Past Heroes

Recognising Different Expressions of Bravery

2022 - 2025

Name: Helen Emmanuel

Intellectual Bravery

Year: 2023

Helen Emmanuel from Ikot Usong, who stood up and fought for a 13-year-old girl that was molested and impregnated by her father

Name: Happiness Bassey

Physical Bravery

Year: 2023

Happiness Bassey from Ikot Usong, Akwa Ibom State awarded the Physical Bravery winner for stopping her mother from selling her younger brother.

Name: Ferdinand Maumo

Intellectual Bravery

Year: 2023

Ferdinand Maumo, a differently-abled child with Spastic cerebral palsy who demonstrated an exceptional understanding of Chess

Name: Chibuike Napoleon

Physical Bravery

Age: 11

Year: 2022

11-year-old Chibuike Napoleon from Owerri, Imo State, who is the youngest Zookeeper in the country. His love and care for animals began as a

Name: Kaosisochukwu Emmanuel

Intellectual Bravery

Age: 11

Year: 2022

Kaosisochukwu Emmanuel of an unnamed Nigerian village, who, at 11 years of age, facilitated the cancellation of a proposed child marriage

Name: Damaris John

Intellectual Bravery

Age: 12

Year: 2022

Damaris John of Adamawa state risked her own life to save two children during a Boko Haram attack in her community.

2008 - 2021

Name: Victor Olayiwola

Physical Bravery

Age: 9

Year: 2018

Victor Olayiwola was 9 years old when the car accident that claimed his leg instead of his life happened.It was December 12, 2012,

Name: David Nengi Ayomide Pepple

Social Bravery

Age: 9

Year: 2018

David Nengi Ayomide Pepple is 9 years old and lives with his parents and brother at No.133 Niger Street (Town) Port Harcourt. David is a

Name: Elijah Ephraim Umanah

Intellectual Bravery

Age: 13

Year: 2018

Elijah Ephraim Umanah is a 13-year-old SS1 student of Centenary Staff College, Uyo. Elijah is so passionate about Technology that in JSS2

Name: Zulka Mohammed

Physical Bravery

Age: 14

Year: 2017

Zulka Mohammed is a 14 year old boy who resides in Gu’u Hildi District Hong LGA Adamawa State. Sometimes in March 2016 during

Name: Joel Clement

Intellectual Bravery

Year: 2017

Joel Clement lives at no. 49 Sarkin Pawa Road in Samaru, Zaria. Joel is said to have constructed an incubator for hatching eggs,

Name: Adejorin Oluwatobiloba Grace

Physical Bravery

Year: 2017

Adejorin Oluwatobiloba Grace lives in Excellent Street, at Oke Odo, Kelebe, Osogbo. This account is about how she rescued a little girl
2025 Winners