Category: Proudly Nigerian
Queen Elizabeth appoints Nigerian, Ugbana Oyet, House of Common Serjeant at Arms
Nigerian-born Ugbana Oyet, has been appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as the UK House of Common Serjeant at Arms.
The appointment was announced by th [...]
Chimamanda Adichie, only woman in Most Influential Africans’ List
Multiple award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by the Africa Report. She i [...]
Meet US based neurosurgeon, Olawale Sulaiman who performs surgery in Nigeria sometimes for free
Dr. Olawale Sulaiman, is a professor of neurosurgery and spinal surgery and chairman for the neurosurgery department and back and spine center at Ochs [...]
Nigerian hyper realism artist, Kareem Waris wins international award
Nigeria’s youngest hyper-realism artist, Kareem Waris Olamilekan has emerged winner of the Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation 2 [...]
Reps recommend Air Peace CEO, Allen Onyema for national award
The house of representatives has recommended Allen Onyema, chief executive officer (CEO) of Air Peace Airlines, for national honour for evacuating Nig [...]
Nigerian, Zulfat Suara becomes first Muslim to be elected to Nashville Metro Council
A Nigerian, Zulfat Suara has made history as she became the first Muslim to be elected to Nashville’s Metro Council. Suara was elected to fill one of [...]
UI College of Medicine clinches 4th position in Africa in World University ranking
Prof. Olubunmi Olapade-Olaopa, the Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, has said that the 71-year-old medical college has clinche [...]
Uzoma Asagwara makes history as 1 of 3 blacks elected in Canadian parliament
No black person had ever been elected to the Manitoba Legislature Assembly in the 150-year history of the province, until Nigerian psychiatric nurse o [...]
Video: I wept when returnees sang the National Anthem – Air Peace Chairman
Allen Onyema, chairman of Air Peace, said he wept when Nigerians who were returning from South Africa mobbed him and sang the country’s anthem. Onyema [...]
Nigerian, Oluyinka Olutoye appointed surgeon-in-chief in top US hospital
Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio, the United States, has appointed Oluyinka Olutoye, a Nigerian medical doctor, as its surgeon-in-chief. The hos [...]