HURRAY!! I know many of us can not wait for the Christmas holidays begin, so we can have time fore our loved ones, go shopping or even travel abroad for a break, away from our busy lifestyle in Nigeria. Well ...
I’m sure you understand that the international arena is made up of various entities. These include: states, non-governmental organizations, multinational corporations, and many more including each of us as individuals. These entities relate with themselves in various ways. Foreign relation ...
Nigeria is a vast country with over 250 ethnic groups. The Hausa-Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba which denotes the Northern, Eastern and Western Regions of Nigeria asides over 250 ethnic groups present basically represent the most predominant ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Nigerian languages is an integral part of the culture. It is commonplace to find persons in Nigeria who’re unable to speak their indigenous dialect asides the central language, thus not being recognized as true sons of the soil. The concept ...
There is no way you search for Gatwick Airport on the web, and not be overwhelmed when his name pops out. He is a Nigerian, a business man, and the man who acquired Gatwick Airport in 2009, in the United ...
The Sisters Forum, an umbrella body for female members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shi’ite), have alleged that some female members of the sect, were tortured and raped before they were killed by the soldiers, during the group’s clash ...
The child shown at the end of the latest Islamic State propaganda video is the son of a Nigerian and a south London woman who converted to Islam and left for Syria several years ago, according to her father, Henry ...
In Dallas, a Nigerian man is behind bars on charges that he tricked at least 17 Texas companies into handing over more than $600,000, in a fraud scheme the FBI says nearly quadrupled in prominence throughout 2015. According to court ...
SHAH ALAM – The Malaysian High Court has sentenced a Nigerian to death by hanging after he was found guilty of trafficking 915.6 grammes of methamphetamine three years ago. Judge Datuk Wan Afrah Wan Ibrahim made the decision after she ...
Olufunmilola Obe must be a very proud woman, as she has just be named the new boss of the New York Police Department (NYPD), thereby making her the first African to be promoted to the rank of a police inspector ...
Following public outcry, South Korean Presidential frontrunner, Kim Moo-Sung, has apologised to a Nigerian, Babalola Joshua Adekunle, for comparing his skin colour to a coal. Kim Moo-Sung, the leader of the country’s ruling conservative Saenuri Party and the leader in polling ...
Few days after Barack Obama, President of the United States of America appointed a 34-year old Nigerian, Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, as his National Security Adviser on International Economics, another Nigerian-American journalist and Anti-human Trafficking advocate, Bukola Love Oriola, has been ...
Following his role in the Star War Movie, as a Stormtrooper, some fans of the movie have continued to criticise the use of John Gboyega, a black character in the movie. Ever since the film’s trailer was released in 2014, ...
United State of America President, Barack Obama has appointed a Nigerian Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, as his National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs. Wale who replaces Caroline Atkinson, has served in top roles in the Treasury Department. He is 34years ...
Kenneth Olisa, was born in 1951 of a Nigerian father and a British mother, and a native of Nottingham, according to his wikipedia page. Olisa’s technology career commenced in the 1970s at IBM after he won a scholarship while an ...
170 people are being held hostage after gunmen attacked a five-star hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, an eye witnesses has said. The attackers numbering about 10, were heard shouting “Allahu Akbar”, opened fire outside the Radisson Blu Hotel ...
A maths problem, which has gone more than 150 years without a solution, has finally been solved by Nigerian academic Dr. Opeyemi Enoch. The Riemann Hypothesis was first proposed by Bernhard Riemann in 1859. Dr Enoch, who is a lecturer ...
Ahead of the World Football Governing body Elections, erstwhile President, Sepp Joseph Blatter, has declared his support for a Nigerian and former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, in the FIFA Elections as FIFA President. This is coming after Blatter ...
A 35-year old Nigerian man, Oshanugo James Anyasi, was sentenced by a Hanoi court to 12 years in jail on Tuesday, the September 29, for two separate fraud charges, including one for pretending to love women and conning them out ...
Nigeriam born and Austin Jay Jay Okocha’s nephew, Alex Iwobi has been called-up to the Nigerian national team by Coach Sunday Oliseh. This is coming ten days after Jordon Ibe of Liverpool committed himself to the English National Team. Iwobi ...
Uzo Aduba, a Nigerian-American actress, has won a second consecutive Emmy award for her role as an outstanding supporting actress in a drama series in Orange Is the New Black. It could be recalled that, Aduba won the prestigious award ...
Not many of us know about her unique story, in fact when I stumbled upon her story, I said to myself, it has to make headlines, it just has to make headlines. She is well known in other lands, especially ...
A Nigerian fugitive, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Ekun, who was arrested on February 12, 2015 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for identity theft-related offences, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Kingdom. He was jailed for the murder ...
Nigerian born Spanish lawyer, Helen Mukoro, has emerged the presidential candidate of an opposition party for the forthcoming election in Spain. She set a new record as the first woman to contest for Presidency in Spain and an immigrant to ...
A Nigerian scammer who was the ringleader of a fraud gang has been ordered to repay nearly £1million which he stole from the life savings of an innocent victim. Rilwan Oshodi bought Karen Budow’s bank account details for just £3,200 ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered and returned the sum of €10, 540 to a Polish victim of internet love scam. The victim, simply identified as Jamina, was allegedly duped €40,000 by the suspect, Gabriel Oseremen Xavi, ...
Highly reputable and well known across the world for his flamboyant wealth, Nigerian billionaire Deinde Fernandez has passed on. He died on Tuesday in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of 79 from what a source close to his family described ...
The film is based on the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the Nigerian-born forensic pathologist who first identified the devastating impact of repetitive head injuries on N.F.L. players. It’s a fairly traditional Hollywood story of injustice and “David versus ...
Like heroes of old who have written their names in the sands of time, new heroes continue to spring up on a daily bases, and what is most amazing is that, some of these men and women are Nigerians. Nigeria ...
A Nigerian citizen accused of receiving weapons training from al Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate and writing rap lyrics, among other contributions, for the group’s English-language media operations was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 years imprisonment in US prison, authorities said. Reuters reports ...
United Kingdom-based, Nigerian student, Evans Ochuko Ivwurie Jnr. from Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State has made history by becoming the first youngest First Class graduate in Economics, since the establishment of Royal Holloway University of London, ...
Professor Umaru Danbatta, the newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communication Commissions, (NCC) has pledged to enhance quality services in the nation telecom industry. Professor Danbatta whose appointment as the NCC is yet to ...
Notable fashion designers around the globe like Giorgio, Armani, Gianni Versace and so on use their given real names to market their brands. This is not so with Nigerian fashion designers. Take the case of Folake Folarin Coker’s line called ...