Category: AWARD
BREAKING: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer win 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics
Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee of the US, French-American Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer of the US on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for their wRead More…
Nigerian education horrifying, country in serious trouble –Soyinka
Nobel laurete, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described the state of education in the country as horrifying, saying Nigeria is in trouble. The prolific plRead More…
BREAKING NEWS: Ethiopian Prime Minister wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Under his leadership, the two-deRead More…
Former Army Chief, Ihejirika Bags Quantity Surveyors Award
The former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Azubike
Ihejirika, has bagged a Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) award.
Ihejirika wRead More…
Nine Nigerian organisations receive $6.3m in journalism, media grants
The MacArthur Foundation Nine media organizations and institutions in Nigeria have
been granted more than $6.3 million in journalism and media fuRead More…
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 Read More…
Black man beats race obstacle, gets PhD from Yale University.
A black man, with the name Charles D. Brown II, broke the race obstacle associated with his skin colour, and got his PhD in Physics from Yale UniverRead More…
Kylie Jenner becomes youngest self-made billionaire ever
Kylie Jenner has been named the youngest self-made billionaire of all-time, thanks to the booming cosmetics company she founded just three years ago.Read More…
First black woman (Nigerian) to bag PhD in aerospace engineering.
Wendy Okolo, the first black woman to bag a doctorate — not honorary — degree in aerospace engineering, anywhere on the planet. Born to a familRead More…
Black Panther wins top prize at SAG awards
Superhero film Black Panther has won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards (SAGs). The box office hit picked up best ensemble cast award Read More…