Chukwueze, Dele-Bashiru Make Tuttosport Golden Boy 40-man List.
Super Eagles forward, Samuel Chukwueze and Flying Eagles midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru have been included in the Golden Boy 40-man shortlist. Back in June, Tuttosport, organisers...
Category : Prizes & Awards
6-year-old Nigerian student emerges Africa’s youngest Microsoft specialist.
A six-year-old Nigerian student, Master Damilare Akano has emerged Africa’s youngest Microsoft Specialist in the Certiport international certification examination. Akano alongside 200 other students participated...
Gift Udoh: US Honours Nigerian Lady For Contribution Towards Farming
The United States has honoured another Nigerian, Gift Udoh, who reflects the great potentials the country holds. Udoh is also a 2019 Mandela Washington fellow...
UN Appoints Dangote, Adesina to Battle Global Malnutrition
The United Nations has appointed Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina,...
Oscar committee calls for Nollywood entries ahead of 92nd edition
Ahead of the 2020 Oscars, the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has called for entries. The Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has called on Nigerian...
Nigerian Cadet Officer Receives Special Award From UK Royal Army
Nigeria’s Cadet Officer, Sunday Linus Ogbole, has won the King Hussain Award by The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was given the award for being...
Chimamanda at 42, bags prestigious award in Germany.
Prolific Nigerian-born writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been honoured with the Kassel Citizens’ ” Prism of Reason” Award for “her vision of humanistic diversity”. At...
2 Nigerians among finalists for $25,000 Anzisha Prize for young African entrepreneurs
Two Nigerians, Abdulwaheed Alayande and Emmanuel Okon made the cut among 20 finalists to contend for the $25,000 Anzisha Prize for young African Entrepreneurs. Over...
Falz, Nasty C, Sarkodie make history with new BET award category.
BET International has announced the launch of a new category to honour artists from around the world during the BET “Hip Hop Awards” 2019. Artists...
Mathew Aneke, Win 2019 NLNG Science Prize.
Last Thursday, Nigerian-born Mathew Aneke won the 2019 Nigeria Prize for Science, alongside a Chinese researcher, Wang Meihong, for their works on carbon capture, utilization,...
Nollywood: NFVCB Chief, two others honoured at TINFF in Canada
Alh. Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director of National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) ,Moses Babatope, GMD FilOne Cinema and veteran Nigerian filmmaker Peace Anyiam-Osigwe have...
Two Nigerian Firms Penciled For Shell’s Innovative Prize
Two Nigerian entrepreneurs have been shortlisted among 21 finalists for the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards; a global competition which highlights and rewards businesses...
Ezekwesili, others bag Weizsäcker fellowship in Germany
A prominent Nigerian, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has been awarded a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin from September 2019 to...
Nigerian students win gold medal at SAGE competition in US.
A group of Nigerian students has bagged a gold medal at the 2019 Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) competition, for ‘Marist Air...
FUTA Alumnus Emerges Best Student In China
An alumna of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ayoola Oluwakemi has won the prestigious 2019 China Excellent International Students award. Oluwakemi is currently undergoing her Ph.D. programme in...
UNIZIK Students Top Studies In Chinese As 100 Bag Scholarships.
AWKA – Twenty-four students of the Confucius Institute of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka were among the 35 that passed the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) translated...
Nigerian school’s Air Quality Project wins gold in U.S.
Marist College, Yangoji, Abuja, has won a gold medal at an international school entrepreneurship competition in the U.S., Mr Romanus Ayeh, Team Coordinator, has said....
12th African Games: Nigeria win six gold medals in weightlifting
Team Nigeria has won six gold medals in weightlifting and three silver at the ongoing African Games in Morocco. The weightlifting event was held at the...
Nigerian Wins 2019 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction Awards
Authors Resoketswe Manenzhe from South Africa and Frances Ogamba from Nigeria have won the 2019 Writivism Short Story and Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction...
Chukwueze wins revelation of the season award.
Villarreal winger, Samuel Chukwueze, has won the player revelation award for the 2018/19 season at La Liga club. The award was announced on Villarreal’s Instagram page on Tuesday....
A Nigerian, Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele, and 11 others honoured for combating wildlife crime.
A Nigerian, Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele, and 11others have been honoured for demonstrating excellence in combating wildlife crime. The award was presented by the Animal Welfare Institute...
Celebrate Your Heroes, US Urges Nigerian Filmmakers.
The United States Consulate in Nigeria has urged local filmmakers and documentary producers to use their skills in telling stories about the African experience especially...
Nigerians win Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ contest
Contest across the United States, a film by Olamide Oladimeji and Ejiroghene, was selected as one of the top two. The film received an honorable mention...
8-year-old Nigerian, Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka Won Gold Medal At African Gymnastics Championship
8-year-old Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka started Gymnastics on her own when she was just two years old. Her parents discovered her talent and decided to help...
Nigerian sprinter, Jerry Jakpa, wins 200m in Europe
A week after failing to make Nigeria’s list of athletes to the Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco, Nigerian sprinter, Jerry Jakpa, won the men’s 200m...
Nigerian students shine at CFO Global Competition 2019
4 Nigerian students of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan have emerged as one of the top six teams at the 2019 CFO Global Case Study...
Burna Boy’s ‘African Giant’ Tops Chart On Apple Music In More Than 10 Countries
The African Giant is indeed standing tall amongst the rest. Burna Boy’s recently released album, ‘African Giant’ has bagged the number one spot on Apple...
Team Nigeria leads in African Cycling Cup
After two days of action at the maiden edition of the All African Track Cycling Championship at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja yesterday,...
African CEOs converge in Abuja as the 2019 Africa CEO merit awards hold in style
It was a night of galor at the Nigerian Merit Awards Secretariat, Merit house, Abuja as cream de la’cream in the private sector across Africa...
GTBank named best bank in Africa at Euromoney awards
GUARANTY Trust Bank, GTBank Plc has been named the Best Bank in Africa 2019 by Euromoney at its annual Awards for Excellence, which held...