Diezani Alison-Madueke Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Early life and education== Diezani K. Agama was born in [[Port Harcourt]], [[Rivers State]], [[Nigeria]]. Her father was Chief Frederick Abiye Agama. She had her early education in Shell camp and attended Hussey Model School after the [[Nigerian Civil War|Nigerian civil war]]. In 1968, she enrolled in Township school, [[Port Harcourt]] and went on to Holy Rosary Government Girls Secondary School where she sat for her WASCE in 1975. She proceeded to Federal School of Arts and Sciences in [[Mubi (town)|Mubi]], [[Gongola State]] (now [[Adamawa State]]) for her Aβ Levels and then moved to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1977 to study Architecture.<ref name="sunstyle" /> While in the UK, she commenced studying [[architecture]] in England but then moved to [[Howard University]] in the United States.<ref name="sunstyle" /> She graduated from Howard with a bachelor's degree on 8 December 1992.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/top-stories/106625-howard-university-faults-alison-madueke%E2%80%99s-year-of-graduation.html |newspaper=Nigeria News |title=Diezani Alison-Madueke's year of graduation faulted by Howard University |date=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110013043/http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/top-stories/106625-howard-university-faults-alison-madueke%E2%80%99s-year-of-graduation.html |archive-date=10 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, she attended [[Cambridge Judge Business School]] for her MBA degree. Diezani is a beneficiary of the [[Chevening Scholarship|Chevening]] scholarship.<ref name="sunstyle">{{cite news |url = http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/sunstyle/2007/july/14/sunstyle-14-07-2007-001.htm |title = Diezani Allison-Madueke ...A passion from the creeks to the peak |author = Kunle Hamilton |date = 14 July 2007 |publisher = Daily Sun |access-date = 2009-12-15 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100201235310/http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/sunstyle/2007/july/14/sunstyle-14-07-2007-001.htm |archive-date = 1 February 2010 |df = dmy }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page