Lagos teacher Adeyemo Busayo takes Nigeria's top teaching prize — and her school gets ₦30 million (about $19,000) too

Adeyemo Busayo, a teacher at Lanre Awolokun High School in Gbagada, Lagos, has won the 2026 Maltina Teacher of the Year, chosen from 2,243 entries at a grand finale at Eko Hotel and Suites. Her prize — the first in the award's 12 editions to include a car — is ₦10 million (about $6,400) and a new Honda HR-V, plus international training. The bigger winner may be her school, which receives a ₦30 million (about $19,000) infrastructure package. First runner-up Yusuf Cariyat received ₦5 million (about $3,200) and third-placed Ephraim Jacob Inyangudo ₦3 million (about $1,900), in a competition endorsed by Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Education.

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