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Personality
Nigeria’s Tunde Onakoya sets record for longest chess marathon
Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate has played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break…
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Entertainment
Burna Boy makes TIME’s 100 most influential people 2024
Nigerian artist Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy has been named as one of TIME‘s 100 most influential people of 2024, which was announced on…
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Politics
U.S. agrees to withdraw troops from Niger
The United States informed the government of Niger on Friday, April 19, that it agreed to its request to withdraw…
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Finance
African Refiners & Distributors’ Sec. joins African Energy Week 2024
The Executive Secretary of the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA), Anibor Kragha, will speak at the African Energy Week…
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Diaspora
Black in Palestine, the story of Afro-Palestinians
The African-Palestinian community has survived in the tiny African quarter of Jerusalem and are fiercely proud of their origins and…
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Personality
Alessandro De’ Medici, the Black Duke of Florence, Italy
During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Italian Renaissance was an incredible time for culture, arts and science. From artists…
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Health
What life is for Kenyans with rare ‘mind blindness’
Close your eyes. Then, picture a banana. You see it, right? Now, picture the face of your father or mother. I…
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Finance
Zimbabwe replaces dollar with gold-backed currency
Zimbabwe’s central bank has launched a new “structured currency” backed by gold, as it seeks to tackle sky-high inflation and…
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Personality
Meet Rosy Fynn, Country Director, Mastercard Foundation Nigeria
Rosy Fynn is currently the Ghana and Nigeria Country Director at the Mastercard Foundation, overseeing the delivery of the Foundation’s…
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Politics
Judith Suminwa now DR Congo’s 1st female prime minister
Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s first-ever female prime minister, naming the country’s planning minister…
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