Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN)

This years Art Competition was success and the students performed well beyond our expectations considering the time restraints. This years theme was "Democracy in Nigeria."   Students from the following schools participated:  Corona Secondary School (Lekki & Victoria Island) Crescent School Herbert Macauley School Greenwood Springs School Twinkle Pearls School Kemfat School Amville School Kefat School Pampers Private School Adrao International Secondary School, Christland School Debiross School Mbari Mbayo School, Garland School   Sunnydale School The Brains School Caro Favored School The following judges presided over the Competition:   1. Mr. Ojo Olaniyi, Society of Nigerian Artists 2. Mr. Osho Adeleke, Artist 3. Mr. Doyin Oluwole, Principal Partner, Zek 3630 Limited.  A total of 51 (fifty-one) students participated in the ...

  DNA Strands made from used calendars By Miss. Sodueari Petrina Graham-Douglas Executive Director, Brook Designs Ltd Brookstone Secondary School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria . This is the work of Miss. Sodueari Petrina Graham-Douglas. She is 16 years old, and hails from a family of seven. Her father is an Architect and her mother is a Legal Practitioner, and acknowledges how fortunate she is to have two parents with such unique professions. From a very young age, Sodueari followed her father to building sites at an early age where she was brought face to face with his profession.   As a person, everything she does comes from an Architectural and Interior Designer standpoint. With the support of her Father she gained a lot of experience in her chosen field as in Architecture by interning, while simultaneously building her University portfolio. Sodueari has found Art to be an invaluable part of her life as it enriches her mind and acts as ...

Lagos Business School is undoubtedly one of the most tranquil learning environments in Nigeria. LBS could easily be mistaken for a Fine Art's institute with the architectural detail and artwork all over the campus.  

Photography by Studio Wellbrook .                         Hello everyone, My name is Tobe Ifeanyi and I am the new Marketing and Communications Manager here at JAN! I was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. After completing my Advanced Level studies in London I moved to Baltimore, MD, USA where I earned a Bachelor of the Arts in Global Studies from Coppin State University. While attending Coppin my passion for art grew as I developed an interest in Jazz and vinyl collecting. Under the mentorship of my Photography instructor Professor Linda Day-Clark, my passion thrived. In 2005, homesick and equipped with my 35mm Pentax K1000, I went on to create my first body of work based on Ghana during a semester abroad and start a small business selling my photographs. That year I also started mentoring middle-school children at nearby school where I realized I loved to teach. While ex...