Diaspora (USA)

Two Nigerian-Americans Appointed As US President’s

Thursday, September 28, 2023
United States President, Joe Biden has appointed two Nigerian-Americans as advisers on African Diaspora Engagement in the country. The appointees, who are Osagie Imasogie and Chinenye Ogwumike, are part of the 12 members of the President rsquo;s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in ...

Arrival Of Independent Marketer's Fuel Vessel Ends NNPCL Monopoly

Thursday, July 20, 2023
Independent marketer importation of the first batch of petrol, 27 million litres, has arrived in the country, putting an end to a downstream monopoly market once enjoyed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Following the official end to subsidies by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, ...

Nigerian Woman, Amanda Azubuike Becomes A US Brigadier-General

Thursday, November 3, 2022
A Nigerian woman, Amanda Azubuike, has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General of the United States Army, at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. Amanda, whose father and mother hail from Nigeria and Zimbabwe respectively, serves at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentuck ...

Meet The First Nigerian To Acquire Toyota And Ford Dealerships In USA

Saturday, January 15, 2022
Faith Toyota and Ford Franchise/Dealership in Westminster, State of Vermont, United States of America is a unique and historical car dealership shop. It is a legacy investment in the automobile industry in the United States of America because there are only 1,500 Toyota and Lexus dealerships in Unit ...

USA Women Group Honours Stella Onuoha-Obilor As Industry Leader In 2021

Sunday, January 9, 2022
Nigerian-born Dr. Stella Onuoha-Obilor has been recognized in the United States of America as belonging to the ldquo;Top 10 Emerging Women Leaders of 2021. rdquo; The award was conferred on her in recognition of her contributions to the health industry and welfare of communities in the United St ...

Ime Ime Umanah, From Akwa Ibom Is The First Black Woman President Of Harvard Law

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Again, Akwa Ibom State has been placed on the world spotlight as their distinguished daughter meritoriously clinched the first black woman President of Harvard Law Review Journal. The prestigious Harvard Law Review has elected its first black woman president in its 130-year history. Ime Ime Umana ...

Ford-toyota Dealer From Nigeria Achieves Sales Dreams In Vermont

Monday, February 22, 2021
ldquo;The issue of acceptance was there at the beginning, but you have to find a way to fight through, rdquo; Faith Mba says. The seeds of Faith Mba 39;s entrepreneurial spirit were planted while growing up in Nigeria, but they sprouted thousands of miles away in Vermont. Mba 39;s jo ...

Kwara State Indigene, Adeoye Owolewa Wins US Election

Wednesday, November 4, 2020
There was wild jubilation in Omu-Aran community of Kwara on Wednesday, as its indigene, Adeoye Owolewa, was declared the winner of the U.S. Congress election for Columbia District. According to NAN, the residents, especially members of Igangu family where Owolewa hails from, embarked on celebrati ...

Diaspora Subscribes to Senator Binta Masi Garba and others 35% Female Affirmativ

Wednesday, September 6, 2017
No one understands affirmative actions like folks in diaspora, for witnessing and participating in various underprivileged ndash; immigrant ndash; alien ndash; minority programs in an egalitarian society, where privileges freely made available and accessible in countries of residence, however, it ...

'Work hard and stay focused ... you will reap success': Nigerian immigrant purch

Sunday, April 9, 2017
BRATTLEBORO mdash; You gotta 39; have Faith. That 39;s the slogan that Faith Mba has adopted for his new business, Faith 39;s Ford, which recently opened at the former Brattleboro Ford dealership. quot;The business is doing very, very well, and it 39;s growing faster than we thought it woul ...
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