16-YEAR-OLD ANAMBRA-BORN STUDENT, AMAECHINA CHIMBUSONMA NWADIUTO SCORED 9 As IN THE 2023 WASSCE
Anambra-born, Miss Amaechina Chimbusonma Nwadiuto, has topped the charts in this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Nigeria. Miss Amaechina of Regina Pacis Girls’ Secondary School, Garki, Abuja is now in the pole position for the National Merit Award as the overall best candidate in this year’s WASSCE conducted by the West […]
NIGERIA’S D’TIGRESS WINS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE AFROBASKET GAME
Nigeria’s female basketball team, D’Tigress defeated Senegal to win the 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Championship for the fourth consecutive time. The Rena Wakama-led ladies defeated the 11-time African champions to claim their sixth championship at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. Nigeria’s Amy Okonkwo who finished the final with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 […]
31-YEAR-OLD COACH, RENA WAKAMA HAS BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE COACH TO WIN THE WOMEN’S AFROBASKET
Originally from Rivers State, Rena Wakama attended Western Carolina University where she obtained a B.A.Sc in Recreational Therapy, and later on in 2017, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Manhattan College, New York City. Wakama, a former D’Tigress player was appointed to become the new head coach of the Nigerian women’s team on June […]
SEVEN-UP BOTTLING COMPANY LIMITED PROUDLY ANNOUNCES OREOLUWA AGUNBIADE AS THE WINNER OF THE 7UP HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2023
Oreoluwa Agunbiade, a lawyer-turned-management consultant became the 13th Scholarship winner since its establishment in 2010. The fully-funded MBA Scholarship at the prestigious Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, is awarded each year by the Seven-Up Bottling Company (SBC) to a Nigerian resident who must have been admitted to HBS for an MBA program but […]
NIGERIAN LAWYER, ADEOYE WINS $75,000 WAISLITZ GLOBAL CITIZEN AWARD
A Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Oluwafunke Adeoye, has emerged as one of the winners of the 2023 Waislitz Global Citizen Awards, with a prize money of $75,000. Adeoye, who is the founder of Hope Behind Bars Africa said that with the award, she plans to fully launch Justicepadi – a tech platform […]