Archives Tag: Bennet Omalu
Four Nigerians on the WorldRemit List of Top Africans in the Diaspora
April 19, 2022
WorldRemit, a leading provider of international money transfer services, has launched its list of Top Ten Most Influential Africans in the Diaspora. The company says the list celebrates the accomplishments of Africans who have made valuable contributions to various fields in the United States and their countries of origin. The WorldRemit list of successful Africans … Continue reading Four Nigerians on the WorldRemit List of Top Africans in the Diaspora
Nigerian Doctor Bennet Omalu Honoured By the American Medical Association for His Discovery of a Brain Disease
April 19, 2022
The American Medical Association has honoured Nigerian doctor Bennet Omalu with its Distinguished Service Award. The forensic neuropathologist was given the award for his discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease which mostly affects athletes engaged in contact sports. Dr. Omalu made the discovery in 2002, while conducting postmortem examinations on the … Continue reading Nigerian Doctor Bennet Omalu Honoured By the American Medical Association for His Discovery of a Brain Disease
Top Ten Nigerian Scientists Today
April 19, 2022
Who says Nigeria hasn’t got talent? And it’s not just about Grammy nominated singers and Nobel-prize winning writers. We have some real eggheads, people who delight in tearing apart those monstrous, mind-boggling equations that don’t make any sense to most of us- just to solve a real-life problem; world-class scholars who defy the taunts of … Continue reading Top Ten Nigerian Scientists Today
