Nigerian

Uyi Omorogbe is the mastermind behind NASO, a Black-owned contemporary fashion brand that marries Western and African culture to create timeless, minimalist pieces accented with authentic textiles from Africa. Designed in New York City but made in Africa, the apparel line is perfect for the fashion-forward global citizen. Uyi is a first-generation Nigerian-American who recently graduated […]

A Georgia man has reportedly been sentenced in connection to a scheme to obtain the personal information of school district employees in Connecticut. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Olukayode Ibrahim Lawal was sentenced to about 10 months in prison,  time he’s already served in New Haven, Connecticut. Lawal was reportedly indicted in May 2018 and pleaded guilty to one count […]

Meet 26-year-old Nigeria entrepreneur Silas Adekunle, who is currently the highest paid robotics engineer in the world! After graduating from the University of the West of England, he founded Reach Robotics in 2013, a company which aims to infuse gaming and augmented reality to perform functions. per The Guardian: He gained experience on robotics within a space of 4 […]

A suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform detonated explosives at a high school assembly in the northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum on Monday, killing…

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have managed to escape, officials said Monday. Nigerian security forces and federal government officials had denied reports of the mass abduction from three villages in the northeast state of Borno on June 22. Chibok local government chairman […]

A Nigerian man beheaded his father then ate his neck. The New York Daily News reports: Police in Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria, say that Nwode Chukwudi attacked his father with a machete. When police were called he also threatened to attack anybody who tried to apprehend him before being overpowered by officers. It is not […]