Category: Proudly Nigerian
Adichie becomes first African to deliver speech at Harvard University, gets honorary degree from Amherst
Her dreams are surely coming to pass and her latest achievement has further placed her on a pedestal that is yet unmatched. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, [...]
Farida Ado makes TIME ‘2018 Next Generation Leaders’ list
Nigerian author, Farida Ado, who writes in Hausa, has been listed as one of the TIME magazine’s 2018 Next Generation Leaders. In the list that was rel [...]
Dangote among world’s 75 most powerful by Forbes
Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been ranked among 75 most powerful people on the planet, ahead of the Vice [...]
Nigerian, Ndubuisi Ezerioha, builds fastest carbureted front wheel car in the world
Ndubuisi Ezerioha, an automotive scientist, professional race car driver, engine designer and builder originally is one of the hottest things in car b [...]
Nigerian teenager accepted into 19 out of 20 top tier universities
The wave of wonder kids gaining admission into top-tier universities seems to still be on a steady rise as another teenager, Oludamilola Oluwadara Ade [...]
UK appoints first black female high commissioner, NneNne Iwuji-Eme
The Foreign Office has appointed its first black female career diplomat, NneNne Iwuji-Eme as a high commissioner, as it steps up efforts to change the [...]
Omowunmi Sadik just made bomb,drug detection easier via biosensor
A surface chemist, inventor, and college instructor, Omowunmi Sadik who turns 54 this year, Omowunmi Sadik got introduced to science by her father, w [...]
Meet Dehlia Umunna a Nigerian Harvard law professor
Dehlia Umunna who was recently appointed Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School is the first Nigerian to achieve such a feat. The 42-year-old [...]
Nigerian, Tomi Adeyemi gets Hollywood deal for new novel
Tomi Adeyemi, a Nigerian-American author, has released her critically acclaimed debut, Young-Adult Fantasy book, ‘Children of Blood and Bone.’ Tomi Ad [...]
Charles Onu: Giving newborns hope against asphyxia
Charles Onu is the creator of Ubenwa, an artificial intelligence system that analyses a baby’s cry to give warning signs of bay asphyxia which is the [...]