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Chika Oriuwa, Nigerian, named valedictorian of University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine

Global UpfrontJun 4, 2020June 4, 20200

Four years ago, Oriuwa was the only black student in a class of 259 Becomes the second black woman valedictorian and the first woman in

268 Nigerians stranded in China arrives Abuja

Global UpfrontMay 30, 2020May 30, 20200

Two hundred and sixty eight (268( Nigerians who were stranded in China as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) imposed lockdown on international travels landed

IOM deplores killing of 30 trafficked migrants in Libya

Global UpfrontMay 29, 2020May 29, 20200

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), on Thursday, deplored killing of 30 trafficked migrants in western Libya. “The tragedy that occurred is a smuggling warehouse

Timi Adelakun Becomes First Black Valedictorian At Florida High School With 5.6 GPA

Global UpfrontMay 24, 2020May 24, 20200

by Derek Major, Black Enterprise The headline is not a typo. Timi Adelakun has become the first black valedictorian of South Broward High School in

Group decries Canadian govt’s refusal of landing right to Air Peace to airlift COVID-19 stranded Nigerians

Global UpfrontMay 23, 2020May 23, 20200

The Aviation Safety Roundtable Initiative (ART) has decried refusal of the Canadian Government to allow Air Peace landing rights to transport the stranded Nigerians in

Nigerian-Canadian valedictorian at McMaster University speaks on success, life and experiences

Global UpfrontMay 23, 2020May 23, 20200

Meet the Health Sciences valedictorian Daily News, McMaster University, May 21, 2020 If you could have any superpower what would it be? What is your

Meet Nnamdi Ezenwa: The Nigerian-American Valedictorian At Thurgood Marshall Law School Class of 2020

Global UpfrontMay 19, 2020May 19, 20200

By Brittany Ireland | HBCUBUZZ / africans-in-america.com, May 18, 2020 Congratulations are in order for Nnamdi Ezenwa. For the first time in 13 years, the

Three Nigerian Dubai returnees test positive to COVID-19 in Lagos

Global UpfrontMay 17, 2020May 17, 20200

Three of the Nigerian Dubai returnees observing the 14 days mandatory isolation in Lagos have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic. On May 6, the Federal

Sonala Strikes Sixty-Five

Global UpfrontMay 15, 2020May 15, 20200

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Friday, May 15, in this Corona-tainted year of 2020 marks the 65th birthday of the inimitable journalist’s journalist Sonala Olumhense. I

Meet Harvard Law School’s First Nigerian Professor, Delphia Umunna

Global UpfrontMay 15, 2020May 15, 20200

By Dana Givens, Black Enterprise, May 13, 2020 Diversity in academia has been an issue for decades across most of the country’s (U.S.) elite universities.