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Coronavirus in Africa – What to Do During the Lockdown

Coronavirus in Africa – What to Do During the Lockdown

The COVID-19 Virus is also present in Africa and the WHO urges this issue to be taken seriously. All around the world governments have...
Sports Betting in Africa Debunked

Sports Betting in Africa Debunked

Many assume Africa is a continent delayed in the field of technology. Some have even assumed that wildlife is in every resident’s backyard. The...
Northern Nigeria: bandits kill 20 people

Northern Nigeria: bandits kill 20 people

20 people have been shot death and others badly hurt by a gang of bandits in a raid on Kaboro village, on Tuesday in...
Suicide bombing during church service in Kaduna

Suicide bombing during church service in Kaduna

Seven people have been reported dead and several others injured following a suicide bombing which occurred during a mass at a catholic church in...
2013 African Cup of Nation’s calendar

2013 African Cup of Nation’s calendar

The secret ballot of the 29 th edition of the African Cup of Nations 2013 took place in Durban, South Africa on Wednesdays night,...
Several Nigerians  killed following suspected Boko Haram Islamists attacks

Several Nigerians killed following suspected Boko Haram Islamists attacks

A series of attacks by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in northeast Nigeria has killed a number of people and destroyed several buildings and residents...
Maiduguri city in Nigeria rocked by explosion and gunfire

Maiduguri city in Nigeria rocked by explosion and gunfire

Unknown gunmen shot dead a traffic warden earlier on Monday in Nigeria's restive northern city of Maiduguri followed by loud explosion and gun firing...
21 Natives of Nigeria Kaduna massacre

21 Natives of Nigeria Kaduna massacre

21 people have lost their life and several others have been wounded in a mosque in Nigeria on Sunday following a day of violence...
Nigeria’s oil giant shell rejects oil spill charge on Nigerian four farmers

Nigeria’s oil giant shell rejects oil spill charge on Nigerian four farmers

Claims by four Nigerian farmers over oil spills ruining their livelihoods by the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has been rejected. The oil giant Shell has...
Nigeria oil giant Shell taken to Court

Nigeria oil giant Shell taken to Court

Nigerian oil giant shell has been taken in a Dutch court to face charges of destroying livelihoods in Nigerian villages in the Niger Delta...
Port Harcourt University in Nigerian shut down following the lynching of 4 students

Port Harcourt University in Nigerian shut down following the lynching of 4 students

Nigerian’s university in southern Rivers State has been closed due to violent protests following the lynching of four students accused of stealing laptops and...
Nigeria army killed 30 civilians

Nigeria army killed 30 civilians

Report says 30 civilians have been killed following a disciplinary attack by Nigeria's military after opening fire and burning down buildings in the north-eastern...
Floods kills thousands of people in Nigeria

Floods kills thousands of people in Nigeria

A heavy downpour causing devastating floods has taken place these recent weeks in Nigeria killing dozen and has displaced thousands of residents . ...
Nigerian Police arrest suspects of Mubi students killing

Nigerian Police arrest suspects of Mubi students killing

Arrests have been made by the Nigerian police following the killing of at least 30 people at a college hostel in the north-eastern...
26 Mubi students  killed on  an attack

26 Mubi students killed on an attack

Several casualties have recorded after a group of unknown gunmen attacked and killed students in Mubi, north-eastern Nigeria. Report says that the killings...
Nigeria celebrates the 52rd anniversary of independence

Nigeria celebrates the 52rd anniversary of independence

Nigerian celebrates the 52rd anniversary of its independence day on October 1, which marked the second year of the bombing of a car during...
NIGERIA MUSLIM WOMEN DEPORTED ON THEIR WAY TO MECCA RETURNED  HOME

NIGERIA MUSLIM WOMEN DEPORTED ON THEIR WAY TO MECCA RETURNED HOME

After spending five days at the airport of Jeddah and Medina Nigerian Muslim women expected to go on pilgrimage to mecca finally returned...
John Obi Michael receives racist insults on his twitter account

John Obi Michael receives racist insults on his twitter account

Guilty of a mistake which leads to equalization of Juventus (2-2) Wednesday night at the first day of the group stage of the...
Dr Nkosana Moyo

Dr. Nkosana Moyo: “I think women need to turn on the screws when necessary”

Lagos, Nigeria - During The Second African Women Economic Summit will take place in Lagos, Nigeria 12- 14 July, Afrik.tv did an interview of...
African women’s economic summit opens in Lagos

African women’s economic summit opens in Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria - The Second African Women Economic Summit officially opened in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday with a call on more decision makers to...
African Women Economic Summit 2012

African Women Economic Summit 2012

Lagos, Nigeria – The Second African Women Economic Summit will take place in Lagos, Nigeria 12- 14 July. The event is hosted by New...
Nigeria’s Grave Numbers

Nigeria’s Grave Numbers

Nigeria is supposedly the fourth fastest growing economy in the world. This is an assertion that was made last March. That Ghana is set...
The Nigerian Youth Service- A Tribute to many ‘Unknown Soldiers’

The Nigerian Youth Service- A Tribute to many ‘Unknown Soldiers’

I do not want to write about the Nigerian elections. A million words have been written already . There's a glut of articles on...
US-Nigeria: ‘Trajectory of bad elections’ should be checked

US-Nigeria: ‘Trajectory of bad elections’ should be checked

The top U.S. diplomat to Africa urged Nigerians to demonstrate their ability to hold fair and democratic elections as the country prepares for legislative,...
Watching out for Franco-Nigerian singer, Asa

Watching out for Franco-Nigerian singer, Asa

Similar to the British Invasion of the 1960s, a Nigerian Invasion of musical acts has been scoring success in the Anglophone world for decades:...
Hao Ge: An African super star singer in China

Hao Ge: An African super star singer in China

He is a qualified engineer from Nigeria who has become a super star in China. His stage name, Hao Ge, could be translated into...
Ayo: The Nigerian-Gypsy who won’t budge

Ayo: The Nigerian-Gypsy who won’t budge

Anyone attempting to prove the redemptive power of music needs to look no further than the Nigerian chanteuse, Ayọ. The 30-year-old soul singer defied...
Ethiopia, Nigeria, DRC to get increased aid from UK

Ethiopia, Nigeria, DRC to get increased aid from UK

Ethiopia, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo will receive more direct development aid from the United Kingdom as the aid to other countries...
Nigeria: Military seizes weapons from Islamist militia

Nigeria: Military seizes weapons from Islamist militia

Nigerian military has impounded an arsenal of Kalashnikov rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, explosives, hand grenades and a large quantity of ammunition from suspected members of...
Femi Kuti: “Real music lets you deal with the reality of life”

Femi Kuti: “Real music lets you deal with the reality of life”

Nigerian superstar Femi Kuti is that rare son of a legend who’s been able to carve out a stellar career of his very own....