US mission congratulates Prof Saheed Aderinto for receiving $300,000 prize

THE US Embassy in Nigeria has congratulated Saheed Aderinto, a history professor, for being the first Nigerian to earn the $300,000 Dan David Prize.

The Mission made this known on their Facebook page late yesterday.

The post read, “Congratulations to Nigerian-American Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University, Saheed Aderinto, on becoming the first Nigerian to receive the $300,000 Dan David Prize—the largest financial reward for excellence in the historical discipline in the world.

“Professor Aderinto is the Founding President of the Lagos Studies Association.”