Tag: chess
Chess guru Tunde Onakoya attempts to break Guinness World Record for...
Nigerian chess guru and founder of Chess in Slums Africa Tunde Onakoya on Friday announced he will attempt to break the Guinness World Record...
US grants Nigerian boy Tanitoluwa Adewumi crowned chess champion asylum
The United States Government has granted asylum to Nigerian chess champion Tanitoluwa Adewumi and his family.
In 2019, Adewumi, 12, caught the attention of the...
Elumelu hangs out with former Oshodi bus conductor
Chairman of Heirs Holdings Tony Elumelu has spent time with chess gurus including a former bus conductor in Oshodi, Lagos simply known as Fawaz.
Six...
Trevor Noah to produce film on 8-year-old Nigerian chess champion
South African comedian and host of American talk show,
The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, is developing a film about the eight-year-old
Nigerian chess prodigy, Tanitoluwa Adewumi.
Adewumi’s...
Eight-year-old Nigerian chess champion gets new apartment in US
Nigerian chess champion, Tanitoluwa Adewunmi, and his family
have been gifted a new apartment after his feat at the New York State chess championship.
Adewumi won...
Boy, 8, who reportedly fled Boko Haram in Nigeria becomes chess...
An eight-year-old boy, Tanitoluwa Adewumi, has been crowned chess champion for his age group in the US after reportedly fleeing Boko Haram attacks i...