Category: Spotlight
UBA foundation’s national essay competition 2019 to reward schools with highest entries
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has commenced the 2019 edition of its annual National [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]