Bob Diamond’s ambitions of building a top tier Nigerian bank are taking shape after the sale of a stake in Atlas Mara Ltd. gave him enough cash to make acquisitions in Africa’s most populous
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Changing faces of godfathers in Nigerian politics
June 27, 2017 Comment Off 335 ViewsObasanjo For two hours on May 29, 2003, the crowd of people that gathered at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, Anambra State, for the inauguration of their newly elected governor, waited for
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17 people arrested at Stanstead airport over deportations
March 30, 2017 Comment Off 148 ViewsSEVENTEEN PROTESTERS have been arrested by the police after they locked themselves to an aircraft at Stansted airport, stopping a charter flight filled with asylum seekers and other migrants from
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Fascinating photos of Nigeria taken 65 years ago
March 29, 2017 Comment Off 1307 ViewsFascinating photographs of 1930s Nigeria show the country in decades before its independence from Britain Were taken by Edward Harland Duckworth who served as Inspector of Education in Nigeria
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Nigeria’s government stopped British forces from trying to rescue its missing Chibok girls, a report says
March 6, 2017 Comment Off 110 ViewsSince their kidnapping by Boko Haram in 2014, only a couple dozen Chibok girls have been reunited with their parents. Some 21 girls were released last October following negotiations brokered
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The 21-year-old Londoner selected for the Forbes list
March 3, 2017 Comment Off 460 ViewsEMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE: Temi Mwale A NORTH London law student who started a project to stop youth violence after her childhood friend was murdered has been named in the
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Moroccan King Calls President Buhari, Wishes Him Good Health
March 3, 2017 Comment Off 100 ViewsPresident Muhammadu Buhari with King of Morocco Mohammed VI. King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Wednesday had a telephone conversation with President Muhammad Buhari in London, where the
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America, Buhari, Nigeria, Trump & the world
March 1, 2017 Comment Off 116 ViewsOkay, so much has gone on in the world in the last two months. Is it just me or are we all watching the same things on the news, and reading these stories in the papers? I would like to look at these
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Black student discovers a breakthrough for colon cancer cure
February 28, 2017 Comment Off 213 ViewsBREAKTHROUGH: Keven Stonewall KEVEN STONEWALL has made history, after discovering a critical age-related drawback in an experimental vaccine aimed at preventing colon cancer in
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Race and cultural diversity represented in new agency
December 7, 2016 Comment Off 201 ViewsHOW CAN we encourage mainstream media to embrace diversity? This is a question that has been asked many times but to no avail. Instead of looking to them to create for all,
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