Category: Proudly Nigerian
Tinubu confer national honours on Super Falcons team, gift them $100,000, 3 bedroom apartments
President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on all 24 members of the Super Falcons team that wo [...]
Peter Obi donates N20m to University of Calabar
Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on Friday donated N20m to the dentistry department of the University of Calabar, Cr [...]
US-based attorney, Owolabi Salis makes history as first Nigerian in space
US-based lawyer and political figure Owolabi Salis has become the first Nigerian to voyage beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
Salis was one of six private [...]
Okonjo-Iweala awarded 2025 Cressey Award for lifetime contribution to detection, deterrence of fraud.
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been awarded the 2025 Cressey Award by the Association of Certifi [...]
Nigerian varsity establishes first world centre for medical geology
The Management of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, NSUK, has established a Centre for Medical Geology, the first ever in the world, for the study of [...]
Bishop Oyedepo postpones dedication of ‘The Ark’
Bishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo, the founder and president of Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel has announced a postponement in the dedica [...]
Ali Pate, Ladidi Bako-Aiyegbusi. Eno-Obong make TIME’s 100 most influential people in global health
Muhammad Ali Pate, minister of health and social welfare, and Ladidi Bako-Aiyegbusi, director of nutrition at the federal ministry of health and Dr Ab [...]
Forbes names Dangote, Otedola, Rabiu, Adenuga, 2 others in their 2025 world’s black billionaires list
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, Femi Otedola, chairman of First HoldCo, and four other Nigerians, have been named among the World’s Black Billion [...]
Nissi Ogulu who contributed to the design of Range Rover wins Forbes Woman Africa Youth Icon award 2025
Nissi Ogulu a younger sibling to Grammy winning Damini Ogulu aka Burna boy has received a prestigious accolade as the 2025 Forbes Woman Africa Youth [...]
Forbes: Aliko Dangote’s wealth surges by almost 100% to $23.9bn, now 86th richest in the world
Billionaire Aliko Dangote has seen his wealth nearly double to $23.9 billion, according to Forbes, which ranks the Nigerian entrepreneur as the wealth [...]