By Ahmad Deedat Zakari
A Nigerian lady, Halima Ali Shuwa, has been recognised by the reputable University of Manchester and awarded with Student of the Year Award.
Ruth Macarthy, a doctoral researcher at Salford University, announced this on LinkedIn on Wednesday.
“Sitting in Whitworth Hall today, at the prestigious University of Manchester, was one of my proudest moments as a Nigerian. It was the moment Halima Ali Shuwa was called up [to] the podium to receive the “Student of the Year” award from the President of the university.” Ms Macarthy wrote.
While presenting the award, the President of the university stated that Halima was chosen because of her dedication and selfless commitment to research excellence.

The President added that Halima dedicated a huge amount of time to researching the immune response in the blood of hospitalised COVID-19 patients – and predicting which patients will further develop long-term covid complications.
She was the first to publish on the associated long-term changes with fatigue and breathlessness in patients who would subsequently develop long covid.
Halima, a recipient of the prestigious Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) scholarship, hails from Shuwa town of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. She was born, brought up and schooled in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Halima studied Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science at the University of Maiduguri, MSc Immunology at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, and then got a PTDF scholarship to the University of Manchester, where she did her PhD in Immunology.
Halima has published seven papers in high-impact journals during her studies and has four more papers under review.
Towards the end of her PhD, Halima managed to secure multiple job offers from the University of Manchester and several pharmaceutical companies. Finally, she accepted the job offer from GSK (GlaxoSmithKline), where she’ll continue her cutting-edge research to discover an alternative cancer treatment targeting B cells in Immuno-Oncology settings.
Thank you so much for publishing this
Congratulations sister
Congratulations my sister ! You guys are making us proud in these parts of the country.
Congratulations Halima. An award winning means more hardwork. Please don’t relent in your strive for excellence.
Congratulation my sister.
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CONGRATULATIONS, we are proud of you halimatu sadiya
Beautiful read, Masha’Allah!!
Congratulations
Congratulations and may you continue to excel in whatever you do.
Masha Allah, we are proud of the awardee; as she’s heavily representing us (BMLS Unimaid alumni) all. Thank you for publishing the story.
👍 Kudos! Distinguished accomplishment!
Masha Allah, we proud of you my sister.
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More strength to ur elbow,we are proud to have you as sister.
Congratulation ma’am
Nigeria, Africa and the world are proud of you. May God keep you and increase your knowledge for the benefit of the society while we wish good health and happiness.
May ALLAH bless your knowledge and certificate.
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Congratulations sister. May you continue to excel in all pleases
Congratulations Dr, for making us proud. I wish you a fruitful research career.
Congratulations my sister