6 Nigerians among US Presidential Science Award recipients Six Nigerians have been named among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on exceptional young scientists and engineers. The awardees include Azeez Butali, a professor at the University of Iowa; Ijeoma Opara, an associate professor at Yale University; and Eno Ebong, an associate professor at Northeastern University. Others are Oluwasanmi Koyejo, an assistant professor at Stanford University; Abidemi Ajiboye, an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University;...