I will like to go to Nigeria and research about my culture – Deontay Wilder
American professional boxer, Deontay Leshun Wilder has revealed plans to visit Nigeria which he believes is his home country to do more research about his tribe and culture. Prior to his fight with Tyson Fury back in 2018, Deontay revealed during a roundtable discussion with his opponent that he is a Nigerian. The fearsome boxer […]
We are still paying interests on loans owed by our great grandfathers – Stonebwoy
Award-winning Musician, Livingstone Etse Satekla known popularly in the music scene as Stonebwoy has joined the conversation on the debt trap which keep incapacitating successive future African generations over the years. In a recent tweet, the BET award winner and afro-dancehall musician wrote that, “already our generation is still paying interests owed to the foreign […]
Nigeria set to change its colonial name to United African Republic
West African country, Nigeria is considering a total rebranding by way of scrapping its colonial name “Nigeria” for a newly proposed name called the United African Republic. According to local reports, the proposal was tabled before a committee in Lagos by a tax consultant identified as Mr. Adeleye Jokotoye for hearing and further action. The […]
TAF Africa is set to build an ultramodern twin tower in The Gambia
TAF Africa Global, a Pan-African estate company with focus to drive a housing revolution across the continent has revealed plans to turn The Gambia into Dubai by building an ultramodern twin tower in the West African country. The facility, called TAF twins, is located at KMC which is just ten minutes drive from Banjul, the […]
Chaos in Pan-African Parliament over presidential election
The recent session of the Pan-African parliamentary meeting held in Johannesburg-South Africa was met with some misunderstanding. According to information from series of reports on the issue, the brawl occurred as a result of a disagreement over the selection process of the body’s current president. Since its formation in 2004, the Pan-African Parliament has so […]
Three Nigerian Students Win Global Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Competition
Three Nigerian students from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) have been crowned winners of the global cloud and artificial intelligence competition organized by Huawei Technologies. The contest saw the participation of 150,000 students coming from 82 countries and a total of 2000 universities across the world. According to a statement by the the university’s vice […]
Angélique Kidjo, Mr. Eazi, and Veteran Salif Keita Thrills the World With “Africa, One Of A Kind”
Angélique Kidjo, a four-time Grammy award winner and founder of emPawa Africa has shared a new music video Africa, one of a kind in featuring Nigerian music star Mr. Eazi and Malian legend, Salif Keita. The musical video directed by Drahmas Omofresh of Benin is one of the music in her new album, Mother Nature, […]
Germany set to pay Namibia $1.3bn for Colonial-era Genocide
Germany has officially recognized colonial-era genocide which saw the death of thousands of Namibians and is set to make amends. According to a release by the German authorities, €1.1 billion has been set aside to support descendants of the victims with some used for developmental projects. The German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a […]
Gambia University Students established Pan African Movement, commemorate African Liberation Day
Students in the University of The Gambia have established the University’s first Pan African Movement two decades after the establishment of the State University. The University of The Gambia is where the popular young Pan Africanist Ousman Touray graduated from, last year. The Movement which was officially launched on Tuesday, 25th May 2021, jointly in […]
African Liberation Day: “Africans, We should All be Pan Africanists” – Ousman Touray
Efforts to strengthen bonds between the native and diasporic Africans have been ongoing since the mid-19th century. To foster unity among all African peoples, Henry Sylvester Williams coined Pan Africanism and convened the First Pan-African Conference in London, July 1900. Pronounced in different forms, proponents of Pan-Africanism like Marcus Garvey called for “Africa for Africans, […]