Mugabe takes a bow; Malami’s 360 on Maina; Ebuka’s iconic agbada | Here are this week’s winners and losers

by Alexander Onukwue and Ezinne Ajoku This was a week in which an awful lot of people won. From the Niger through Zambezi and across the Atlantic towards South America, there was much flow of joy. But there was sorrow too – in Mubi, in Numan, in Egypt – as the world continues to grapple... Read More

Thinking Through

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February 3, 2017

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Today’s Noisemakers: Maje Ayida, Toke Makinwa, Mugabe, #BBNaija’s Gifty’s ‘boyfriend’ and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from... Read More

Opinion

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May 19, 2016

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Opinion: The misnomer called African leaders

During the cab ride to the airport in Lusaka on my way to Kigali this morning, my taxi driver told me that Zambia has had 6 Presidents since Independence in 1964. I had heard this as well from some of the Zambian delegates at the conference I attended this week in Lusaka on Migration in... Read More

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June 30, 2015

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Why Mugabe said he would propose to Obama

Robert Mugabe has mocked America’s decision to legalise gay marriage across all 50 states by vowing to travel to the White House and proposing to Barack Obama. The Zimbabwean president joked that he planned to travel to Washington DC ‘get down on one knee and ask his hand’, during his weekly interview with the national... Read More

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June 2, 2015

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Robert Mugabe sleeps again in public

Remember a few months ago when Robert Mugabe tripped and fell in Zimbabwe. That fall caused his top security aides to be suspended from their jobs as the president blamed them for not breaking his fall. He also “ordered” the internet to remove the pictures…forgetting that the internet is not Zimbabwe. And now Nigerian owned... Read More

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April 8, 2015

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Mugabe looks stunning all accessorized in this viral photo

by Chinwe Okafor Don’t you think? A picture of the President of Zimbabwe went viral causing a hilarious uproar and why not? It had the president looking like he had feminine hair and earring on. DailyMail said, “Robert Mugabe might be the victim of the best photobomb ever.” He sure is. See the photo below:... Read More

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February 19, 2015

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Robert Mugabe’s birthday celebration will cost $1million

by Chinwe Okafor Something to get your minds off the epic fall for a bit. Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe will hit 91-years-old on February 21 and the country’s ruling party, Zanu PF would be celebrating it in a big style just like they did the year before. The party have said they would host a... Read More

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February 10, 2015

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Remember that Mugabe fall? 27 security guards have taken the fall for it

by Chinwe Okafor Ever been punished for merely being an onlooker? The hilarious fall that left 90-year-old president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe the talk of the town wasn’t exactly funny to him and now he has set out to punish some people for it. The scapegoats would be 27 of his security guards who were present during the... Read More

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April 10, 2012

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Prostate cancer: Robert Mugabe “close to death” in Singapore

by Hauwa Gambo Thought he said in February, that he was “fit as a fiddle”? Well, apparently not. There was a family vigil overnight as president of Zimbabwe, the 88-year-old Robert Mugabe was said to be close to death, battling cancer in a Singapore hospital. Believed to be suffering from prostate cancer. Mugabe was flown to Singapore by... Read More

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