Category: Proudly Nigerian
Nigerian, Nneka Ede buys Portuguese football club
A Nigerian entrepreneur, Nneka Ede has become one of the few Africans to own a European club after she bought Portuguese side, Lusitano Ginásio Clube, [...]
Nigerian, Prof Egbu heads UK university as Vice-Chancellor
A Nigerian of Igbo extraction, Professor Charles Egbu from Nigeria has been appointed the Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Trinity university in the United Ki [...]
ECOWAS endorses Okonjo-Iweala for WTO job
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organi [...]
Offa Poly invents solar-powered anti-COVID-19 machines
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, has invented solar-powered machines, which can prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
The Registrar of [...]
Arise TV MD, Ijeoma Nwogwugwu named most powerful woman journalist in Nigeria
The managing director of Arise TV, Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, has been named the most powerful woman journalist in Nigeria, TheCable is reporting.
She ranke [...]
A true life story of how an almajiri became a top custom officer
The almajinrici system which allows a person (almajiri) to leave his home in search of Islamic knowledge has unfortunately, over the years become syno [...]
Sierra Leone appoints Nigerian as head of Covid-19 Task Force
The sterling qualities of Nigerian graduates and professionals has once again been brought to the fore with the appointment of a Nigerian, Dr. Laoluwa [...]
Nigerian doctor develops COVID-19 testing booths to increase testing
Following the low number of people who have had to undergo COVID-19 testing, just less than 10,000 as against Ghana and South Africa, who have tested [...]
Meet the two young Nigerians who developed a fully functional ventilator to aid COVID-19 patients
As the need for ventilators, otherwise known as respirators – an essential machine that aids breathing for patients who are physically unable to - [...]
Nine Nigerians make 2020 Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list
Forbes Africa as announced it’s annual “30 Under 30” list, featuring 30 young entrepreneurs, leaders and changemakers across Africa. These amazing lad [...]