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Women You Should Know: Catherine Obianuju Acholonu 

  Catherine was a Nigerian author, researcher and political activist. She served as a Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Arts and Culture and was a founder-member of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). Read more about

Did You Know That Taslim Olawale Elias Was The First African To Earn A PhD In Law From The University Of London?

Elias was born into the traditional aristocracy of Lagos, then the capital of Nigeria, on 11 November 1914. Taslim Olawale Elias received his secondary education at the Church Missionary Society Grammar School and Igbobi College in Lagos. He married Ganiat

Adeola Ariyo: Nigerian-Ghanaian Model and Philanthropist

Adeola Ariyowas was born in 1986 in Lagos, Nigeria. Her father is Nigerian while her mother is Ghanaian. That is why she is always referred to as a Nigerian-Ghanaian. She is a model and beauty queen, and the first African

Do You Know Folake Solanke: The First Nigerian Female Lawyer To Wear The Silk Gown As Senior Counsel

  Chief Folake Solanke was born on the 29th of March, 1932. She is a Nigerian lawyer, administrator, and social critic. She is the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the first Nigerian female lawyer to wear the silk

Mitchell Elegbe, Interswitch Founder And CEO

Mitchell Elegbe is a Nigerian entrepreneur, engineer, and philanthropist born on November 14, 1973. He is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo state. He is also an alumnus of the Global CEO Program organized

Tayo Oviosu, The Software Engineer/Techpreneur

There has been a tremendous shift to a cashless and digital economy because certain situations can prevent branches of commercial banks to shut down temporarily when circumstances demand it. This week’s profile is on Tayo Oviosu, software engineer, founder, and

Legendary Nigerian Playwright, Ola Rotimi, Honoured By Google Doodle

Ola Rotimi created plays influenced by traditional architectural forms. Read more about Discover Nigeria Today, Wednesday, April 13, 2022, is the posthumous birthday of legendary Nigerian playwright Ola Rotimi, and global technological giants, Google, have chosen to honour him by

Corps Member Puts A Smile On Older Man’s Face

A member of the National Youth Service Corps, Adisa Olashile, has recently trended online for his benevolence towards an old man simply identified as Baba Onilu. Adisa who doubles also as an award-winning iPhone photographer and NFT creator, met the

TY Ogunkoya: One Of Nigeria’s Finest Super Models

Akintayo Ogunkoya, popularly known as ‘TY’ in the modelling industry is a 6 ft 1 tall Nigeria UK based model born in 1990. TY holds a degree in materials engineering from Imperial College in London. He became famous in 2008

Nigerian Scholar, Toyin Tofade, Emerges First Black Female President In American College

Tofade is a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree holder from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigerian academic scholar Toyin Tofade on March 16, 2022, emerged as the first black woman to be named president of the Albany College of Pharmacy and

Women You Should Know: Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim

  Khadija Bukar Abba-Ibrahim was born on the 6th of January 1967. The Nigerian politician and was All Progressives Congress member of the House of Representatives for Damatura/Gujba/Gulani/Tarmuwa in Yobe State was born to the family of Waziri Ibrahim and

Women You Should Know: Betty Abah

  Betty Abah was born on March 6th, 1974. She was born in Otukpo, Benue State, Middle Belt region of Nigeria. She obtained a first degree in English and Literary Studies from the University of Calabar and a Masters’s in

Did You Know: Hidden Treasures In Nigeria To Explore In 2022 (Pt 2)

Have you ever read through the packages offered by other countries for tourism? There is so much Nigeria has that has not been material for tourism exploration. We have looked at rolling hills, sand dunes, waterfalls, quarries, etc. but there

Nigerians In History: Idris Legbo Kutigi

Idris Legbo Kutigi OFR, GCON was born on the 31st of December 1939. He was born in Kutigi, North-Western State (now located in the Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State), Kutigi attended elementary school in that town and middle

Nigerians In History: Inuwa Abdulkadir

Inuwa Abdulkadir was a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was National vice-chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He previously served as Federal Minister of Youth Development from 2012 to 2013, before falling out with President Goodluck Jonathan

Women You Should Know: Rita Orji

  Rita Orji is a Nigerian-Canadian Computer Science Professor, a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology, and the Director of the Persuasive Computing Lab at Dalhousie University in Canada. A native of Enugu State, Nigeria and of Igbo extraction. Rita

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