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Lebanese Nigerians
Lebanese Nigerians are Nigerians with ancestry from Lebanon. They form a community of 30,000-75,000. Some Lebanese families in Nigeria have lived in the country for multiple generations since the British colonial era, while others are more recent immigrants. History Colonial era People from Lebanon first migrated to West Africa in the 19th-century to flee oppression and economic crisis in the Ottoman Empire. Lebanese migrants often originally intended to reach Brazil or the United States, but many were stranded in West Africa due to financial problems. Other Lebanese migrants to West Africa mistakenly believed they had traveled to a vague geographic region called "Amerka" (misspelling of "America"), due to either their lack of education or deception by ship captains. Nigeria received a significant amount of Lebanese settlers due to its coastal city of Lagos serving as a major point of transit between Lebanon and the Americas.The first Lebanese immigrant to Nigeria, in Lagos, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 following the Government of Nigeria, government's decision to move their capital to Abuja in the center of the country. The Lagos metropolitan area has a total Population and housing censuses by country, population of roughly 23.5 million as of 2018, making it List of urban areas in Africa by population, the largest metropolitan area in Africa. Lagos is a major African financial center and is the economic hub of Lagos State and Nigeria at large. The city has been described as the cultural, financial, and entertainment capital of Africa, and is a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, and fashion. Lagos is also among the top ten of the world's fast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinubu Square
Tinubu Square (formerly Independence Square), is an open space landmark located in Broad Street, Lagos, Broad Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State, Nigeria named after the Yoruba people, Yoruba slave trader, merchant, and aristocrat Madam Efunroye Tinubu. It was formerly called ''Ita Tinubu'' before it was named ''Independence Square'' by leaders of the First Nigerian Republic after Nigerian independence and subsequently ''Tinubu Square''. History According to a historian, it was the location of the first court of justice which was replaced in 1918 by the Supreme court, Supreme Court or the Courts of Assizes, Court of Assizes, which was a magnificent structure. The Square was the melting point of different cultures, a place where the indigenous Lagosians, those of Brazilians, Brazilian extract and the Colony, colonial administration met. Structure The square is iron-fenced with two flowing fountains, flowers and tropical trees in it. It also contains a life-size statue of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Maja
Lola Maja (born Omolola Maja; 26 January 1978), also known as Lola Maja-Okojevoh, is a Nigerian make-up artist; her specialties include special effects, eyebrows and eyelashes. She is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of "Sacred Beauty" & "The SFX Store". She is known for working on several major fashion events and on major films such as ''The Figurine'' and '' October 1'', as well as several music videos. She has done make-up for celebrities, including Genevieve Nnaji and Tiwa Savage. She has also worked with major fashion magazines, such as ''Style Mania'' and ''FAB'', as well as models like Iman and Tyson Beckford. In 2015, she won the "Best Make-up" Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for ''October 1''. Background and early life Maja was born in Nigeria, to a father of Yoruba descent and a mother with Itsekiri, Lebanese, Italian, Indian and Scottish ancestry. She is a granddaughter of the Nigerian founding father Akinola Maja and his wife Comfort, who was herself the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May El-Khalil
May El Khalil is the Founder and President of the Beirut Marathon Association, which oversees the annual Beirut Marathon and has been held every autumn since 2003. It was accredited by the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) in 2009. In 2014, the race attracted over 38,000 runners from 104 countries. Biography Born in Aley, Lebanon, May El Khalil spent much of her adult life in Nigeria following her marriage to business man Faysal El Khalil. In Nigeria, she established the Lebanese Ladies in Nigeria, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting educational development by way of grants and scholarships. In 2001, after El Khalil had returned to Lebanon, she suffered a near-fatal accident that placed her in a coma. She spent two years undergoing dozens of surgeries that enabled her to walk again and inspired her to found the Beirut marathon. In the aftermath of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri's assassination in February 2005, the Beirut Mara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar M
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Anwar may refer to: * Anwar (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Anwar (singer) (born 1949), an Indian playback singer * ''Anwar'' (2007 film), a 2007 Hindi film * ''Anwar'' (2010 film), a 2010 Malayalam film *'' Al Anwar'', a Lebanese daily newspaper *MV ''Anwar'', a coaster originally named ''Empire Cape'' See also * Anwar al Farkadain (Eta Ursae Minoris), a star * Anwarul * ANWR * Anvar Anvar is a given name and surname. The name comes from Arabic and means "light", like the variant Anwar. Notable persons with the name Anvar include: Persons with the given name *Anvar Berdiev (born 1978), Uzbek footballer * Anvar Bikzhanov (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Fawaz
Mimi Fawaz is a Nigerian-Lebanese sports journalist, show host and presenter who currently works as a sports presenter on Focus on Africa, a BBC news programme broadcast on BBC World News alongside BBC Africa and BBC Sports. She has worked for CNN, ESPN and ITV Television networks. In January 2017, she hosted the 2016 GLO-CAF Awards alongside Nigerian actor Richard Mofe-Damijo. Early life and education Fawaz was born in Lebanon to a Nigerian mother who comes from Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria and a Lebanese father, but never lived there herself. She grew up in Nigeria. She is a graduate of City University of London where she studied for a masters in journalism. Career Fawaz started out as a journalist intern at CNN. She later went on to work at the ITN, ITV London and ITV News London platforms during which she interviewed the Sarah, Duchess of York. Whilst at ITV news she produced their coverage of the 2008 Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilal Fawaz
Bilal Kelvin Fawaz (born 3 April 1988) is a UK-based professional boxer of mixed Lebanese and Benin origin. He came to England when he was 14 years old. He was crowned the Amateur Boxing Association of England light middleweight champion. He has represented England internationally six times. He is variously credited as Bilal Fawaz or Kelvin Fawaz and in artistic output as NaijaBoy and as State Lezz. Biography Fawaz was born in Nigeria to a mother who was an immigrant from Benin and a father of Lebanese origin who didn't have Nigerian citizenship either. Fawaz says he had a difficult childhood. His mother abused him and his father took him away eventually leaving him with an "uncle", a relative or a family friend in Lagos. When Fawaz was 14, his "uncle" decided to take him to London, England "to reunite" him with his father. His mother had already been murdered in religious riots. Fawaz stayed in the UK starting age 14 on temporary permits without immigration papers ever since. On a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Darwish
Sam Darwish is a U.S. entrepreneur active in the telecommunications industry."Sam Darwish" ''Bloomberg rofile'. Accessed 9 February 2018. He is Chairman and CEO of IHS Towers, which operates more than 39,000 towers across three continents and listed on the NYSE in October 2021. Early life and education Darwish was brought up and educated in during the .< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Chagoury
Ronald Chagoury (born 8 January 1949) is a Nigerian businessman, the co-founder (with his billionaire brother Gilbert Chagoury), and CEO of the Chagoury Group Chagoury Group is a Nigerian multinational business conglomerate headquartered in Lagos, Lagos State. Founded in 1971 by Gilbert R. Chagoury and Ronald Chagoury, their businesses include construction and property development, flour mills, water bo .... Biography Ronald Chagoury was born in Nigeria on 8 January 1949, the son of Ramez and Alice Chagoury, who had emigrated from Lebanon in the 1940s. He was educated at the College des Frères Chrétiens in Lebanon, and studied business studies at California State University, Long Beach, US. Chagoury is married to Berthe, and they have two children. Chagoury's name has appeared in the Panama Papers. References 1949 births 20th-century Nigerian businesspeople 21st-century Nigerian businesspeople Businesspeople from Lagos Nigerian construction businesspeople Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Chagoury
Gilbert Ramez Chagoury (born 1946) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, diplomat and philanthropist, who lives in Paris, France. Early life Gilbert Chagoury is a Lebanese Nigerian who was born to Lebanese immigrant parents in Lagos, Nigeria. He studied at the Collège des Frères Chrétiens in Lebanon before returning to Nigeria. Business In 1971, he co-founded the Chagoury Group with his younger brother Ronald Chagoury, an industrial conglomerate with interests in construction, real estate and property development, flour mills, water bottling and purification, glass manufacturing, insurance, hotels, furniture manufacturing, telecommunications, IT, catering and international financing. Gilbert and Ronald Chagoury founded C & C Construction in the late 1970s, which was the forerunner of Hitech and ITB (these now form the Construction Division of the Chagoury group of Companies). Through their ownership of the Chagoury Group, Gilbert Chagoury and his family have an estimated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Calil (businessman)
George Calil (died 1967) was a Lebanese businessman who operated his business in the Nigerian city of Kano. He was a major groundnut trader in the 1940s–1960s and was one of the earliest entrepreneurs who invested in manufacturing units in the city of Kano and other parts of the country. Career George Calil arrived in Kano in 1928, and soon joined the groundnut trade. He was able to win minimal concessions from the commodity control boards which allowed him to become a producer agent. He settled in Kano with his family in the 1920s, with two sons and five daughters."The Secret World of Oil" Verso Books, Ken Silverstein, 05-10-2014 He established an experimental groundnut crushing factory in 1941 in Kano. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Calil
George Calil (born 29 March 1973) is an English actor known for his role in the TV mini-series '' Band of Brothers,'' where he portrayed Sergeant James H. "Mo" Alley, Jr. Early life Calil was born in England in 1973. He is the son of Lebanese businessman Ely Calil. Career In 2004, Calil starring in the special drama ''September Tapes'', as Don Larson, American journalist who travels to Afghanistan one year after 9/11, in an effort to learn the truth about the search for Osama Bin Laden. The film premiered and sold at the Sundance Film Festival. Also in 2004 he played the role of Pompey the Great in the remake of the 1960 film ''Spartacus''. In 2005 he starred in four feature films, ''Rollin' with the Nines'', ''Pterodactyl'', and ''The Film Maker'', and in 2006 he played the lead role of Detective Alex Taylor in the feature film ''Lycanthropy''. Personal life He also starred in the BBC drama, ''Holby City'', in which he played the drug dealing boyfriend of Sandy. Sandy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
