In December 2020, Oluwatosin Likinyo became the talk of social media after Legit.ng broke the news of her huge achievement in the United Kingdom. Oluwatosin had her master's, graduating with distinction from the University of Aberdeen where she studied renewable energy engineering.

She shared some deep secrets about herself and her success. Read below:

How did your journey into University of Aberdeen state?

My journey to the University of Aberdeen started in 2018 when I attended a British Council Fair and was encouraged by the university’s in-country officer to apply. I got the admission thereafter but deferred for a year. In 2019, I got an offer from the Nigeria LNG Limited to sponsor my study in the university which I accepted. This is a brief, however, a number of applications and tests happened behind the scenes.

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Oluwatosin Likinyo made Nigeria proud with a distinction in her master's from a UK university Source: Oluwatosin Likinyo Credit: LinkedIn

Why did you pick renewable Energy of all the courses in the world? Moreover, there is this belief that such courses are mostly for men.

My experience with the substandard energy sector of Nigeria, sparked my strong interest in renewable energy. During my undergraduate studies, my interest was further heightened when I discovered that the energy sector is the largest contributor to climate change and environmental degradation. My discovery was confirmed by the widespread damage caused in the oil-savaged areas (in the Niger-Delta areas) including but not limited to the economic underdevelopment of those areas, the devastation to the ecology, and water pollution. I decided at that time to venture into the renewable energy field hoping to create sustainable and clean solutions to meeting the growing energy demand.

What was growing up like? What experience gave you the belief and hope that you would become an achiever someday?

More like who helped me believe I could be an achiever. My parents, my biggest source of inspiration, always encouraged me to go ahead. Growing up with them was strict but I learned self-control and discipline from them. For example, I grew up not watching TV until homework was done and from that learned to put important things first. In addition, reading about people like Malala, Martin Luther King Jnr., and Nelson Mandela while I was a teenager sparked that possibility mentality in me.

Following the setting up of regional security outfits in different parts of the country, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has revealed that the Niger Delta will soon create its own body.

The Nation reports on Friday, January 1 that IYC president, Peter Timothy Igbifa, confirmed this during his New Year day address in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

Igbifa explained that the worrying security cases that the south-south zone has been experiencing have necessitated the need to create an outfit which is similar to the southwest's Amotekun.

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He said:

“We are not alien to the reports of infiltrations of the Fulani herdsmen and other groups in our bushes and environment."

"The recurrent discovery of guns and live ammunition on the highways is a clear indication that we must be prepared at all times.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo observes a guard of honour during the official launch of the Amotekun security outfit in his state in late 2020. Photo credit: @seyimakinde

To this end, the IYC supremo urged the body's members to prepare for the formation of the south-south region's security outfit.

"I and my team are seriously considering the establishment of our own regional security outfit in line with the proposal made by the governors of our region."

"We shall push for this outfit and impress it upon the governors to invoke required legislative process to give it a legal backing.”