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CareerOluwaseyi Shorinola, Emmanuel Balogun, Rufus Akinyemi Get $391500 Research Grant by LazyGold(op): 12:40am On Apr 30, 2019
3 Nigerians, Others Each Get $391,500 Research Grant To Develop Africa

Nigerian-born scientists, Oluwaseyi Shorinola, Emmanuel Balogun, Rufus Akinyemi and 27 other early career African scientists were last week in Naivasha, Kenya honoured with $391,500 each for a two- year research project aimed at developing the continent.

The African Academy of Sciences, AAS, and the Royal Society’s FLAIR supported by the UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund is designed to help talented early-career researchers, whose science is focused on the needs of the continent, establish independent careers in African institutions and ultimately, their own research groups.

The scientists were selected from a competitive pool of more than 700 applicants. Their research is diverse, ranging from providing renewable energy solutions and addressing climate change, to tackling food security and targeting health and environmental problems for people living in African countries.

In a chat with Health & Living, Shorinola who will be relocating to the International Livestock Research Institute in Kenya to carry out his research, said his work would focus on rapid mining and mobilisation of beneficial gene alleles to improve wheat production in East Africa. According to him, the food security challenge anticipated in Africa in the near future is clear as in less than four decades from now, Africa must feed an additional 1.3 billion people more than half of whom will be living in urban areas. “Wheat will play a critical role in ensuring food security in Africa as increases in urbanisation has triggered changes in food consumption patterns with a shift from traditional food to easy-to-cook foods that are mostly derived from wheat.”

“Wheat production in Africa is currently characterised by low yields, high susceptibility to diseases, and poor end-user quality due to the use of poor quality seed with low genetic potential.

“I propose a low-risk, high-reward and excellent scientific approach to mobilise, evaluate and discover beneficial genetic variation to improve wheat production in East Africa.”

Also, Dr, Rufus Akinyemi who is from the University of Ibadan is looking into the genetic basis for memory loss after a stroke. According to Akinyemi, people of African descent are particularly prone to worse stroke outcome.


Dr Emmanuel Balogun from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria is identifying a compound to neutralize the sleeping sickness parasite, (trypanosomiasis).

Balogun said he was motivated by the fact that Africa loses about $5 billion annually to trypanosomiasis.

According to him, sleeping sickness and nagana affects humans and livestock respectively and have been identified as two major diseases that have partly contributed to the poverty and underdevelopment in Africa. His dream is to develop affordable drugs for such neglected tropical diseases.

Reacting to the programme, Professor Felix Dapare Dakora, President, AAS, welcomed the FLAIR grantees to its postdoctoral family.

“We recognise that well-planned postdoctoral programmes are critical in promoting scientific and research excellence and leadership in Africa and so I want you to be catalytic in inspiring African institutions to critically think about the role of and defining postdoctoral programmes that suit their needs and purpose and can be instrumental in driving socio-economic development on the continent.”

On her part, Dr Judy Omumbo, Programme Manager, Affiliates and Postdoctoral Programmes, explained that FLAIR grantees would have access to AAS’ wider programme of support to develop them as independent research leaders including leadership, entrepreneurship and media, science communication among others.

In the views of Professor Richard Catlow, Foreign Secretary, the Royal Society, “These scientists represent the next generation of leading African scientists, and we are incredibly proud to be part of a programme that is investing in them at such a crucial point in their careers.

“Fostering science and innovation for social benefit and prosperity is key to the wellbeing of any society, and investing in Africa’s scientific talent holds the greatest potential to tackle global challenges and improve quality of life.”

www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/3-nigerians-others-each-get-391500-research-grant-to-develop-africa/amp/

EducationRe: Ilesanmi Adesida, First African To Head University of Illinois, Public Ivy in US by LazyGold(op): 12:10am On Apr 30, 2019
Kolping:
Killeen 2015-present
Timothy L. Killeen was named as the 20th president of the University of Illinois in November 2014 after a national search. He assumed office on May 18, 2015, following the retirement of Robert Easter.

"The University of Illinois will continue to broaden opportunity; educate, enrich, and empower our students; discover, create, and disseminate the new knowledge needed for our common future; and drive economic development through innovation – all with a commitment to scholarship and excellence and in service to the public good,” he said at the time of his selection.

During his first week in office, Killeen and the three campus chancellors visited all three campuses of the U of I as well as the regional campuses in Peoria and Rockford. In addition to meeting with groups of students and faculty, they hosted town hall meetings at each location to gather input and hear concerns.

Before he took office, Killeen was charged by the Board of Trustees to develop a university-wide strategic plan.
He was the provost and vice Chancellor of the University which means he was still one of the Head of the University, it doesn't necessarily mean he was going to be the number one in power but he was part of the Executive and the head of the University

The Board of Trustees have the highest power in the university

EducationRe: Ilesanmi Adesida, First African To Head University of Illinois, Public Ivy in US by LazyGold(op): 11:46pm On Apr 29, 2019
Kolping:
About the Presidents - University of Illinois System

List of University of Illinois Presidents
Below is the list of the Presidents of University of Illinois System and their terms.
Today, the President administers 3 campuses.

Presidents of the University of Illinois Presidential Years
John Milton Gregory 1867–1880
Selim H. Peabody 1880–1891
Thomas J. Burrill 1891–1894
Andrew S. Draper 1894–1904
Edmund J. James 1904–1920
David Kinley 1920–1930
Harry W. Chase 1930–1933
Arthur H. Daniels 1933–1934
Arthur C. Willard 1934–1946
George D. Stoddard 1946–1953
Lloyd Morey 1953–1955
David D. Henry 1955–1971
John E. Corbally 1971–1979
Stanley O. Ikenberry 1979–1995
James J. Stukel 1995–2005
B. Joseph White 2005–2009
Stanley O. Ikenberry (Interim) 2010–2010
Michael Hogan 2010–2012
Robert Easter 2012–2015
Timothy Killeen 2015–Present

https://www.uillinois.edu/president/history/about_the_presidents/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Illinois_Presidents
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/nigerian-prof-makes-history-in-us-heads-ivy-league-school/amp/

EducationRe: Ilesanmi Adesida, First African To Head University of Illinois, Public Ivy in US by LazyGold(op): 11:31pm On Apr 29, 2019
Kolping:
In the United States, a college or university is typically supervised by a President [/b]or Chancellor who reports regularly to a Board of Trustees (made up of individuals from outside the institution) and [b]who serves as Chief Executive Officer. Most large colleges and universities now use an administrative structure with a tier of vice presidents, among whom the Provost (or Vice President for Academic Affairs, or Academic Dean) serves as the chief academic officer.

Professor Adesida was the vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at the University of Illinois, Urbana campus (2012 - 2015), which is the equivalent of a Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) - Academic in the Nigerian university system. He was never the head of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/nigerian-prof-makes-history-in-us-heads-ivy-league-school/amp/

EducationRe: Ilesanmi Adesida, First African To Head University of Illinois, Public Ivy in US by LazyGold(op): 11:29pm On Apr 29, 2019
ValCon888:
Where is the Ivy league School?
Ignorant blogger looking for traffic.

These are the Ivy League Schools
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Penn, and Yale.

Modified; even your Aba public Ivy does not have the school listed.
You edited your thread to add the word public if not you would have passed it as an Ivy League School. But can you edit the truth?
And for all those quoting me, you can suck my dìck while I'm taking a piss.
Yes you can not edit the truth, so why did you exclude the worthy runners-up?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/nigerian-prof-makes-history-in-us-heads-ivy-league-school/amp/

Even Vanguard referred to the University as Ivy League School

CrimeRe: Ten Nigerians without valid visa, arrested in Sri Lanka by LazyGold(m): 11:15pm On Apr 29, 2019
Some Africans like using Nigeria Identify abroad or why must it be Nigeria all the time? undecided
EducationRe: Ilesanmi Adesida, First African To Head University of Illinois, Public Ivy in US by LazyGold(op): 10:35pm On Apr 29, 2019
ValCon888:
Your Ivy League is made in Aba. Stop misleading people.
I am not misleading people but you are the one that is Ignorant, Ivy leagues are private universities but there are universities that is being refer to as Public Ivies in USA


Take it or leave it, but I am not misleading people

EducationRe: Ilesanmi Adesida, First African To Head University of Illinois, Public Ivy in US by LazyGold(op): 9:26pm On Apr 29, 2019
ValCon888:
Where is the Ivy league School?
Ignorant blogger looking for traffic.

These are the Ivy League Schools
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Penn, and Yale.
University of Illinois is a public university and is part of Public IVY in United States


IVY league are private Universities but they also have Public IVY league in USA that consist of Public Universities

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy

EducationRe: Ilesanmi Adesida, First African To Head University of Illinois, Public Ivy in US by LazyGold(op): 7:37pm On Apr 29, 2019
Lalasticlala
EducationIlesanmi Adesida, First African To Head University of Illinois, Public Ivy in US by LazyGold(op): 7:34pm On Apr 29, 2019
Ilesanmi Adesida (born 1949, Ifon, Ondo State, Nigeria) is a naturalized American physicist of Yoruba Nigerian descent. He has been the provost at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan, from September 2016.

Adesida is also the Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; he retired from Illinois in 2016. In May 2012, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois selected Adesida to be the next vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost of the Urbana campus, a position he held from August 15, 2012 to August 31, 2015. Other positions that Adesida held at Illinois included Dean of the College of Engineering, Director of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Director of the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and Professor of the Coordinated Science Laboratory. Adesida was also a member of the board of Fluor Corporation from 2007 to 2011.

Adesida's field of academic research is nanotechnology with special emphasis on high speed devices used in communications. His research expertise also includes nanofabrication science and technology, high-speed optoelectronic devices and wide-bandgap materials and devices.

Adesida earned his bachelor's (1974), master's (1975), and doctoral (1979) degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Research

Adesida is an expert in the processing of semiconductors and other materials at the nanometer-scale level and in ultra-high-speed heterostructure field-effect transistors—the sort of transistors used in cell-phones, fiber optics communications, deep space communications, and other applications. His contributions have provided insights into the limits of advanced lithography and other nanofabrication techniques.

He and his students continue to work in the areas of nanoelectronics and high-speed optoelectronic devices and circuits. Recent work has focused on the development of devices and circuits in the key materials such as indium phosphide and gallium nitride utilized in high-performance wireless, optical fiber communications, and high temperature applications. He has published over 350 referenced papers, has presented over 250 papers at international conferences, and has written many book chapters.

Professional organizations and honors

Adesida is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Vacuum Society, and the Optical Society of America.

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, the Materials Research Society, and the Society for Engineering Education.

In 1994, he received the Oakley-Kunde Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education from Illinois, and in 1996 he won the Best Paper Award at the Micro- and Nano-Engineering Conference. In 2011, he was awarded the Electrons Devices Society Distinguished Service Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. In 2016, he won the Functional Materials John Bardeen Award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.

At Illinois he was appointed a University Scholar and an Associate Member of the Center for Advanced Study. He is a former president of the IEEE Electron Device Society, a winner of the EMSA Presidential Student Award; an IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Lecturer (1997–2002); a member of the Bohmische Physical Society (1988); and the holder of an IBM Postdoctoral Fellowship (1979–1981).

In 2013 he was selected by the Carnegie Foundation of America as a 2016 Great Immigrant Honoree.

https://ece.illinois.edu/directory/profile/iadesida

Nairaland GeneralRe: 1.4b Facebook Members Predicted To Die By 2100 by LazyGold(op): 5:39pm On Apr 29, 2019
lalasticlala
Nairaland General1.4b Facebook Members Predicted To Die By 2100 by LazyGold(op): 5:26pm On Apr 29, 2019
At least 1.4 billion Facebook members have been predicted to die before 2100, as a result of which dead members on the social media platform could outnumber the living members by 2070.

A new analysis conducted by researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (part of the University of Oxford, England) said the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within 50 years – a trend that it said will have grave implications for the world’s digital heritage in the future.

From their analysis, the researchers said if Facebook continues to expand at current rates, the number of deceased members could reach as high as 4.9 billion before the end of the century.

With an estimated 2.32 billion monthly active users as of the fourth quarter of 2018, Facebook is currently rated the world’s largest social network.

The predictions are based on data from the UN, which provide the expected number of mortalities and total populations for every country in the world distributed by age, and Facebook data scraped from the company’s Audience Insights feature.

Nigeria is ranked as African’s highest internet using country, making up 27.4 percent of the continent’s total usage. According to statcounter GlobalStats, Nigeria had 79.25 percent Facebook users between March 2018 and March 2019.

Statistics also predict that the number of Facebook users in Nigeria is expected to reach 30.4 million, up from 22.4 million in 2018.

Lead author of the analysis, Carl Ohman, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute said the statistics give rise to new and difficult questions around who has the right to all this data, how should it be managed in the best interests of the families and friends of the deceased and its use by future historians to understand the past.

“On a societal level, we have just begun asking these questions and we have a long way to go. The management of our digital remains will eventually affect everyone who uses social media, since all of us will one day pass away and leave our data behind.

“But the totality of the deceased user profiles also amounts to something larger than the sum of its parts. It is, or will at least become, part of our global digital heritage,” Ohman stated.

“Co-author of the study, David Watson, also a DPhil student at the Institute explained: “Never before in history has such a vast archive of human behaviour and culture been assembled in one place. Controlling this archive will, in a sense, be to control our history.

“It is therefore important that we ensure that access to these historical data is not limited to a single for-profit firm. It is also important to make sure that future generations can use our digital heritage to understand their history.”

Ohman said the analysis sets up two potential extreme scenarios, arguing that the future trend will fall somewhere in between.

“The first scenario assumes that no new users join Facebook as of 2018. Under these conditions, Asia’s share of dead users increases rapidly to account for nearly 44 percent of the total by the end of the century.

“Nearly half of those profiles come from India and Indonesia, which together account for just under 279 million Facebook mortalities by 2100. “The second scenario assumes that Facebook continues to grow by its current rate of 13 percent globally, every year, until each market reaches saturation.”

Ohman stated that under these conditions, Africa will make up a growing share of dead users.

“Nigeria, in particular, becomes a major hub in this scenario, accounting for over 6 percent of the total. By contrast, Western users will account for only a minority of users, with only the US making the top 10.

“The results should be interpreted not as a prediction of the future, but as a commentary on the current development, and an opportunity to shape what future we are headed towards.

“But this has no bearing on our larger point that critical discussion of online death and its macroscopic implications is urgently needed.

Facebook is merely an example of what awaits any platform with similar connectivity and global reach,” Ohman explained.

Watson added: “Facebook should invite historians, archivists, archaeologists and ethicists to participate in the process of curating the vast volume of accumulated data that we leave behind as we pass away.

“This is not just about finding solutions that will be sustainable for the next couple of years, but possibly for many decades ahead.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/1-4b-facebook-members-predicted-to-die-by-2100/amp/

CrimeRe: Three Killed' As Gunmen Raid Community In Rivers by LazyGold(op): 5:03pm On Apr 29, 2019
lalasticlala
CrimeThree Killed' As Gunmen Raid Community In Rivers by LazyGold(op): 4:52pm On Apr 29, 2019
Three Killed' As Gunmen Raid Community In Rivers

At least three people were reported killed on Friday in Eneka community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State when a group of gunmen started shooting sporadically near a football viewing centre.

Several persons, mostly youth, sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries as the gunmen opened fire on residents of the area.

It was learnt that the incident happened when the premiership match between Liverpool and Huddersfield was ongoing, and the residents ran helter-shelter looking for cover to avoid being hit by bullets.

A source said the incident was one of the cult-related attacks that had affected some parts of the state.

“The gunmen came at the end of the first half of the Liverpool versus Huddersfield match," he said.

"Some persons were seriously injured because they were shot by the gunmen. Though we learnt that three persons had died, we have not been able to verify that yet. But it was terrifying. By the time some policemen arrived, the gunmen had left, leaving the community in agony. Many with gunshot injuries were rushed to hospital after the gunmen left."

http://saharareporters.com/2019/04/29/three-killed-gunmen-raid-community-rivers

PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 3:04pm On Apr 29, 2019
kikake:
Vice president of Nigeria is constitutionally nearly powerless.
Continue to write, with your belief that you are writing for kids in the kindergarten.


In Nigeria nearly equally divided between Muslims and Christians, why would Buhari/APC field only Muslims in nearly every govt department, if not for working toward an Islamic theocratic State of Nigeria?
Continue to wallow in Your Conpiracy theories
PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 2:46pm On Apr 29, 2019
Arysexy:
Mumu, you are better than no Igbo.

You must be an Afonjamudeen not to know a Christian kneels for prayers.

You are comparing totally different scenarios. GEJ is expected to kneel and pray or be prayed for as a Christian. Just as a Buhari will remove his shoe ( no matter d price) and enter a mosque, squat and pray.


I repeat, you are no way better and educated than Igbos #FACT.


So shut up!
The fact that you think it is right for a Christian to do the same thing but wrong for a Muslim show your hypocrisy and prove your illiteracy. Yoruba is better than you and that is a fact and I am not a Muslim
PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 2:41pm On Apr 29, 2019
kikake:
Did Goodluck Jonathan attempt to field Christians to man the most important govt departments in Nigeria?


Only a ignoramus non Muslim from Nigeria would fail to understand that Buhari/APC is working for a Theocratic state of Nigeria, as Buhari/APC is fielding Muslims to head all important departments in Nigeria's govt
The Vice president of this country is a Christian,

It is only losers that believe in conspiracy theories, nothing to be afraid of when you are a winner
PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 2:33pm On Apr 29, 2019
immhotep:
I know you prefer to give your undivided attention to the kaliphate overlords grin

cc lzaa adaibeku
I don't see you say the same thing when GEJ knelt before Adeboye

PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 2:27pm On Apr 29, 2019
Arysexy:
Balderdash!

Totally different scenarios

Those u posted were greeting the king, which I have no problem with.

Femi has greeted d King, rather than get seated, he further crawled and sat on the floor to prove what?

The person that called out Gbajabiamila is a Yoruba that knows Yoruba culture more than you. So what concerns south East with your useless rants?

How better are you compared to people of SE extraction since your people have been ruling?


Shut Ur trap, you are not God
Your people are the one wailing all over the Thread and we are 100% better than you.

When GEJ knelt before Adeboye did you do the same wailing? GEJ was a sitting president when he knelt before Adeboye, did you call him a slave for that? You guys are still with Primitive brain, you see everything exactly like a backward tribe

PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 2:07pm On Apr 29, 2019
Arysexy:
What nonsense are you defending? The two visitors that came with Femi were seated beside d Seriki while desperate Eye service Femi sat on d floor like a crippled man just bc of political support.

Shame!


May I never worship my fellow man bc of what I will get
It is people that haven't achieve anything in life that usually talk the way you do.


So what would you say about these pictures?


Emir of Kano bowed before Alaafin of Oyo

Hon Umar Bago bowed before Ooni of Ife


GEJ knelt down before Pastor Adeboye when he was a President


Why must you people let Hate reign in your midst?

All men must serve, all men must die

Even before you eat and earn you have to serve


This is the reason why it would be hard for South Easterner to become the president of this country

PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 2:03pm On Apr 29, 2019
uzobaby:
Did APC call him names or nothuh?
Nobody call him names
PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 2:02pm On Apr 29, 2019
oilPUSSY:
Delusion grin
You people and your desire for Hatred

What would you say about this?

PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 1:58pm On Apr 29, 2019
oilPUSSY:
Delusion grin
So what would you say about this?

That's emir of Kano

PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Slams Femi Gbajabiamila For Sitting Before An Islamic Scholar by LazyGold(m): 1:50pm On Apr 29, 2019
uzobaby:
All of you shouting ffk...even if he prostrate before Oyedepo. .he is not a political office holder and not contesting for any currently. .that's the difference. .so Yoruba cleric don't preach in fulani mosques? ??that's strange. ..
When GEJ knelt before Adeboye when he was a president did you say the same thing?
PoliticsRe: Fulani Elders Tackle Miyetti Allah Official Over Tinubu by LazyGold(m): 10:56pm On Apr 28, 2019
lomaxx:
Lmao, the South South will support the North in 2023.

I love this game
It go shock you when Yoruba also emerge from PDP
PoliticsRe: Nine Yoruba Nigerians Awarded In The US by LazyGold(m): 10:34pm On Apr 28, 2019
nwanyionitsha:
Someone from a region that looks like this is talking. Smh
Does that means they are hungry? They are living a better life than people in the red mud land cheesy
Celebrities5 Nigerian Grammy Award Winners You Probably Haven’t Heard Of by LazyGold(op): 10:05pm On Apr 28, 2019
The Recording Academy Grammy Awards is the most respected award every musician aspires to earn as testament to the impact of their career.

Well, we have some Nigerian Grammy award winners but you probably haven’t heard of them because it takes a rigorous research to find out some of this artists, as some are foriegn based with just blood ties to the country while others are old and probably no longer in the entertainment industry.

Some might have the illusion that its due to there racial differences as to why Nigerians or Africans are not really nominated or awarded the Grammy award. But as it says, its just an illusion because the Grammys had the African culture at heart when the started the ‘World music’ category in 1991 with Africans holding a significant number in this category over the years. There by striking off any illusion of racism and gives a clear picture for Africans who decides to pitch into the recording academy to include a proper category typifying new-fashioned African sounds.

So with thorough search and research we bring to you, the 5 Nigerians who have won this prestigious awards;

Sikiru Adepoju | 1991 (Planet Drum) | 2009 (Global Drum Project)

Sikiru Adepoju (pronounced Seek-ee-roo Ah-deh-po-joo) is a master of the talking drum and many other Yoruba percussion instruments. Born in Eruwa, Nigeria, Sikiru hails from the traditional lineage of Yoruba talking drummers culturally referred to as Ayan which means “one who has descended from drummers lineage,” and began playing under the tutelage of his father Chief Ayanleke Adepoju at the age of six. Along with his brothers Saminu and Lasisi, Sikiru accompanied the family’s talking drum ensemble for several years.

After moving to the San Fransico Bay Area in 1985, Sikiru joined the influential and pioneering Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olantunji and his Drums of Passion. This marked a lengthy period of high productivity from Sikiru which saw him recording and performing throughout the world until a year before Olantunji’s death in 2003. During this period he was introduced to Grateful Dead drummer, Mickey Hart, who has called Sikiru “The Mozart of the talking drum,” and employed him on many of his personal projects including the Grammy award winning albumsPlanet Drum (1991) and Global Drum Project (2009).


Sade Adu
This is the queen of the list. She has 4 Grammys in her inspirational career and they were won in 1986, 1994, 2002 and 2011.


Musician, singer. Born Helen Folasade Adu on January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria. Raised in London by her English mother, Sade developed several interests as a teen, including singing, fashion design and modeling. She sang with a few local bands before signing with Epic Records and recording her first album, Diamond Life, in 1984. A huge hit in her native England, the album also had mass appeal across the pond thanks to such singles as “Smooth Operator.” In 1986, she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Sade’s subsequent multi-platinum albums, Promise, Stronger Than Pride andLove Deluxe, established her as a top-selling soul and pop artist. She took a new route with her 2000 album, Lovers Rock, which was released eight years after Love Deluxe and incorporated a more mainstream sound. The record, and particularly the chart-topping single, “By Your Side,” helped her win over new audiences. Two years later, the album and ensuing tour inspired her first live recording, Lovers Live. Sade returned to the studio and released her sixth album In February 2010, Soldier of Love.

Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel

Seal is very Nigerian and even visited the country recently. He has 4 Grammy awards, winning 3 in 1996 and 1 in 2011.

Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born in London, England, on February 19, 1963, of Nigerian heritage.

Seal went on to score a major U.K. hit, “Killer,” before releasing his 1991 debut album. He’s become an internationally renowned singer/songwriter with albums like Human Beingand hits like “Crazy,” “Prayer for the Dying” and “Kiss From a Rose,” which won multiple Grammy Awards. He was married to supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum for several years.

Kelvin Olusola
Kevin is a beatboxer in the renowned acapella group Pentatonix and has won 3 Grammy awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Kelvin picked up an award alongside his acapella band, Pentatonix, taking home the award in the ‘Arrangement, Instrumental or acappella’ category for their medley ‘Daft Punk’, a remake of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.

Lekan Babalola
Lekan is a Conga player with 2 Grammy awards to his name. He won the awards in 2006 and 2009. Born in Lagos State, Nigeria where he began playing the conga at a young age, he has released seven albums and jointly won two Grammy Awards.

Twice Grammy award winning Nigerian percussionist, Lekan Babalola, is well known for his innovative musical style, using his native Yoruba tongue infused with traditional music, Afrobeat and funky dance overtones.

However, some Nigerian icons have also been nominated for this award, the likes of; Sunny Ade, Wizkid, Timaya, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti is the latest Nigerian to make the coveted compilation to an extent of even landing a Grammy night performance.

https://lists.ng/5-nigerian-grammy-award-winners-you-probably-havent-heard-of/

PoliticsRe: Chinekeme - Beautiful Igbo Sisters With Big Booty Go Put Man For Trouble. by LazyGold(m): 9:10pm On Apr 17, 2019
hammerFC:
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DEEP DENIAL... LOL
I am just telling you the truth, Yoruba Muslims don't beg
PoliticsRe: Chinekeme - Beautiful Igbo Sisters With Big Booty Go Put Man For Trouble. by LazyGold(m): 9:07pm On Apr 17, 2019
hammerFC:
MEET THE AKINLADE.

THE REAL WINNERS OF OGUN STATE GUBER.

WAIT FOR THE TRIBUNAL.
You are really very delusional grin cheesy I can bet his Igbo Bitch have badluck, he lost and he is never going to become a Governor any time soon grin

PoliticsRe: Chinekeme - Beautiful Igbo Sisters With Big Booty Go Put Man For Trouble. by LazyGold(m): 8:56pm On Apr 17, 2019
hammerFC:
LAZY MUTHAFUCKERSS.



LOOK AT HIS YORUBA MUSLIM SKULL.


BEGGING OUR HOT IGBO MAMA FOR FOOD.
That was a Northerner and not Yoruba Muslim


But Anambra is a Beggars colony

PoliticsRe: Chinekeme - Beautiful Igbo Sisters With Big Booty Go Put Man For Trouble. by LazyGold(m): 8:52pm On Apr 17, 2019
hammerFC:
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


TWO OF YOUR FIRST LADY ARE IGBO.


ONE IN ONDO AND THE OTHER IN COMING IN OGUN STATE.
Only one in Ondo and the In coming Governor of Ogun State don't have Igbo Bitch


But I understand it is a cause for celebration grin it is even obvious to the dead that she is a Gold digger that must be dump ASAP. He is going to leave that position with his Igbo bitch very soon though

PoliticsRe: Chinekeme - Beautiful Igbo Sisters With Big Booty Go Put Man For Trouble. by LazyGold(m): 8:44pm On Apr 17, 2019
hammerFC:
U ARE IN SIFIA PAIN.


Y ARE THE IGBO SO EXCEPTIONAL IN EVERYTHING? THE QUESTION ON EVERY AFONJA MIND.
Like we give a rat ass about Igbo, Yoruba on Nairaland just can't avoid you guys but in real life you are not even fit to untie our shoes, we see you as paupers and wretched souls that come into our midst to survive and feed, and we still don't care grin

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