Category: Spotlight
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 [...]
A tale of Buhari, Nana Akufo-Addo and Toyota
Two West African leaders went to Japan last week. Two of them lobbied Toyota to invest in their nations. But Toyota chose to invest in Ghana and snub [...]
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 [...]
Meet Chinedu Echeruo who made $1m from sale of app firm to Apple
Chinedu Echeruo, founder of HopStop.com is now $1 billion richer courtesy of the sale of his company to Apple. HopStop.com makes mobile applications f [...]
Igbo security guard, William Okogbue rewarded for returning $10,000
William Okogbue, a security guard with Hogan Guards Limited, formerly known as Guardsmark, has been rewarded for returning a bag containing $10,000. T [...]
Unilag postgraduate students invent flood level caution device
Three University of Lagos students have invented a vehicular road advance electronic flood level caution device for detection of water levels on major [...]
Nigerian schoolgirls create app to finance education of poor children
A group of five Nigerian schoolgirls working as team ‘Brain Squad’ have created an application that would help finance the education of poor children [...]
Meet Kaduna teens who shoot sci-fi movies with smart phones
‘The Critics’, a group of teenagers from Kaduna State who shoot science fiction films with their smart phones, are set to become the next best thing t [...]
Meet CSP Francis Osagie Erhabor, police officer who has never taken a bribe
Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Francis Osagie Erhabor, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of D Division Itam, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, [...]
Nigerian, Yakubu Nura wins world physics competition
Dr. Yakubu Nura of the University of Maiduguri, has won the World Physics Competition by defeating about 5720 contenders from 97 countries. World Cham [...]