Nigeria To The World

Paramount Pictures would be adapting the intriguing story of the 8-year-old Nigerian Chess star, Tanitoluwa Adewunmi. The 8-year-old Tani became the center of attraction after winning the 2019 New York chess championship while living in a homeless center on religious asylum. The 8-year-old, who was only introduced to the game at the age of 6 caught the attention of Paramount pictures after the commissioning of three books on his family by HarperCollins imprint W Publishing. A very big Congratulations to our very own Nigerian genius. 👏👏👏 Source: Femi Martins

Governor of California, Gavin Newsom appoints 36 year old Nigerian, Adetokunbo Omoishakin as 1ST black director of transportation. Before his appointment, he was the deputy commissioner for environment and planning for transportation in Tennessee. A big Congratulations to him. 👏👏👏 Nigeria 🇳🇬 to the world. 💪💪💪 Source: Femi

Jollof Box, is a Nigerian inspired fast-food brand founded in the UK back in 2015 by a mother and son duo. Mother, Sade is a renowned Caterer with over 40 years experience in the food and retail industry and Son Matthew is a Digital Product Consultant with over 12 years in business transformation. They recently got VC funds from the dragon's den platform to expand their reach to other parts of the UK. A FULLY HALAL outlet was launched last week which would serve a certain kind of customers. Nigerian 🇳🇬 brands are slowly but steadily gaining grounds internationally. Source: Femi Martins

WEST AFRICA'S YOUNGEST PHD HOLDER Dr Olaoluwa Hallowed Oluwadara had his PhD at the age of 24 in Mathematics, making him the youngest West African with a doctorate degree. He was born in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), and graduated from the University of Lagos, Akoka, as the Best Graduating PhD holder in 2013. He has two first (First Class) degrees and Master's degrees in Mathematics and Physics which were run simultaneously at the University of Bangui, Central African Republic. Olaoluwa Hallowed Oluwadara won the University of Bangui’s All Time Best Student Award from the Department of Mathematics (B.Sc), Best B.Sc Student Award in Physics, 2007 and Best M.Sc Awards in Physics and Mathematics respectively in 2008. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and his research has shifted to the more theoretical study of quantum ergodicity in mathematical physics which ultimately applies to optimization of various systems in computer science, th...