Okwiri Oduor Wins Fifteenth Caine Prize for African Writing
Photo: Caine Prize 2014 Nairobi-based author Okwiri Oduor. Kenya’s Okwiri Oduor has won the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa’s leading literary award, for...
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Amidst Fierce Clashes In Libya, Ban Urges Need For Dialogue
Extremely concerned by the dramatic increase in violence against civilians in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a halt to...
FORCED MARRIAGE, A CALL TO UNICEF AND AMNESTY INT'L TO SAVE WASILA UMARU
By Veronica Olayinka and ‘Jide Adesina A call to Human Rights worldwide to intervene in the case of Wasila Umar the child bride that...
FORCED MARRIAGE, A CALL TO UNICEF AND AMNESTY INT’L TO SAVE WASILA UMARU
By Veronica Olayinka and ‘Jide Adesina A call to Human Rights worldwide to intervene in the case of Wasila Umar the child bride that...
UN Hails Appointment Of Senior Adviser On Sexual Violence, Child Recruitment
 The appointment of a presidential adviser on conflict-related sexual violence and child recruitment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) marks “a new...
WORDS OF WISDOM BY PROF. WOLE SOYINKA
“Those who unleashed Boko Haram on the nation are not poverty stricken. They are politicians …. desperate for power, intelligent enough or perceptive enough...
On A metal Twist with Tony Evbodaghe
The African countries and economies were being handed over to the Africans to handle and run by their colonial masters starting with countries such as...
THE MAN KONGI ! PROF. 'WOLE SOYINKA @ 80
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Beyond his successful literary career,...
THE MAN KONGI ! PROF. ‘WOLE SOYINKA @ 80
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Beyond his successful literary career,...
Lwandle Inquiry Begins In Cape Town
Public hearings into the eviction of illegal shack dwellers in Lwandle, Cape Town, are expected to begin on Monday. The hearings form part of...
AU Considers Deployment Of Task Force To Address Boko Haram Threat
Said Djinnit A decision made by the African Union to consider deploying a regional security force to address the threat of Boko Haram has been...
UN mission calls for immediate halt to hostilities in Libya
The United Nations mission in Libya on Sunday called for a cessation of hostilities in the capital, Tripoli, as well as in Benghazi and...
Germany Crown FIFA world Champion 2014
THE WORLD CHAMPIONS – G-E-R-M-A-N-Y Germany ends Argentina’s FIFA World Cup campaign for a third time in a row , as...
The Epic Final ! FIFA WORLD CUP ; GERMANY VS ARGENTINA
Over 1.5 billion people would be watching the FIFA match of Germany Vs Brazil Live across different continents of the global , this mark...
THE SAINT OLAWALE JERICHO OF AFRICA ; HAPPY BIRTHDAY
‘I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it...
Malala in Nigeria To Meet Families Of Missing Girls
The Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has travelled to Nigeria to meet the...
Religion And Its Political Electioneering In The state of Osun,NIGERIA
“Nigeria should be a secular State … As far as possible, there should be separation of activities between the States on the one hand,...
Mamphela Ramphele, Veteran of Anti-Apartheid Struggle, Quits Politics
Mamphela Ramphele, a prominent veteran of the struggle against apartheid, raised great expectations in early 2013 by entering politics and starting a new party. A...
Over 680,000 Nigerians fleeing the Northern Nigeria
We challenge the culture of violence when we ourselves act in the certainty that violence is no longer acceptable, that it’s tired and outdated...
More Than 20 People killed In Rebel Clashes In Northern Mali
Rebels from the separatist National Movement of the Liberation of Azawad clashed with fighters of the Arab Movement of the Azawad Friday...