"She Solved 34 Maths Problems in 172 Seconds": Shehu Sani Praises Girl from Southern Kaduna

"She Solved 34 Maths Problems in 172 Seconds": Shehu Sani Praises Girl from Southern Kaduna

  • Senator Shehu Sani praised 13-year-old Nasara James, who emerged top in the International Mathematical Olympiad
  • After the Mathematical Olympiad medal, Nasara reportedly scored 150, which puts her in the top 1% globally among Mensa applicants
  • She also bagged a LIMCA Award for memorising a whopping 673 binary numbers in less than nine minutes

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Kaduna state - Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, celebrated 13-year-old Nasara James Dabo, who reportedly has an IQ that sits amongst the top 1% globally.

Nasara solved 34 math problems in just 172 seconds (an average of 5 secs per question), winning a gold medal in the junior category.

Nasara James Dabo solved 34 maths problems in just 172 seconds
Nasara James Dabo's IQ sits amongst the top 1% globally. Photo Credit: @ShehuSani
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The Southern Kaduna indigene earned the Olympiad champion title in the prestigious competition that gathers participants from over 100 countries.

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In a post shared via his X page (formerly known as Twitter), @ShehuSani, the former federal lawmaker, wrote:

“Nasara took the Mensa IQ test and aced it under strict supervision. Her IQ score of 150 puts her in the top 1% globally among Mensa applicants.
“Additionally, Nasara recently bagged a LIMCA Award for memorizing a whopping 673 binary numbers in less than 9 minutes at the Memory Championship by Mind Sports Olympiad.”

"She is gifted": Nigerian girl wins gold

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Nasara, a student of Ideal International College in Kaduna state, dazzled like a million stars during the arithmetic contest.

Nasara was awarded a gold medal for her amazing achievement and remarkable academic feat during the contest.

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A mathematics lecturer at the Lagos State University (LASU) Dr. Aminat Olawunmi Ige, emerged as the Overall Best Graduating Doctoral Thesis Award Winner at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) 54th Convocation.

Ige’s thesis titled "O-Metric Spaces: A Novel Unification and Generalisation of Metric-Type Spaces with Applications in Fixed Point Theory" was adjudged the best in the entire university for the 2022/2023 academic session.

15-year-old student clinches N5m scholarship

15-year-old Adaeze Chukwuzolem Onaro emerged as the overall winner in the 2023 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition (NEC).

The student of Fountain Heights Secondary School, Surulere in Lagos, defeated eleven other finalists to clinch the N5 million scholarship

The young scholar, who is free to pursue her studies in any African university of her choice, celebrated the victory with a shout of “Yes!!! I won!! I did it!!!”

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