Editor's Picks PHOTOS: Nigerians converge on Times Square as Onakoya begins chess world record bid Leave a comment April 17, 2024 Tunde Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, has begun his attempt to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest chess…
Editor's Picks WATCH: ‘Anxious’ Federer faces 12-year-old chess master Adewumi in New York Leave a comment July 16, 2023 Seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer was recently engrossed in a game of chess with Tani Adewumi, the young chess master, in New York.…
Editor's PicksLife 12-year-old Nigerian chess champion granted asylum in US Leave a comment December 14, 2022 Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the 12-year-old Nigerian refugee who won the NY State chess championship in 2019, and his family have been granted asylum by…
Editor's PicksStudent Life Nigerian refugee kid becomes US national chess master at 10 Leave a comment May 3, 2021 Tani Adewumi, the Nigerian refugee in the US who secured the NY State chess championship in 2019, has now won yet another competition…
Film Trevor Noah to produce movie on 8-year-old Nigerian who won chess championship in the US Leave a comment November 6, 2019 Trevor Noah, South African comedian and TV host, is set to produce a movie about Tanitoluwa Adewumi, an 8-year-old Nigerian refugee in the…