Nigerian Student Emerges World’s Brightest
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has honoured Fareedah Oyolola, a secondary school student at Greensprings School, Lagos, as one of the brightest students...
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Meet Ghanaian-British Entrepreneur who Developed Wireless Earbuds That Can Instantly Translate 40 Languages
The wireless earbud is the latest trend in the communication world. And virtually all mobile phone brands are coming out with their version of earbuds....
Wole Soyinka, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nelson Mandela and 7 Other Africans That Received the Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize is an international prize awarded annually since 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The prize has...
Tanzania Writer Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. Announcing him as the winner on Thursday, the Academy praised Gurnah for...
Nigerian Teacher Wins Facebook Award for Developing an Innovative Platform for Teachers
A Nigerian Teacher, Dr Peter Ogudoro, has been honored by the social media giant, Facebook. He won an award, as one of the world’s amazing...
US Congress Honours Nigerian Gospel Singer Sinach
Nigerian gospel artist, Osinachi Egbu, popularly known as Sinach, says she has received a certificate of recognition from the 18th Congressional District of Texas. In...
Nigeria’s UN Envoy Prof. Muhammad Bande Bags Alumni Award of Boston University
The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Prof. Muhammad Bande, has been conferred with the Distinguished Alumni Award by Boston University (BU), Massachusetts,...
Xavier Prather becomes First Black Winner of CBS Reality Competition ‘Big Brother’ in 23 Seasons
History was made on the CBS reality competition Big Brother. Earlier this week, the first-ever Black winner, Xavier Prather, took home the $750,000 prize following...
WHO Appoints Nigerian, Prof Tomori Oyewale as Member of Covid-19 Technical Advisory Group
A professor of virology and former vice-chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Oyewale Tomori, has been appointed to serve as a member of the World...
US President Joe Biden Picks Africa’s Covid Chief to Head Aids Programme
US President Joe Biden has nominated Dr John Nkengasong to lead the well-resourced public health programme aimed at combating HIV/Aids, known as the President’s Emergency...