Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow South Africa has granted the infamous apartheid-era death squad commander, Eugene de Kock, a parole after 20 years in prison. De Kock, 66, was nicknamed “Prime Evil” for his role in the killing and maiming of activists fighting white minority rule in the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, alleged that Henry Okah, jailed leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND was hired to assassinate him. A South African court convicted Okah in 2013 for masterminding the October 1, 2010 bombing in […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow An 18 by 24 inches poster of Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, making his last major speech in the Bay Area during a May 17, 1967, anti-Vietnam war rally at the University of California Berkeley, has followed me in my travels in the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Luke Somers, US journalist and Pierre Korkie, South African teacher have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid. The operation, which was carried out on Saturday, was done by a joint US and Yemeni special forces in the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, has expressed condolences to the people and government of Ogun State over the death of Olugbenga Ashiru, former Minister of Foreign Affairs. In a condolence statement signed by Hakeem Bello, Special Adviser to the governor on Media, Fashola […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Plans are underway to mark the first remembrance anniversary of late Nelson Mandela, former South African president and apartheid leader with 6 minutes and 7 seconds of noise and silence, Nelson Mandela Foundation, NMF has announced. According to a statement released on Saturday […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Tears flowed freely on Saturday when 66 bodies of South Africans who lost their lives after a six storey guesthouse collapsed in the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN on September 12 were handed over to South African authorities. The […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Five Nigerians have been nominated for the 2014 African Fashion Awards. They include Omoyemi Akerele of Style House Files, Lisa Folawiyo of eponymous fashion label, Amaka Osakwe of Maki Oh, Favour Lucky & Imade Ogbewi both models from Isis Modelling Agency. It’s not just […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Nigerian gospel artiste and Globacom ambassador Sammie Okposo, has been shortlisted for this year’s South-Africa gospel music awards, SABC Crown Music Awards Okposo is the only Nigerian artiste nominated for the awards and he is in the same category with four other African […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Issa Hayatou, President of African soccer’s governing body, Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Monday expressed shock and dismay at the shooting of Senzo Robert Meyiwa, South Africa national team goalkeeper and Orlando Pirates player. The South African Football Association, SAFA, has reported […] More
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