DUCHESS OF CORNWALL BECOMES MIRABEL CENTRE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PATRON
Mirabel Centre, the first Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in Nigeria, has welcomed her first international patron, the Duchess of Cornwall. Mirabel Centre was founded in July 2013 by Itoro Eze-Anaba to provide medical and psychosocial support to survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). Congratulations!
FABUSOLA GBENGA PATRICKS LEVERAGES SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A PH.D. SCHOLARSHIP ABROAD
Meet Fabusola Gbenga Patricks, a Nigerian who leveraged the power of social media to raise funds to process supplementary fees, lights, and accommodation for his schooling abroad. His story started on Twitter with a post that went viral: “TWITTER PEOPLE HELP ME O! I just received 3 FULLY FUNDED Ph.D. scholarships abroad. I have invested […]
MISSING BAG OF MONEY FOUND BY DRIVER IN THE AIRPORT RETURNED TO OWNER
Meet Emmanuel Eluu, a driver at the airside of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), who found a bag containing $20,000, N500,000, jewelry, and other valuables worth millions of naira forgotten inside a bus used for conveying passengers. The bag has since been returned to the owner by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators […]
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) APPOINTS DR. CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has been appointed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), as the Assistant Director-General for Health Emergency Intelligence, effective November 1, 2021. “He will lead the work on strengthening pandemic and epidemic intelligence globally, including heading the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence […]
ARSENAL SIGNS 9-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN
Congratulations to Munir Muhammad Sada, a 9-year-old Nigerian starkid who has been signed by Arsenal Football Club. Nigeria to the world! His parents are both Nigerians from Kaduna and Katsina states. Munir will be wearing the number 9 jersey and will play for the club’s Academy. We wish him success in his football career.
PARALYMPIANS WINS 10 MEDALS FOR NIGERIA IN TOKYO
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics which lasted from August 24 to September 5, 2021, ended with a colourful closing ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, with Nigeria clinching 10 medals. Team Nigeria won 3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals in powerlifting; 1 gold and 2 bronze medals in athletics; and 1 bronze medal in table […]
862 FOREIGN-TRAINED MEDICAL DOCTORS AND 17 DENTISTS JOIN PRACTICE IN NIGERIA
On August 19, 2021, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) inducted 862 foreign-trained doctors and 17 dental graduates. According to the MDCN Chairman, Professor Waziri Hassan, the inductees passed the written examinations and other clinical exercises organised by the MDCN at the University College Hospital, Ibadan in June 2021. We hope they will […]
NIGERIAN DRONE MAKER AND TIK-TOKER, IGNATIUS ASABOR OFFERED EMPLOYMENT IN FINLAND
22-year-old Ignatius Asabor, who makes special drones for agricultural use, is now employed by Radia Limited in Oulu, Finland. An auto engineer from Utagba-Ogbe Technical College, Ignatius started performing street drone lights and posting videos on Facebook in 2016, where he was first spotted by Radia Limited. His talent was further amplified by the use […]
THREE NIGERIANS APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S 2021 G-7 IMPACT TASKFORCE
Ibukun Awosika, founder of The Chair Centre Group and first female Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Plc; Arunma Oteh, former Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Uche Orji, Managing Director of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) have been appointed as members of the global Independent Impact Taskforce (ITF). “The ITF members […]
NIGERIA WINS FIRST GOLD MEDAL AT THE TOKYO PARALYMPICS
On August 6, 2021, Latifat Tjani won the first gold medal for Nigeria at the ongoing Paralympics in Tokyo. She won the gold medal in the women’s 45kg powerlifting after she defeated China’s Zhe Cui to lift 107kg. Nigeria is competing at the Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from August 24 to September 5, 2021. We […]