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In November 2023, Okafor underwent a leg amputation after suffering from an illness that required seven surgeries. His family said the amputation was done to keep him alive and increase his chances of recovery. [23] [24] [25] Okafor died at Evercare Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria on 2 March 2024 at the age of 62 as a result of cardiac arrest.
An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos affirmed Chike Okafor as winner of the House of Representatives election for Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency. This was in harmony with the early declaration by the Imo State Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, which nullified the election victory of Hon Jonas ...
Shaunette Renée Wilson was born in Guyana and raised in New York from the age of two. She is the daughter of Deberah and Wesley Wilson, and she has three siblings: brother Andre and sisters Serena and Synique.
Daurene Lewis, nurse and first Black woman mayor in North America; Janet Lim (1923-2014), nurse at St. Andrew's Community Hospital. She was the first nurse from Singapore to study in Britain. She was inducted as 2014 Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. [5] Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882), volunteer nurse during the American Civil War
Okafor played four years of college soccer at Brown University between 2007 and 2010. Brown soccer team won the Ivy League Conference and went 7–0 in 2007. In 2010, Brown also reached the Sweet 16 round in the NCAA tournament. [2] During his time at college, Okafor also played for USL PDL club Central Jersey Spartans in 2010. [3]
Both of his parents are natives of Nigeria, and Emeka was the first member of his family born in the United States. [1] His father, Pius Okafor, is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. [2] Okafor's family moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, when he was young because his father worked for Phillips Petroleum Company, headquartered in Bartlesville ...
John Ogbu, anthropologist, "acting white" theorist; Ekpo Eyo, archaeologist and professor of African arts and Archeology at University of Maryland; Akinwumi Ogundiran, archaeologist, Chancellor's Professor and Professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology & History at UNC Charlotte.
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