The small Nigerian town of Nnewi has more naira billionaires per capita than anywhere else in the country.
Shortly before Nigeria’s independence in 1960, Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, reportedly Nigeria’s...

Four students of the Loretto Special Science School in Anambra state, are currently representing Nigeria in the world school debate in Indonesia. 



The students including...

A female student from Enugu state Ali Cynthia Chineche has passed her May/June 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with flying colours. The student set the record high after...

Emeka-Egbuna Chinecherem and Joyce Onubogu both from Anambra State scored the highest results in Nigeria.
The National Common Entrance Examination [NCEE] Board has published the Entrance Exam...

Thirty four years ago, precisely on April17 1983, Nigeria lost one of her most illustrious sons, Mallam Aminu Kano. His demise marked the end of populist, principled and ideology-based politics. He was...

Vernonia amygdalina are commonly called bitter leaf in English because of its bitter taste. The cooked leaves are a staple vegetable in soup and stews of various cultures throughout equatorial Africa especially...

Professor Chukwuma Soludo, erstwhile  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN  said  that by 2050  Nigeria’s economy will be ahead of France and the United Kingdom, UK.  He made this prediction yesterday at an event organised  by the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos to celebrate  the 241 independence anniversary of the United States of America,

Soludo in his own words:
"So  if we get our acts together especial...

Just back home from a listening and learning trip throughout rural eastern Congo. Seven years ago, I founded Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), a grant making and advocacy organization, focused on investing directly in the Congolese people. I feel beyond fortunate to have had the opportunity to again return to Congo, seeing friends, visiting with longtime grantees, and some of our newest partners.


Hard to believe this was my...

Washington, DC
April 27, 2017
What happens in Nigeria can no longer escape international attention.  Therefore, it behooves the practitioners of jurisprudence, especially Judges, to weigh their legal orders carefully, and to make sure their order meets legal sufficiency even in their own forums, before giving such orders.


Justice Binta Murtala Nyarko’s bail conditions pursuant to Nnamdi Kanu and his alleged accomplices...

The University of Johannesburg’s Humanities Faculty has received the Midas Touch with the addition of Nobel Prize winner‚ Professor Wole Soyinka.


Nigerian-born Soyinka‚ the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature‚ joins the university as a Distinguished Visiting Professor.



Professor Alex Broadbent‚ Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities said Soyinka's involvement will serve as an...

A Nigerian American super student,  Ifeoma Thorpe  -   17-year-old New Jersey teenager, has been accepted by all eight Ivy League schools this year — Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard. Ifeoma and her parents were immigrants living in New Jersey USA and they were originally from South east Nigeria.

Ifeoma won’t officially graduate from Morris Hills High School until June, and...

My Congratulation goes to Honorable Nnia Nwodo on being elected the new leader of Ohanaeze.  Nwodo is a force to reckon with; a man of integrity, a remarkable patriot and a first class citizen of Nigeria. When I listen to him speaks on the issues confronting Igbo nation and Nigeria; I am filled with pride, joy and optimism that finally the dawn of new day has been birthed. Igbo-Nigerians should be satiated for having such an illustrious son at the...

Arab country  Morocco applies to join Black ECOWAS...........  
Morocco is applying to join the Economic Community of West African States, the bloc confirmed Tuesday, a move that some analysts see as a continuation of checkbook diplomacy to consolidate the North African kingdom's claim on Western Sahara.


Morocco's application will be considered at the next summit of 15 member states in July, ECOWAS chairman Marcel de Souza...

QUEEN APPOINTS NIGERIAN WOMAN  NNEKA ELIZABETH ANIONWU DAME COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOR HER SERVICES TO NURSING PROFESSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.




Dame  Nneka   Elizabeth  Anionwu DBE FRCN is a British-born nurse, health expert, tutor, lecturer and medical professor of Irish and Igbo-Nigerian descent. Anionwu contributed to opening the first sickle cell and thalassemia counselling centre in the...