Femi Gbede, a Nigerian-born attorney, philanthropist, mentor and journalist based in the United States, has restated his commitment to the advancement of legal education as he names the recipients of the 2023/2024 cohort of his law school scholarship programme in Nigeria.

Gbede’s scholarship is targeted at Nigerian students pursuing their law education at the Nigerian Law School.

In a statement naming the successful candidates for the programme and reinforcing his commitment to the advancement of legal education, Gbede said: “The selection of all 10 of them reflects my judgment that they have the unbounded potential to succeed, given the necessary support and mentorship.

“Each of them is unique, with compelling stories of grit, determination and perseverance, even in the face of adversity. Please, join me in congratulating all of them.”

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The 2023/2024 Femi Gbede Scholars are Faith Bello, Temitope Ogunsanwo, Tochukwu Agu, Margaret Arop, Sholafunmi Olaniyi and Morenike Oyeleke.

Others are Lotachukwu Udenta, Chimdiebere Anya-Awa, Adewale Adelaja and Kelvin Ofodile.

With the programme, the 10 Law School candidates will be assisted with funding, which covers fees and monthly stipends, mentorship and other support to see them through their time at the Nigerian Law School, the last step towards becoming barristers at law.

In 2023, there were nine awardees for the Femi Gbede Scholars programme and they would be called to bar later this year.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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