‘I handed over a Nigeria that produced the richest man in Africa’ – Jonathan

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, stated that democracy will continue to grow in the African continent if leaders ‘value the process (of elections) more than the product of the process.’ Jonathan stated this while speaking to Friends of Africa coalition at the Mayor’s office in Newark, New Jersey, on topics bordering on strengthening... Read More

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April 16, 2016

‘Old, clueless Mugabe must go’ | Zimbabweans have had enough (PHOTOS)

The people of Zimbabwe, judging by the sheer multitude that came out to protest, are tired of being led by the country’s leader, Robert Mugabe. Mugabe, who is 92 years old, has ruled the country for 28 years and apparently doesn’t plan to walk away from his seat just yet. Thousands of Zimbabweans on Thursday,... Read More

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April 10, 2016

Counter narrative: How the West engendered Africa’s apocalyptic development crisis

To some, foreign infiltrations, interests and manipulations explain all the leadership, governance, social, security and development crises in Africa. To some, Africa is still acutely underdeveloped because of these manipulations and exploitations, even till now. To some, corrupt and directionless African leaders were or are just reacting to these foreign exploitations and manipulations. This, they... Read More

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March 31, 2016

Africa is not a total failure – Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has charged African leaders to set their sights on good governance that would effect growth and development in the continent. Obasanjo, speaking at the recently concluded Commonwealth Week in London, the United Kingdom, said there are good things in Africa and therefore, the people of the continent should be trained... Read More

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March 4, 2016

‘Many generations will remain grateful to Obasanjo’ – Buhari

President Muhammdu Buhari has asserted that former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, through his personal sacrifice, commitment and wisdom, has contributed immensely to the institutionalization of democracy in Nigeria and Africa. While congratulating Obasanjo who turns 79 on March 5, Buhari stated that many generations would be grateful to the former president for the work he has... Read More

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January 27, 2016

LBS’ African Business Conference roll out #AfricaWeSee campaign

The Lagos Business School African Business Conference has announced the roll out of the #AfricaWeSee campaign to generate awareness and gather insights for this year’s conference scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at its Lekki/Epe Expressway Campus, Lagos. The initiative is designed to understand how Africans and the global community see Africa... Read More

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January 19, 2016

How corruption increases Boko Haram membership

Transparency International (TI) says there’s a relationship between the rise of insurgency in and the level of corruption in Nigeria. A report by TI stated that while African leaders are using their defence budgets to buy loyalty and build ‘patronage networks’ while inadvertently driving recruits to terrorist groups such as Boko Haram. The report where this... Read More

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January 8, 2016

Will Netflix really make a difference in Africa?

Let’s not go that far yet. Let’s start from Nigeria. Yesterday, when the news broke about Netflix being available in almost every country, there were different reactions from Nigeria. Of all the reactions possible, I simply thought “welcome to Nigeria”.

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November 24, 2015

Ebola makes a return to Liberia, 15-year-old boy dies

In September, Liberians were relieved to learn that the deadly Ebola Virus Disease had been eradicated from their country. But it appears the jubilation was short-lived. According to Chief Medical Officer of Liberia, Francis Kateh, a 15 year old boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, the first of such fatality in months. The boy, “Nathan... Read More

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September 22, 2015

Future Forward: Lights, Camera, Africa 2015 film festival

In a rousing fifth year, the Lights, Camera, Africa!!! Film Festival presents this year’s festival under the title, Future Forward. Future Forward is an assembly of bold and energetic pieces of African and independent cinema that portray the intrepid spirit that characterises the force that propels us and feeds our imperative to go forth, with... Read More

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September 13, 2015

“Past leaders did not fight for personal estates” – Osinbajo

Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, took a jab at our present crop of leaders, by saying that Nigerian leaders of the past, neither lived nor fought to enrich themselves, or left vast personal estates behind. “But their names and legacies live in the hearts of the people.” Osinbajo said. Osinbajo, stated this at the opening of Northern Reawakening... Read More

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September 9, 2015

Biodun Shobanjo, John Momoh, Troyka Chairman, Ije Nwokorie, others to speak at RED Summit

‘The RED Summit’, West Africa’s biggest gathering of media leaders across sectors in the sub-region has announced a line-up of Keynote Speakers for the first edition. It includes Ije Nwokorie, Global CEO of Wolff Olins, Biodun Shobanjo, Chairman of Troyka Holdings and John Momoh, Chairman of Channels Television. The RED Summit holds on 15-18 October, in... Read More

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September 8, 2015

Lagos has the 3rd most millionaires in Africa

A recently released report by AfrAsia Bank and New World Wealth has named Lagos as the city with the third most millionaires in Africa What city is #1? Well, that’s Johannesburg. Via BBC: Johannesburg alone, known as the “city of gold”, is home to 23,400 millionaires. South Africa has 30% of the total. Egypt’s Cairo... Read More

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September 5, 2015

Sarkodie is the best rapper in Africa – Here’s the only proof needed

Best rapper, at the moment guys… we’re not reaching, not that far. To be a darn good rapper, you have to have an awesome flow, impeccable delivery, some wordplay, and pretty good lyrics. Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie embodies all that, more than Casper Nyovest, Kuli Chana, MI, Ice Prince, Reminisce, AKA, Vector, Jesse Jagz and HHP-... Read More

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August 17, 2015

Finally! Africa is free of “wild” cases of polio

Africa has been battling different kinds of diseases and epidemics, but we’ve made a breakthrough in one epidemic, Polio. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa has been free of wild cases of Polio since July, as a result of a dedicated vaccination campaign that has advanced the continent towards zero cases. This is good news... Read More

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August 5, 2015

Could Omotola be Africa’s first momager?

So here’s the deal, being a momager automatically paints you as a predator. Just look at Kris Jenner, the queen of the Kardashian clan, and all the wahala she gets in the media. While she has helped her daughters make fortunes from careers we really can’t point out, lots of questions have been raised about... Read More

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July 28, 2015

#IfAfricaWasABar: See top funny tweets from the viral hashtag

What started as an innocent call-out from a young Botswanan writer quickly sparked a Twitter debate about the state of African geopolitics. Siyanda Moutsiwa, a 22-year-old from Gaborone, thought she’d take ‘a classic writing prompt’ used in workshops to imagine character interaction and apply it to the whole continent. Well, that did generate a lot... Read More

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June 28, 2015

Only in Africa, a pounded yam eating competition

You’ve probably heard about the hot dog eating competition in America. Well, here’s an African twist – a pounded yam eating competition. On Instagram, OnlyInNigeria posted a video of what looks like one. A video posted by OIN (@onlyinnigeria) on Jun 28, 2015 at 3:16am PDT Jeez, that’s a mountain of food for one person... Read More

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June 18, 2015

Does Akon really want to light up Africa?

This writer doesn’t seem to think so. In fact, according to this writer, Akon is scum and so is his project of lighting up Africa. Akon made an announcement on May 27th at Coca-Cola’s Africa Day celebration about his agenda to bring solar power to Africa through his ‘Akon Lights Africa’ “philanthropy” efforts. He spoke of investing... Read More

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June 16, 2015

African Union proposes one passport, one currency: Is the world coming to an end?

Before anything, let’s be clear on the headline – it’s a joke. Anyway, word on the street is that the African Union plans on introducing a singular currency and passport in the year 2063. President Muhammadu Buhari attended the AU summit in Johannesburg, South Africa where AU commissioner for Economic Affairs, Anthony Maruping said the Union is... Read More

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June 16, 2015

France bans African kids from “hissing” in school

With so many things happening around the world like terrorism, disease outbreaks, earthquakes, floods, “transracial” women, and racist bills being signed into law, it gives the impression that maybe the world is truly coming to an end. It beats me that although killing or detaining of Blacks in predominantly caucasian countries is racism of the highest degree and has been... Read More

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June 5, 2015

Female Presidents in Africa: A rather short history

The world is beginning to acknowledge the role of women in society and power, this is evidenced by the greater focus demonstrated globally towards creating equality between the male and female species. It has been proven over centuries and across countries that women can be in power and handle it well. The raw numbers may not... Read More

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June 2, 2015

Mortimer Hope: Why Mobile broadband is a catalyst for growth in Africa

Key to optimising Africa’s mobile opportunity is building a stable regulatory and business environment. This includes clear and transparent spectrum management processes to support the mobile industry’s investment in network infrastructure. Explosive growth in mobile connectivity has already transformed the lives of millions of people across Africa. According to GSMA research, Sub-Saharan Africa has been... Read More

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May 27, 2015

We will rescue Africa from poverty and ignorance – Tinubu

by Kolapo Olapoju National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, says the administration of Muhammadu Buhari, will work assiduously to contribute its quota to the development of the African continent. While receiving President Alpha Conde of Guinea in Lagos, on Tuesday, May 26, Tinubu said Africa must have its home-grown strategy to build its... Read More

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May 22, 2015

This is what Pres. Jonathan wants to do after May 29

by Ranti Joseph Apparently, President Goodluck Jonathan has other interests after leaving office on May 29 as he hinted that his major commitment will be to engage religious and ethnic leaders across the country on the need to allow peace to reign. Jonathan, who disclosed this shortly after he was presented with the 2015 Epitome... Read More

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April 28, 2015

Otedola’s daughter, DJ Cuppy featured in Forbes Woman Africa

by Chinwe Okafor Like father like daughter. Ife Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy has been featured in Forbes Woman Africa Magazine. The 23 year old, who is currently a post graduate student of Music Business, New York City University, began playing the piano after which she ventured into producing and thereafter DJing. She shared her excitement... Read More

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April 27, 2015

South Africa doesn’t deserve to be a leader – Obasanjo speaks on xenophobia (WATCH)

by Kolapo Olapoju While speaking at the Texas Southern University (TSU) in Houston, Texas on April 25, Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says that South Africa doesn’t deserve to called an African leader if it can’t accommodate other nationals. Obasanjo was at the institution to deliver a special lecture on the political and economic situation in... Read More

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April 22, 2015

Kayode Komolafe: Has globalisation come to a dead end?

by Kayode Komolafe These are certainly scary times for young men and women migrating to seek better life elsewhere. The situation is more pathetic in Africa as demonstrated by two tragic developments. The two tragedies are related because they have similar socio-economic undercurrents. In South Africa xenophobic attacks, which began a few days ago, have... Read More

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April 7, 2015

Tony Elumelu: What is good for democracy is also good for business

by Tony Elumelu Primarily, I believe that a proper role of government is to support economic expansion, but in the end, the driving of the economy must be led by the private sector. I am optimistic about Africa and its future. I believe strongly – that a new Africa has begun to emerge – although one... Read More

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‘I handed over a Nigeria that produced the richest man in Africa’ – Jonathan

‘Old, clueless Mugabe must go’ | Zimbabweans have had enough (PHOTOS)

Counter narrative: How the West engendered Africa’s apocalyptic development crisis

Africa is not a total failure – Obasanjo

‘Many generations will remain grateful to Obasanjo’ – Buhari

#SocialMediaWeekLagos2016: Exploring the impact of technology in Africa

LBS’ African Business Conference roll out #AfricaWeSee campaign

How corruption increases Boko Haram membership

Will Netflix really make a difference in Africa?

Ebola makes a return to Liberia, 15-year-old boy dies

Future Forward: Lights, Camera, Africa 2015 film festival

“Past leaders did not fight for personal estates” – Osinbajo

Biodun Shobanjo, John Momoh, Troyka Chairman, Ije Nwokorie, others to speak at RED Summit

Lagos has the 3rd most millionaires in Africa

Sarkodie is the best rapper in Africa – Here’s the only proof needed

Finally! Africa is free of “wild” cases of polio

Could Omotola be Africa’s first momager?

#IfAfricaWasABar: See top funny tweets from the viral hashtag

Only in Africa, a pounded yam eating competition

Does Akon really want to light up Africa?

African Union proposes one passport, one currency: Is the world coming to an end?

France bans African kids from “hissing” in school

Female Presidents in Africa: A rather short history

Mortimer Hope: Why Mobile broadband is a catalyst for growth in Africa

We will rescue Africa from poverty and ignorance – Tinubu

This is what Pres. Jonathan wants to do after May 29

Otedola’s daughter, DJ Cuppy featured in Forbes Woman Africa

South Africa doesn’t deserve to be a leader – Obasanjo speaks on xenophobia (WATCH)

Kayode Komolafe: Has globalisation come to a dead end?

Tony Elumelu: What is good for democracy is also good for business

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