Archives Tag: Men we should know
Did You Know? The First Black Artist To Paint An Official Portrait Of The US President Is A Nigerian
April 19, 2022
Kehinde Wiley! That’s the name. Kehinde Wiley. Kehinde Wiley was born on February 28, 1977. He is an African-American portrait painter based in New York City, who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of black people. He was commissioned in 2017 to paint a portrait of former President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian National … Continue reading Did You Know? The First Black Artist To Paint An Official Portrait Of The US President Is A Nigerian
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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
Osinbajo Receives Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye Who Extracted a Tumor from a 23-Week Old Foetus
April 19, 2022
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo received at the Presidential Villa, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye, the US-based Surgeon who successfully led a medical team to a fetal surgery and won global acclaim for the feat. The surgeon from Ido Ani in Ondo State received global attention at Texas Hospital in 2016 after successfully carrying out a surgery on a … Continue reading Osinbajo Receives Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye Who Extracted a Tumor from a 23-Week Old Foetus
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Nigerian Wale Adebanwi Appointed As Oxford University’s First Black Rhodes Scholar
April 19, 2022
The University of Oxford has appointed Nigerian Wale Adebanwi to its Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations at the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies. He becomes the first black scholar to occupy the position since its creation over 60 years ago. Adebanwi, who has a long career in journalism and the academia, will be the next … Continue reading Nigerian Wale Adebanwi Appointed As Oxford University’s First Black Rhodes Scholar
The Baby Who Was Born Twice and the Nigerian Doctor Who Helped Save Her Life
April 19, 2022
There’s been a buzz recently about a surgical operation carried out in the United States which ultimately led to a baby being born twice- in a sense. But it wasn’t a medical stunt done by doctors seeking cheap publicity by toying with human life. It was a life-saving operation, one in which surgeons had to … Continue reading The Baby Who Was Born Twice and the Nigerian Doctor Who Helped Save Her Life
The MIT Graduate Who Wants to Set up Africa’s First STEM School in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
The machines that power the world’s economies are designed and built by scientists and technologists trained in the art of applying complex scientific principles to solving real life problems. Nigeria seems to be lacking in this respect, and this accounts for its great reliance on imported items. The current difficulty it faces with a negative balance … Continue reading The MIT Graduate Who Wants to Set up Africa’s First STEM School in Nigeria
The Nigerian Genius Who Smashed Russian Records with a CGPA Of 5.0
April 19, 2022
We have probably become used to reading stories about the outstanding feats being accomplished by Nigerian students across the world. Records which have stood for decades have come tumbling down in the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, South Africa and many other countries, thanks to the never-ending flow of brilliant minds whose fine deeds … Continue reading The Nigerian Genius Who Smashed Russian Records with a CGPA Of 5.0
Men We Should Know: Tony Elumelu
April 19, 2022
Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu is one of Africa’s most respected business leaders. He is well known for his achievements in and contributions to the growth of the banking industry in Nigeria, as well as his promotion of the idea that Africa’s private sector can drive economic growth on the African continent- a view which he refers … Continue reading Men We Should Know: Tony Elumelu
Victor Ekpuk: The Contemporary Artist Who Blends Art and Writings
April 19, 2022
Internationally renowned Nigerian-born Victor Ekpuk is set for his first major solo exhibition in Nigeria titled ‘Home Coming’ on the 9th of April in Lagos.
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Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: On a Mission to Digitalize Yorùbá
April 19, 2022
What would you do to save your mother tongue from going extinct? Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún is one of the very few Nigerians who have positive answers to such questions. And I made sure to spell his name correct; just the way it should be in Yorùbá. Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún is a Nigerian linguist, teacher and writer, and … Continue reading Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: On a Mission to Digitalize Yorùbá
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