Category: Proudly Nigerian
Funmilola Paseda Oladoyinbo becomes first female MD of a micro finance bank
ASHA Microfinance Bank Limited, a subsidiary of the esteemed ASA International Group—one of the largest global microfinance institutions—announces the [...]
Kingsley Moghalu appointed president, Rwanda’s school of governance
Nigerian economist and former Central Bank of Nigeria's Deputy Governor Kingsley Moghalu has been appointed the inaugural president of the newly estab [...]
Nneka Ede becomes first Nigerian woman to own European football club
Nigerian entrepreneur, Nneka Ede, has become the first Nigerian woman to acquire a football club in Europe.
Ede’s acquisition of Portuguese club, L [...]
How Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu emerged first African president of UICC, 2 years after losing out in race
Last week, former First Lady of Kebbi State, Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu got elected as the president of the Union for International Cancer Control (UIC [...]
Police officer honoured for rejecting N150m bribe from businessman, Akintoye Akindele
A Superintendent of Police, Ibrahim Ezekiel Sini, who declined a bribe of N150 million from a Lagos businessman and founder of Platform Capital, Akint [...]
‘My mum, a barometer of what people in public service are capable of,’ Late Dora Akunyili’s son pays tribute to her at 10th memorial
Obumneme, son of Dora Akunyili, the late former director-general, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says his mo [...]
𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 w𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 m𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 h𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, e𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 f𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬
A Nigerian woman, Abigail Katung, has been announced as the 130th Lord Mayor of Leeds City in England, becoming the first person of African descent to [...]
Oluwami Ogunbi becomes first black female Engineer with Ph.D. robotics while Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua becomes first black woman in the world to obtain a Ph.D. in Cybernetics
Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi, a Nigerian, has made history as the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in U-M Robotics at the University of Michigan.
Her re [...]
Covenant beats UI, FUTA to retain Nigeria’s best varsity spot
Covenant University has been ranked above the University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology, Akure, as the best university in Nigeria [...]
Stephanie Linus makes history as first black recipient of Lennox K Black Prize For Excellence In Medicine
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Stephanie Linus has made history as the first black recipient of the Lennox K. Black Prize For Excellence in Medicine [...]