loye, Aladipupo Ajiroba and Olumide Femi Makanjuola, all aged between 18 and 29 have been recognised by The Queen for taking the lead in transforming the lives of oth­ers and making a lasting differ­ence in their communities. As a Queen’s Young Leader, they will be representing Nigeria as they join winners from 45 dif­ferent Commonwealth coun­tries in London for five days of high-level engagements, all designed to help them further their life-changing work.

Before receiving their Queen’s Young Leaders Award at Buckingham Palace, the winners will visit 10 Downing Street and the UK headquar­ters of global social network­ing company Twitter, and meet with senior executives at the BBC World Service.

They will also meet the Commonwealth Secretary General, take part in work­shops at the University of Cambridge, have meetings with UK business leaders, and visit projects that are changing the lives of vulnerable people in the UK.