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Personality
Nigeria’s Tunde Onakoya sets record for longest chess marathon
Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate has played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break…
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Entertainment
Ghana’s Amaarae and Nigeria’s Adekunle Gold for Afro Nation 2024
African pop megastars Rema, Amaarae and Adekunle Gold have been unveiled as part of the first wave of artists scheduled…
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Personality
Meet Rosy Fynn, Country Director, Mastercard Foundation Nigeria
Rosy Fynn is currently the Ghana and Nigeria Country Director at the Mastercard Foundation, overseeing the delivery of the Foundation’s…
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Sports
Cote d’Ivoire beat Nigeria to win AFCON 2023 final
Cote d’Ivoire sealed a magnificent TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations title triumph after coming from behind to beat Nigeria…
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Sports
Nigeria & Cote d’Ivoire to face off at AFCON 2023 final
A titanic clash awaits African football as Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire contest the CAF AFCON 2023 final on Sunday. This…
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Giving
Nigerian group crowdfunds prosthetic limbs for amputee children
Nigerian children with amputated limbs are getting help to walk again and to fight social stigma through the support of…
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News
Africa’s biggest oil refinery begins operation in Nigeria
Dangote Petroleum Refinery which is now Africa’s biggest oil refinery has begun operation in Nigeria, ending a yearlong wait for…
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Personality
Nigerian Helen Williams holds record for longest handmade wig
Nigerian wigmaker Helen Williams holds the record for world’s longest handmade wig, measuring 351.28 metres (1,152 ft 5 in). Helen spent…
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Education
Nigerian Ijeoma Uchegbu now Pres. of Wolfson College, Cambridge
Nigerian-British Ijeoma Uchegbu, a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience known for her ground-breaking work in nanoparticle drug delivery, will become the…
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Entertainment
How Nigerian hit movie ‘Black Book’ broke Netflix
This was the year Nollywood made Netflix history. The Black Book, a revenge thriller from first-time director Editi Effiong became the first-ever…
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