For the first time in Nigeria, an online biographical databank has been established to chronicle the work of scholars, researchers, government officials, historians, diplomats and top players in the private sector of the economy.<\/p>\n
The work, which is the brainchild of Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation, BLERF, is packaged by an editorial board made up of renowned historians, journalists, researchers and writers.<\/p>\n
The Editor-in-Chief of BLERF\u2019s WHO\u2019s WHO, Mr. Nyaknno Osso, and one-time NewsWatch\u2019s Editor of WHO\u2019s WHO, told Vanguard that the project was meant to capture influential, famous, eminent, renowned and celebrated Nigerians at home and abroad and give them their rightful places in history.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe entire project is aimed at establishing a strong reference link with libraries in Nigeria and coordinate their biography holdings, such as books, documentaries, videos, journals and clippings for easy retrieval for researchers, historians and all those seeking information on eminent Nigerians,\u201d Osso told Vanguard.<\/p>\n
\u201cBLERF\u2019s WHO\u2019s WHO in Nigeria online is a timeless work-in-progress with continuous updating of entries to accommodate new information as they occur.<\/p>\n
\u201cBLERF will also create an outstanding and memorable website that will become a dependable reference source of role models for our young men and women since it is believed that \u2018the secrets of men are in their stories\u2019\u201d, the said.<\/p>\n
Osso, who worked on the Obasanjo Presidential Library until 2013, said that the project would also promote Nigeria\u2019s heritage and promote the country\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n