I6 -year-old Remy Destiny wins WIPO national design competition

A Nigerian teenager Remy-Chukwunyere Destiny has emerged the overall winner of the National Design Competition organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization, an agency of the United Nations in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art. The award was presented to him at the UN House, Abuja by the Director of WIPO Nigeria Office, Mr.…

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[Video] Chimamanda Azubuike: The making of a general

In 2021 Lieutenant Colonel Chimamanda Azubuike was one of the highest-ranking female officers in the US Military and by the following year, 2022 she was decorated as a Brigadier General. Born in the UK to a Nigerian father and Zimbabwean mother, Chimamanda who abridged her name to Amanda enrolled in the US Army in 1994,…

April 16, 20240Comments

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Meet Owowoh Oluchukwu Nigeria’s first female graduate from Sandhurst

Officer Cadet Princess Owowoh Oluchukwu made history on Friday as she became the first Nigerian female officer to graduate from the esteemed Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom. At just 24 years old, Oluchukwu joined 134 other Officer Cadets in London for the Sovereign’s Parade, marking the culmination of 44 weeks of rigorous…

April 13, 20240Comments

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Victoria Harrison: UK’s first blind ambassador to serve overseas

Victoria Harrison will become the UK’s first totally blind ambassador, leading the UK government’s relationship with Slovenia from August 2024 She will be the first ambassador to be accompanied by a guide dog, her 2-year-old Labrador golden retriever cross ‘Otto’ Approximately 15% of the Foreign Office’s UK-based workforce has a declared disability, as the government…

April 13, 20240Comments

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Breast Cancer Detector: Nigerian female engineer invents smart bra to track the ailment

Kemisola Bolarinwa, a Nigerian robotics and embedded systems engineer, has invented a smart bra that could be used to diagnose the early-stage of breast cancer even before symptoms develop. Engr. Bolarinwa reportedly made the invention known to the world in February 2022 by designing the prototype of the smart bra. The invention was spurred by…

March 27, 20240Comments

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Meet the 11 female CEOs of Nigerian banks

Give a girl education, she would achieve enviable heights – Hon. Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour If you educate a boy-child, you educate a man. If you educate a girl-child, you educate a nation. -African Proverb The announcement Dr. Adaora Umeoji as the first female Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive (GMD/CEO) of Zenith Bank Plc has been…

March 21, 20240Comments

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Adaora Umeoji becomes first female GMD/CEO of Zenith Bank

In what appears to be part of the International Women's Day/Month celebration, the Board Directors of Zenith Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Dr. Adaora Umeoji as the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive (GMD/CEO) of Zenith Bank Plc. She will be the first female to hold this position in the bank where she currently…

March 19, 20240Comments

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Ikenna Emewu appointed research director in Chinese university

The Institute of African Studies (College of African Area and Country Studies) of the Zhejiang Normal University (IASZNU), southeast China has appointed Ikenna Emewu, Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Africa China Economy Magazine a research director. The appointment was contained in a letter from the university, China’s foremost citadel in African studies and exchange dated February 20. The letter signed…

February 22, 20240Comments

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Behold the 17-year old math wiz, Esther Okade who has PhD in Financial Mathematics

For her uncommon mathematical prowess, a 17-year old British-Nigerian mathematician, Esther Okade has not only gained the spotlight, but a PhD in Financial Mathematics. By the age of 10, Esther who was born in 2005, got enrolled in a university mathematics course. At age 14, Ms. Esther earned her PhD in Financial Mathematics. She has…

January 24, 20240Comments

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65 Years Jinx Broken: Margaret Aina Oguntala elected Nigerian Society of Engineers’1st female president

After 65 years of its existence, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has elected its first female president. In a historic shift, the incumbent and 33rd president, Engr. Tasiu Sa'ad Gidari-Wudil will hand over the reins of leadership to the 34th and first woman president in the society's 65 years. Engr. Mrs. Margaret Aina…

December 22, 20230Comments

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