Category: Spotlight
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 [...]
9-year-old Basil Okpara builds over 30 mobile games
A 9-year-old, Basil Okpara jnr. has built a hide and seek game, using a free programming application called Scratch 2 which allows users to create gam [...]
Nigerian designer, Mowalola Ogunlesi dresses Barbie for 60th anniversary
Nigerian fashion designer, Mowalola Ogunlesi, has been selected to dress cartoon icon, Barbie for its 60th anniversary. Vogue had earlier commissioned [...]
Nigerian, Adeyemo appointed president, Obama Foundation
A Nigerian-American economic expert, Adewale Adeyemo has been appointed president of the Obama Foundation. Adeyemo had served in the administration of [...]
Unilorin Ph.D student, Misitura Arowona develops new anti -TB drug
A PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Misitura Arowona, has developed a drug that promises to be potent in the treatment [...]
Nigerian born Kemi Badenoch appointed minister by UK prime minister
Nigerian born Kemi Badenoch has been appointed as the minister of children by the new British prime minister, Boris Johnson. Born in Wimbledon, she sp [...]
Again, GTBank gives back, set to hold 9th annual autism conference
For the ninth year in a row, Africa’s foremost financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, will bring together some of the world’s leading experts [...]
12-year-old Nigerian girl builds robot that folds clothes
A 12-year-old Nigerian girl, Fathia Abdullahi, has begun to gain global recognition after she created a laundry-folding robot that folds clothes in th [...]
Meet Muyiwa Atoyebi, Nigeria’s youngest SAN ever at 34
A graduate of the University of Ilorin, Muyiwa Atoyebi is among the 38 lawyers to be conferred with the senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title. Aged 3 [...]
Elumelu joins Kushner, others to launch US govt growth strategy for the Middle East
Heads of States and other global leaders convened at the Peace to Prosperity Workshop in Bahrain, organised by the Presidency of the United States of [...]