Record Breaker: Nigerian student sets new record, 27yrs old bags PHD with Distinction
By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson Nigerians studying abroad always exceeds world expectations most times, and always shames the world view of only negativity from our country. One of such Nigerian academic ambassadors is Eugene C.X. Ikejemba, a 27-year-old Nigerian, who has sets fabulous records in a doctorate degree in the Netherlands. Eugene, who loves to be addressed as Xavier Iyke, recently emerged as the first PhD student to finish the program in less than three years at the University of Twente, Enschede. This compared to what obtains in many other universities around the world takes four to five years to complete a PhD program, but Xavier finished it in record time without funding from any source. The 27-year-old did not only finish the program like no one has ever done in the university, according to him, he is also the first PhD student to publish six articles in highly reputed scientific journals while the practice all over the world encourages students to publish t...