Nigerian doctor honoured by govt for top marks at Russian university

A Nigerian doctor has been fêted by the federal government in recognition of his astounding Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0, a near-impossible feat, at a Russian university in 2013 Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday honoured Dr Victor Olalusi, a young medical doctor who scored a GPA of 5.0 to graduate at the Russian National

Sierra Leone Ebola patients treated with survivors’ plasma

In Sierra Leone, donated plasma from survivors of Ebola is being used to treat patients at the 34 Military Hospital in Freetown, the country’s capital It took quite some time for the trial to be granted approval but the University of Liverpool, which is backing the trial, received approval and the first donations of plasma from

Medina Dugger – Diaspora Person of the Month

Q Can you please introduce yourself and tell us who you are? My name is Medina Dugger, I am a freelance photographer.   Q Please take us through your background and how you got to (the country you lived in before coming back home) I was born in the U.S. but my parents were free spirits and

LAGOS JOINS LEAGUE OF OIL PRODUCING STATES IN NIGERIA

This week, Lagos officially added another element to its already glittering economic prospects when reports confirmed it is expected to join the league of oil-producing states in Nigeria. A joint venture led by Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited has been exploring the Aje Field offshore Lagos, and have taken the final investment decision on the

Meet the Man Bringing Nigerian Textiles to Your Office Wardrobe

If you’re looking for the perfect pick-me-up for a tired office wardrobe, look no further than Post-Imperial, the label that’s using age-old Nigerian techniques to amp up your necktie When Niyi Okuboyejo, founder of the label Post-Imperial, left Nigeria at the age of 14, his mother told him how accepting and kind people were in

Spotlight On Nigerian Tech Startup That Seeks Patterns In Traffic Chaos

Emmanuel Adegboye attempts to bring order to the chaos of African public transportation systems with his tech startup, Bus Stop, and he has attracted the attention of some seriously connected players. Adegboye is one of 50 entrepreneurs from 24 countries, including five from Nigeria, selected to participate in the 2015 MITx Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, ITNewsAfrica reports. The bootcamp will be held Aug. 23-28 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

World’s First Malaria Vaccine Not For Profit, Drug Maker Says

A malaria vaccine 30 years in the making by British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is the first approved by European regulators for licensing in Africa, where it can be used on babies at risk from the mosquito-borne disease, AlJazeera reports. Malaria killed 584,000 people in 2013, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 80 percent of victims were under the age of 5. An injection of

Nigeria Committed To Qualifying For 2018 World Cup

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have publicly committed to the need for the national team to qualify as one of the African representatives taking part in the 2018 World Cup set to be hosted in Russia. This comes as the Super Eagles’ qualifying draw was revealed at an event which took place over the weekend

African Diaspora: More Women Own Businesses Than Men In Minnesota

More women own businesses than men in the U.S.-African immigrant communities of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, however, women say they have fewer financial assets than men, according to a new study. The Twin Cities are home to thousands of immigrants and refugees, many of them from Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria and Somalia, MinnPost reports. Many arrived in the northern U.S. area fleeing civil war

US gave Buhari names of oil thieves –Source

The United States of America has handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the President’s entourage during last week’s visit to the US confided in The PUNCH on Tuesday. “I can tell you that the President already has the list of names of the people engaging in