Past Heroes

Recognising Different Expressions of Bravery

2022 - 2025

Name: Hassan Adamu

Intellectual Bravery

Age: 15

Year: 2025

In a community where charcoal is expensive and often unaffordable, one teenager is turning what others throw away into something valuable.

Name: Abraham Umoren

Physical Bravery

Age: 9

Year: 2025

Abraham Umoren, a 9-year-old boy, became a hero in his community after bravely rescuing a 5-year-old girl from an attempted assault in the

Name: Ismail Muhammed

Social Bravery

Age: 13

Year: 2025

From the harsh streets of Nigeria emerged a boy whose courage defied his circumstances. Ismail Muhammed was born into a life

Name: Kundushima Kwana

Physical Bravery

Age: 17

Year: 2024

In the breezing old afternoon, a 15 year old now 17 Kundushima Kwana was jolted from his rest by the screams of women and children.

Name: Iliyasu Aminu Alkassim

Intellectual Bravery

Age: 16

Year: 2024

In Kano, Nigeria, a talented 16-year-old named Iliyasu Aminu Alkassim, also known as Khalifa Aminu, is making waves with his incredible inventions.

Name: Mary Tembe

Social Bravery

Age: 15

Year: 2024

In a remote village in Benue, 15 year old Mary Tembe, a child with a burning zeal to be educated was given off for marriage at the age of 14 years

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