Awards & Rankings

Awards & Rankings

Awards and Rankings

This section showcases academic and professional recognitions for excellence in arbitration and dispute resolution, reflecting sustained commitment to the highest standards of practice, thought leadership within the field, and meaningful contributions to the advancement of arbitration and dispute resolution at both regional and international levels.

Arbitration – Recommended Lawyer – 2025, 2026

Winner: Lexology Client Choice Award – Arbitration (Nigeria) 2024.

Listed in the Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration – 2023, 2024

Listed in the Legal 500 Africa Arbitration Powerlist 2021.

Recognition as one of the Change Makers in Africa by The Spring, January 2021.

H.R.S. Ryan Fellowship in Law, Canada 2020.

  • Queen’s University Graduate Award 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
  • Queen’s Faculty of Law Student Award 2017, 2018, 2019.
  • Law Graduate Research Fellowship, Queen’s University Canada 2020.
  • Inaugural SGS Award in Leadership, Innovation and Community Service by Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada.

CIGI’s $40,000 International Law Research Program Doctoral Scholarship 2018.

Paris Arbitration Academy Scholarship 2018.

International Bar Association Scholarship 2013.

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