A Nigerian student, Ufot Ekong, has broken a 50-year record in Japan, graduating with first class degree and best overall student from Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan.
Ekong from Akwa Ibom State was the first Nigerian to achieve this feat since 1965, solving a mathematical equation that could not be solved 30 years ago in his first semester.
Ekong won a Japanese language award for foreigners, in addition to two patents under his name for developing an electric car.
Ufot Ekong is currently working with Nissan. [myad]
