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Emma Ugolee
Emmanuel Chinenye Ugolee (born October 4, 1975), is a Nigerian media personality, producer, voice over artist and author. He was born in Jos, Plateau state. Early life and education Ugolee was born in Jos, the capital city of Plateau State, in north-central region of Nigeria in 1975. He hails from Isiala Ngwa North local government area of Abia State, in the south-eastern region of Nigeria. He got married on 13 September 2013 and got divorced in 2016. Ugolee was diagnosed with level 5 of chronic kidney disease in 2011. He had a kidney transplant in 2012 February 22 in India. The transplant was not successful and so he inevitably returned to dialysis, a three-time weekly treatment that keeps him alive in anticipation of another transplant. He is currently on the transplant wait list with Medstar Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. USA, where he permanently resides. Career In 1999, while Ugolee was in the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, He had gone on a televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plateau State
Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". With natural formations of rocks, hills and waterfalls, it derives its name from the Jos Plateau and has a population of around 3.5 million people. Geography Adjacent states * Bauchi State – to the north east * Kaduna State – to the north west * Nasarawa State – to the south west * Taraba State – to the south east Boundaries Plateau State is located in the North Central Zone out of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. With an area of 26,899 square kilometres, the state has an estimated population of about three million people. It is located between latitude 8°24' N and 10°30' N and longitude 8°32' E and 10°38' E. The state is named after the Jos Plateau, a mountainous area in the north of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Independent Television
Africa Independent Television, also known by its acronym AIT, is a privately owned television broadcaster in Nigeria. It operates Free To Air in Nigeria as the largest privately operated terrestrial television network with stations in twenty-four out of thirty-six states in Nigeria. AIT is also broadcast via satellite television from its operational headquarters in Abuja. AIT is a subsidiary of DAAR Communications plc, available throughout Africa, and via Dish Network to North America. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it was available on Sky channel 454 as a free-to-air channel (originally a subscription channel until 1 August 2016). An additional channel called AIT Movistar, formerly on Sky channel 330, ceased broadcasting on 28 July 2009. AIT International ceased broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 15 October 2019. Shutdown The Founder, Raymond Dokpesi, led a peaceful protest to the National Assembly on 6 June 2019 to submit a petition requesting a review of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Media Personalities
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. ''Nigeria'' is composed of various ethnic groups and cultures and the term Nigerian refers to a citizenship-based civic nationality. Nigerians derive from over 250 ethnic groups and languages.Toyin Falola. ''Culture and Customs of Nigeria''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 2001. p. 4. Though there are multiple ethnic groups in Nigeria, economic factors result in significant mobility of Nigerians of multiple ethnic and religious backgrounds to reside in territories in Nigeria that are outside their ethnic or religious background, resulting in the mixing of the various ethnic and religious groups, especially in Nigeria's cities.Toyin Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Abia State
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Births
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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List Of Igbo People
The list of Igbo people includes notable individuals who have full or significant ancestry traced back to the Igbo people of South-East and South-South geopolitical regions of Nigeria. This page also contains names of people who traced their African heritage through DNA testing to the Igbo ethnic group. Beauty pageant winners and models Miss Nigeria & Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria * Debbie Collins, Miss World 2016 Nigeria representative * Unoaku Anyadike, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2015, Miss World 2015 Nigeria representative * Iheoma Nnadi, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2014, Miss World 2014 Nigeria representative * Ezinne Akudo, Miss Nigeria 2013 * Sylvia Nduka, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2011, Miss World 2011 Nigeria representative * Fiona Amuzie-Iredu, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2010, Miss World 2010 Nigeria representative * Glory Umunna, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2009, Miss World 2009 Nigeria representative * Adaeze Igwe, Most Beautiful Girl in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Nigerian Media Personalities
This is a list of notable Nigerian media personalities. *Ebuka Obi-Uchendu * Frank Edoho * Moet Abebe * Munachi Abii *Aisha Salaudeen *Gbenga Adeboye * Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn * Taiwo Ajai-Lycett * Kayode Akintemi *Tisan Bako * Anny Robert *Nenny B * Didi Akinyelure * Joseph Benjamin * Andre Blaze *Monalisa Chinda *Stephanie CokerCS Nwilliams* DO2dTUN * Kolade Dominate Olowu *Eku Edewor * Yvonne Ekwere * Emmanuel "Mannie" Essien *Daddy Freeze * Murphy Ijemba *Linda Ikeji *IllRymz *Toke Makinwa * Tobechi Nneji * Chika Oduah *Femi Oke * Hamza Idris * Nedu Nwazobia * Kiki Mordi * Femi D Amele *Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi *Bolanle Olukanni * Jimitota Onoyume * Adaora Onyechere *Ikponmwosa Osakioduwa *Otosirieze Obi-Young * Mozez Praiz * Yemi Shodimu * Wofai Samuel *DJ Spinall *Cleopatra Tawo *Toolz *Tope Tedela * Jude Thomas Dawam * Emma Ugolee *Genevieve Nnaji *Yinka Ayefele {{DEFAULTSORT:Nigerian media personalities * Media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Awards Africa
The Future Awards Africa (previously known as The Future Awards) are a set of awards given by The Future Project, a social enterprise communications firm affiliated to Red Africa. The awards are intended to celebrate young people between the ages of 18 and 31, who have made outstanding achievement in the year under consideration. ''Forbes'' has described the awards as "Nigeria’s most important awards for outstanding young Nigerians". The idea for the awards was conceived by Chude Jideonwo, Adebola Williams, and Emilia Asim-Ita in 2005. History The Future Awards Africa first event was on February 6, 2006, at Magnolia Hall, City Mall, Lagos. The venue changes and the 2011 event was at the Landmark Events Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Since 2012, it has been held at the Altec Azcum in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. 2013's edition was hosted by on-air personality Toke Makinwa and rapper Vector. In 2013, the name of the awards was changed to The Future Awards Africa to reflect a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop World Magazine
''Hip Hop World Magazine'' is a weekly Nigerian music magazine established in 1995. It has sponsored The Headies award since the award's inception in 2006. The magazine's publisher is Nigerian journalist and music promoter Ayo Animashaun. References 1995 establishments in Nigeria Hip hop magazines Magazines established in 1995 Magazines published in Nigeria Weekly magazines {{hobby-mag-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HipTV
HipTV is a Nigerian basic cable television channel owned by Ayo Animashaun. The channel is the sole channel with broadcasting rights to The Headies. Headquartered in Ikeja, Lagos State, HipTV's features are centred majorly on entertainment ranging from latest music videos, entertainment news and lifestyle. History HipTV was launched in July 2007 by Ayo Animashaun as a broadcast platform for ''Hip Hop World Magazine'' but has since risen to become a music and entertainment channel. On November 5, 2013, HipTV was launched on Multichoice's DSTV as a 24-hour channel with a target audience from over 40 countries in Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area .... References External links * *{{Twitter 2007 establishments in Nigeria Television channels and stations est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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