Category: Spotlight
Award winning writer Chimamandah Ngozi Adichie bags honorary degree from Williams College
Not too long after she was conferred with an honorary degree from Haverford College, acclaimed novelist and feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was aga [...]
Ateke Tom fetes 500 widows on his birthday
Former militant, high chief Tom Ateke recently feted 500 widows when he celebrated his birthday at his hometown in Okirika, Rivers State. The birthday [...]
Beibei Haven Foundation to hold Pink and Blue ball in June
Beibei Haven, a not-for-profit organisation which provides support for women and couples who are experiencing infertility challenges is back with anot [...]
FUTA to launch first ever satellite in US
The Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure, will later today, launch a CubeSat, code named NigeriaEdusat-1, into space from the Kennedy Space [...]
Democracy, Biafra and a sense of history by Reuben Abati
It is sad that many Nigerians today talk glibly about the possibility of a coup or of military intervention in politics. They make it seem as if this [...]
The sharing of cake and ‘Biafra At 50’ by Femi Fani-Kayode
I believe that it is not only the height of naivety but also deeply insulting to say that the way to stop the Biafran agitation is to offer the Igbo c [...]
Indigent boy who sang Davido’s ‘If,’ gets scholarship, as the super star shows off new mansion
Popular Nigerian musician, David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido, has announced his decision to pay for a child’s education. A video of the lucky boy, Utibe, ha [...]
Nigerian Godwin Benson wins £25,000 for tutoring app
27 year-old Nigerian, Godwin Benson has won an engineering award given by UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering for a tutoring app developed by him. A sy [...]
Naomi Campbell pulls celebrities for Fashion for Relief Charity Event
While many attended the Cannes Film Festival, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, for the movies as well as the clothes, supermodel, [...]
Nigerian scientist, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon gets an MBE
Nigerian born Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon has become one of the youngest people in the UK to be awarded an MBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire ( [...]