New York – Social media icon Adeola Oladele Fayehun has parted ways with her employers Sahara Reporters. Adeola who hosts the famous YouTube and Whatsapp viral satire show ‘Keeping It Real with Adeola’ quit her job at citing personal reasons. The firebrand journalist joined the Sahara Reporters Media Group in New York in 2011 and […]
The Confederation of African Football has revealed its 30-man shortlists for the African Player of the Year and Africa-Based Player of the Year. Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who won in 2015, features along with a host of Europe-based stars, such as Sadio Mane of Senegal who came third in 2016. 2016 winner Riyad Mahrez of Algeria is
By Lennart Dodoo Monrovia — The Supreme Court of Liberia has ordered the National Elections Commission (NEC) to stay any and all actions in the pending runoff election scheduled for November 7, 2017 in line with the Writ for Prohibition prayed for by the Liberty Party. The Liberty Party requested the Writ of Prohibition and
A government-led plan to restore the home of the parents of Afro music legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and turn it into a museum has cheered and excited Fela’s many fans and followers. The colonial era one-story building was built by the late Israel Ransome-Kuti, Fela’s father, and his wife, Funmilayo, over a century ago. Mr. and
Burundi became the first country to pull out from the International Criminal Court after a one-year withdrawal process comes to an end. The country notified former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of its intent to leave the court on October 27, 2016, as one of three countries – along with South Africa and The Gambia –
Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has reacted to a video making the rounds on social media purporting that there are some untoward practices at the Ghana Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York office. The 11-minute video which has been widely circulated on Whatsapp features a man who refers to himself
Amina Yuguda, a journalist from north-eastern Nigeria has won this year’s BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Miss Yuguda is a news presenter on the local Gotel Television and has reported on high-profile news stories, chief among them, the Boko Haram insurgency. This is the third in a series of an awards programme instituted by
KAMPALA – All hell broke lose in Uganda’s parliament for a second day, Wednesday over President Yoweri Museveni’s proposal to tweak the country’s constitution to enable him run for another term. Museveni, 73 is seeking a re-write of the law that pegs the maximum age of presidential aspirants at 75. Members of Parliament traded fierce
A British public relations firm that stoked racial tensions in South Africa has collapsed after its sordid work on behalf of corporate and government clients came to light. Bell Pottinger (BP), according to published findings, led a campaign that “was potentially racially divisive and/or potentially offensive and created in breach of relevant ethical principles.”
The Rastafari Council of Ghana has issued a statement backing calls for the legalization of Cannabis in the country and to consider commercial production of the plant. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the Advocacy Committee, Khex Dan Pongo, the Council said it is high time the country revisits its laws to accommodate
