Category: Spotlight
Ned Nwoko, wife, Regina Daniels fight malaria with $750,000 grant
Businessman and a former member of the House of Representatives, Ned Nwoko, has launched a campaign to wipe out malaria from Africa with $750,000. Acc [...]
Bella Disu bags French national honour
Globacom’s Executive Vice Chairman, Bella Disu, has been awarded the French national honour of “Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres” (Knigh [...]
Chimamandah Ngozi Adichie conferred with Honorary Degree in Switzerland
Award winning prolific writer, feminist and activist, Chimamandah Ngozi Adichie has added another feather to her cap with the conferment of a honorary [...]
25-year-old manufactures Nigeria’s first ‘carbon fibre’ sports car
Jerry Mallo, a 25-year-old fabrication engineer and chief executive officer (CEO) of Bennie Technologies LTD, has manufactured Nigeria’s first ‘carbon [...]
Mo Abudu becomes first African to Chair the Int’l Emmy Awards Gala
CEO of EbonyLife Media, Mo Abudu yesterday, chaired the 47th International Emmy Awards Gala, making her the first African to land the coveted role, fo [...]
Rape experience gave birth to my advocacy group — Elvina Ibru
Nollywood actress and on-air personality, Elvina Ibru has urged rape victims to always speak out adding that she would love to meet her 2004 rapist. S [...]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie becomes first African to receive UN Global Leadership Award
Writer and feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently made history by becoming the first African and first woman to receive the UN Global Leadership [...]
LASUTH carries out free diabetes screening for Ipodo community
As part of the activities marking the commemoration of the 2019 World Diabetes Day, the LASUTH team for the World Diabetes Day in collaboration with [...]
Nigeran, David Ndudim named judge of Snohomish County Superior Court, California
A Nigerian, David Ndudim has joined the growing list of Nigerians who are making the nation proud on the international scene. David Ndudim, a Nigerian [...]
Nigerians, Njideka Crosby, Oluwaseun Osowobi make 2019 ‘TIME 100 Next’ list
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, one of the daughters of late Dora Akunyili, a professor and former director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug [...]