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Investing in the Future: Triple Fun Club founder, Chidi Ononye, Speaks About His Passion for Children Development

Connect Nigeria caught up recently with Chidi Ononye, founder of the Triple Fun Club, which is a club for developing children’s intellectual capacity, building character, and instilling positive values. Enjoy the interivew CN: Give us an insight into who Chidi

Floating School in Lagos, Nigeria Nominated for London Design Museum Award

Ni inu ikoko dudu ni eko funfun ti n jade (it is from the blackened pot that the white pap is made). This proverb from the Yoruba culture, when translated, means that beauty is mostly derived from ugly places. This

Discover Nigeria: Cashew Nuts Season Opens Today

There are few dreams bigger than becoming instantaneously wealthy, and for some Nigerians that dream may be realisable as the Nigerian Raw Cashew Nut (RCN) season opens today February 10, 2014. Yes, Nigerian raw cashew nuts are in high demand

Nigerian, Shola Olatoye, Appointed Head of New York City Housing Authority

A Nigerian has been announced the head of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Bill de Blasio, the Mayor of New York, appointed Shola Olatoye as the new head of the Housing Authority as he plans to overhaul the housing

Discover Nigeria: Meet Nigeria’s First Woman General

  Driving past Bonny Cantonment in Victoria Island, Lagos on a weekday afternoon and peering closely at the sentries could strike fear in any average pedestrian. The sight of well-built men clad in military fatigues and toting General Purpose Machine

How to Start a Revolution in Nigeria

No big revolution is possible without small personal revolution, on a personal level. It must first happen inside. ~ Jim Morrison When you think of a revolution in Nigeria, what comes to mind? Some of us think of street rallies

5 Amazing Places to Visit in Abuja

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria, which is located in its center. Building Abuja according to plan started in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria’s capital on 12th December 1991, replacing Lagos, which is regarded as its commercial capital

GenVoices: A New Generation Has Spoken

Generational Voices (GenVoices), a project-driven platform to harness the energy of young Nigerians for nation building, held its historic 100,000 Voices Telethon hosted by Channels Television, and aired by Ebony Life TV, Beat FM and Nigerian Info. The event was

Who Wants to be President?

Every little child has had dreams of, one day, becoming the president of his country. While such dreams fizzle into pipe dreams for most children as they grow into adults, there is hope for fun-loving adults to put their abilities

GenVoices: Christopher Kolade Tasks Nigerian Youths to be Proactive

It was just three hours, but the impact reverberated beyond the 36 states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and for a longer period. The 3-hour telethon organised by Generational Voices, a youth movement that advocates increased roles for the

Generational Voices Gets Endorsement from the United Nations

Ahead of its historic Telethon, the United Nations has endorsed Generational Voices (GenVoices), the project-driven platform to harness the offline and online energy of young Nigerians for practical efforts towards nation building. The Telethon will be hosted on Saturday, 18

2014 Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Nigeria Remembers Fallen Heroes

The Armed Forces Remembrance Day is an annual event to celebrate fallen heroes as well as veterans who sacrificed their lives as they valiantly fought in and through the first and second World Wars, the Nigeria Civil War and

TEDx Maitama: Overcoming the Fear of Vested Interests – Sanusi Lamido, CBN Governor

Hello everyone and good morning. I’m very happy to be here with you. Just to tell you that I am a rather outdated person. I never really knew what the TEDeX event was, and when my daughter spoke to me

100 Years and 100 Interesting Facts About Nigeria

By Peregrino Brimah 1. Nigeria, with a 2013 estimated population of 174,507,539 is the most populous Black nation and the 7th most populated nation in the entire world, trailing after—from least to most—Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia, USA, India and China (1.3bn).

Cook Naija: Gizzards and Dodo

Nose to tail isn’t a passing fad in Nigeria, or a new culinary trend – it has and always will be a part of our food culture, of our heritage. It isn’t the offspring of one parent – poverty, but

Lagos Ranks in Top 10 Mega City Migration Destinations

Lagos has been ranked among the top 10 choice destinations for rural-urban migration in the world. According to data collected from social networking site, Facebook, which was published in the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, is one

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