Dr. Sian Proctor has made history as the first black woman to pilot a spacecraft. Known as the Inspiration4, the crew consisting of three other people blasted off into space in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Daily Mail reported. 51-year-old Proctor was announced as an Inspiration4 crew member back in March after she was selected as the top entrant of an independently judged online...
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (‘’Union Bank’’) has announced the appointment of Ms Aisha Abubakar into its Board, as an Independent Non-Executive Director, effective from 9th of September 2021. The Bank, in a statement filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) today, revealed that the appointment has been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). It would be recalled...
Miss Abuja, Oluchi Madubuike has emerged winner of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2021. The event was held on Saturday, September 19, 2021 at the Eko Hotel And Suites. Oluchi beat 36 other contestants to the crown. Miss Anambra, Maristella Okpala emerged first runner-up and will represent Nigeria at the Miss Universe pageant. Here are 9 things to know...
Brussels, a city in Belgium, has said it will name a new street after a murdered Nigerian sex worker, Eunice Osayande, as part of a wider campaign to recognize women. Osayande, who came to the Belgian capital in 2016 in a quest for a brighter future, was stabbed to death by one of her customers in June 2018. She believed...
Google has dedicated a special doodle to mark the 133rd birth anniversary of Japanese biochemist Michiyo Tsujimura today, September 2021. Tsujimura is a popular name in the world of science due to her ground-breaking research on the nutritional benefits of green tea. The doodle features a graphical representation of Tsujimura working in her laboratory with a cup of green tea,...
Gabrielle Union was left “devastated” and “broken into pieces” after Dwyane Wade confessed that he had conceived a baby with another woman. The Cheaper by the Dozen star, 48, got candid about her feelings on the situation for the first time publicly in an essay for Time, in which she recalled the couple’s emotional journey to welcoming daughter Kaavia James Union-Wade, now 2,...
Nigerian-born Pamela Uba made history as the first Black woman to win the Miss Ireland pageant for the first time since the event started in 1947, thereby breaking through a 74-year barrier. Uba was crowned Miss Ireland 2021 on September 5th, 2021. She shared the news via her Instagram page on Monday, September 13, adding that it still felt like...
Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University. A professor of physiology, she had served as acting vice-chancellor of the institution before her elevation. With this appointment, she becomes the ninth vice-chancellor of LASU and the second female to occupy the exalted post in the Lagos State-owned tertiary institution. Her appointment was announced in...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has been named in Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2021. She was named alongside world leaders like United States President, Joe Biden, and Chinese President, Xi Jinping, in Time’s September 15 publication. Time Magazine’s annual list of 100 most influential people in the world recognises “people whose ideas, example, talent, or...
YouTube has announced that the YouTube NextUp programme will be available in Nigeria and South Africa. The programme is an opportunity for local creators to take their content creation to the next level. Twenty creators with eligible channels will be selected to win a production stipend of $1,000 to be used for the acquisition of production equipment to advance their...