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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

  Michael Abiola Omolewa is a Nigerian diplomat, scholar, education historian, and civil servant. Omolewa is an emeritus professor of adult education at the University of Ibadan. He is a former deputy chair of the governing board of the Commonwealth of Learning in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Omolewa is also a member of the Commonwealth … Continue reading Do You Know: First West African To Be Elected As The President Of UNESCO General Conference: Michael Omolewa

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

Francesca Emanuel was Nigeria’s first female administrative officer and first federal permanent secretary. She was awarded Commander of Order of the Niger (CON). Early life Read more about Do you know? She was born on 19 September 1933, and had her secondary education in Holy Child College, Lagos and attended the University of Ibadan, where … Continue reading Do You Know : Nigeria’s First Female Administrative Officer And First Federal Permanent Secretary-Francesca Emanuel 

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

  Frank Nwachukwu Ndili was born on the 6th of October, 1934. He was the 1st Nigerian Nuclear Physicist and the 7th Vice Chancellor (President) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He served as Vice Chancellor (President) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 1980 until he was succeeded by Professor Chimere Ikoku in 1985. … Continue reading Do You Know: First Nigerian Nuclear Physicist – Frank Nwachukwu Ndili

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria Women

April 19, 2022

Doyinsola Hamidat Abiola (Nee Aboaba) was the Managing Director and Publisher of the National Concord Newspaper. She is the first Nigerian woman to be an editor of a Nigerian daily newspaper. Education and Career Read more about Do you know? Dr. Doyin Abiola was educated at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where she earned a … Continue reading Doyin Abiola: The First Woman Editor Of A Nigerian Daily Newspaper

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

Wale Adebanwi was born in 1969. He is a Nigerian-born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony’s College, Oxford where he was, until June 2021, a Professor of Race Relations and a Governing Board Fellow. He is currently a Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more about Do … Continue reading Do You Know? The First Black Rhodes Professor At St Antony’s College, Oxford Is A Nigerian?

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

  An Igbo from Onitsha, Anambra State, he was a science graduate of the University College of Ibadan and became involved in politics, later joining the military.  Emmanuel Arinze Ifeajuna was a Nigerian army major and high jumper. He was the first Black African to win a gold medal at an international sports event when … Continue reading Do You Know? Emmanuel Arinze Ifeajuna Was The First Black African To Win A Gold Medal At An International Sports Event

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria Men

April 19, 2022

Ephraim Omorose Ibukun Akpata was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the first chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, responsible for the 1998/1999 elections that re-introduced democracy in May 1999. Read more about Do you know Background Ephraim Akpata was born in 1927 in Edo State. He attended … Continue reading Do You Know The First Chairman of INEC? 

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Did You Know? documentary Nigeria

April 19, 2022

  The astonishing image of Morenikeji Lasisi also known as “Baba Kekere”, which literally means “small father” because of his diminutive figure has surfaced on the internet. This was coming after the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who ruled Oyo between 1970 and 2022. According to local collaborators, Baba Kekere, … Continue reading Baba Kekere Of Oyo Kingdom

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

  Working in a male-dominated profession like ADR poses different challenges to women at every stage. As a young arbitrator, one of the first challenges I observed is the unwillingness of senior and older male lawyers to appear before you as an arbitrator, particularly as a Sole Arbitrator. But this is where Dorothy Udeme Ufot … Continue reading Do You Know Dorothy Ufot: The First Akwa Ibom Woman To Become A Senior Advocate Of Nigeria

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

  Sir Olumuyiwa Jibowu, Kt was born on the 26th of August 1899. was a Nigerian jurist who was the first African to serve on the Supreme Court of Nigeria.The first African police magistrate, the first Nigerian High court judge, a pioneer of the Nigerian Judiciary and one-time Chief Justice of Western Region, Nigeria. Jibowu … Continue reading Do You Know Justice Olumuyiwa Jibowu: The Nigerian Jurist Of Many Firsts

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria Nigeria Women

April 19, 2022

  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 gown as Senior Counsel. She is also the first Commissioner of Western State and is … Continue reading Do You Know Folake Solanke: The First Nigerian Female Lawyer To Wear The Silk Gown As Senior Counsel

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Did You Know? Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

Florence Seriki MFR was born on the 16th of August 1963. She was the founder and CEO of Omatek Ventures Plc., the first Nigerian ICT company in Africa to assemble and manufacture computers and computer parts like computer cases, speakers, keyboards, mouse. Seriki was born in Lagos but from Delta State. She had her secondary … Continue reading The First Nigerian ICT Company In Africa To Assemble And Manufacture Computers And Computer Parts?

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Discover Nigeria Men Personality

April 19, 2022

  Chief Ògúnwán̄dé “Wán̄dé” Abím̄bọ́lá was born on the 24th of December 1932. He is a Nigerian academician, a professor of Yoruba language and literature, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He has also served as the Majority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. … Continue reading Do You Know Ògúnwán̄dé Abím̄bọ́lá? The First PhD Graduate of the University of Lagos

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Did You Know? Men Personality

April 19, 2022

  Born Louis Philip Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nnewi, Anambra state in 1909 as the only boy and second of four children. Sir Ojukwu attended Government Primary School, Asaba. In 1922, he proceeded to the only secondary School in the Eastern region at the time, Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar. After completing his secondary School education … Continue reading Do You Know Loius Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigeria’s First Billionaire?

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Awards Women

April 19, 2022

  Ebele Okoye was born on the 6th of October 1969, Onitsha, in Anambra State.  Okoye studied Fine and Applied Arts (Graphic design/Illustration) at the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu from 1985 to 1989. On arriving Germany in 2000, she did a guest programme at the University of Cologne, which she promptly left … Continue reading Do You Know Nigeria’s Prominent Animation Movie Director Ebele Okoye?

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