The Nigerian-Canadian Association of Calgary (NCAC) has honoured Phillips Oduoza and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for their sterling contributions to the economic development of Nigeria. While Oduoza is the chairman and founder of NOVA Merchant Bank, Okonjo-Iweala is the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) and a former Minister of Finance. The association conferred a distinguished citizen award on the duo at a gala night to mark Nigeria’s Independence Day in Calgary, Canada over the weekend....

The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has appointed Tobi Amusan as a youth ambassador of the state. Governor Abiodun made this known when he hosted the ‘golden girl’ and her management team at his Oke-Mosan office in Abeokuta on Tuesday. In addition to the appointment, the athlete also received a three-bedroom flat apartment and the sum of N5 million. Breaking the news on social media, the governor tweeted: “My adopted daughter and world-record holding...

Award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has been listed as one of the seven honorees to be awarded the W.E.B Du Bois medal by Harvard University. The university management made the announcement via their Twitter handle on Sunday. The W.E.B Du Bois medal is the highest honour given by Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research to honour the recipients “who embody the values of commitment and resolve that are fundamental to the...

The United States Government has honoured late Deborah Samuel. The West African Pilot News reports that Samuel, a 200-level student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, was lynched on campus by some Islamic extremists for blasphemy on 12 May. Deborah’s photo was uploaded on the website of the US Office of Religious Freedom whose mission is to promote universal respect for freedom of religion or belief. It also monitors religiously motivated abuses, harassment, and discrimination worldwide,...