DR LOLADE BUILDS 600 CAPACITY HOME FOR ORPHANS
Lola Bayode, a Nigerian doctor based in Ukraine has built a 600 capacity orphanage home to cater for the needy in Akure, Ondo State. The orphanage, Dorian Home, also has a capacity and skill building centre to empower women. Well done on this great service to humanity!
ADANWIMO OKAFOR APPOINTED GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY
Adanwimo Okafor is the first black woman and first person of colour to assume this position since the establishment of the organisation in 1937. Along with her new role as General Counsel, Adanwimo Okafor also serves as ABS’ inaugural Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Oicer (CDEIO). Congratulations on this milestone!
WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION APPOINTS DR OSAHON ENABULELE AS PRESIDENT
Dr. Osahon Enabulele, former President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the incumbent President of the Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA), has been elected President of the World Medical Association (WMA). He is the first West African and Nigerian to be elected to this lofty position since the establishment of the association in 1947. On […]
D’TIGRESS RETAINS WOMEN’S AFROBASKET TITLE
Nigeria’s women basketball team, D’Tigress, won the African Women AfroBasket title after defeating Mali 70-59. The win secured the team’s third consecutive AfroBasket title after previous victories in Mali in 2017 and Senegal in 2019. Congratulations ladies!
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 […]