Category: Proudly Nigerian
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 [...]
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 [...]