Category: Proudly Nigerian
Mo Abudu, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala make Forbes’ List of 100 Most Powerful Women of 2021
Nigeria’s former finance minister and current director-general of the World Trade Organisation Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and filmmaker Mo Abudu have been re [...]
Ogun gov rewards AfDB president’s niece, Dr Oyinlola Adesina with N5m, house, scholarship for breaking OAU record
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has rewarded Dr Joy Oyinlola Adesina who made history by being the best graduating student ever pr [...]
3 Nigerians make top 10 of the 2021 African Business Heroes
Three Nigerians have made the podium of the 2021 African Business Heroes to be awarded in November in collaboration with the Jack Ma Foundation.
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Nigerian breaks record, becomes first black General Counsel American Board of Surgery
Nigerian born Adanwimo Okafor, a lawyer, has become the first person of colour and the first black woman to be promoted to General Couns [...]
Biden appoints Nigerian, John Dabiri as presidential advisor on science and technology
United States president, Joe Biden has announced the appointment of John Dabiri, an American born Nigerian Professor of Aeronautics and [...]
Okonjo-Iweala, the Sussexs, others named Time’s 100 most influential people
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director of the World Trade Organization received a tribute message from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to mark her name on the T [...]
Ezekwesili becomes BoT member of Brazilian business school
Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former minister of education, has joined Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), a Brazilian business school, as a member of its board of tr [...]
Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan emerges university Chancellor in Uganda
Former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been inaugurated as the Chancellor of Cavendish University in Uganda.
The inaugur [...]
Oby Ezekwesili joins Yale University as senior fellow
A former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, and five other global figures have joined the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs as senio [...]
Finnish company flies 22 year old Nigerian drone maker to Finland
22-year-old Nigerian man, Ignatius Asabor who has been making drones and post it on social media is now in Finland.
According to Hon. Obi-Wes [...]