Boko Haram militants ‘spare nobody’ in slaughter of entire village
Suspected Boko Haram militants “spared nobody” as they wiped out two villages in two days. A group of more than 50 gunmen reportedly attacked the village of Kukawa on Wednesday evening, where they shot 97 people dead. Women and children are thought to be among the victims. The day before, militants also attacked villages around
25 African-Americans thrown out of South Carolina restaurant after a white woman complained of feeling ‘threatened’
Michael Brown and his family were asked to leave a Wild Wing Cafe in Charleston, South Carolina after the group waited patiently for two hours The restaurant’s corporate headquarters ignored Brown’s repeated calls to report the situation It wasn’t until Brown told his story on social media that the restaurant acknowledged him The restaurant
Ten people who shouldn’t move to Nigeria
That Nigeria is a hostile environment for expats I will contest. ThatNIGERIA is for everyone, I can’t: it’s complicated, noisy, it’s occasionally chaotic and on the wrong day even Job’s patience would have worn thin.HERE are ten sorts of people who shouldn’t move to Nigeria: The impatientOh, my friend, you will wait. You will wait
9 dead in shooting at historic Charleston African American church. Police chief calls it ‘hate crime.’
June 18, 2015 Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire Wednesday night at a historic African American church in downtown Charleston, S.C. Charleston officials said nine people were killed and others were injured. “I do believe this is a hate crime,” Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen said at a late night news conference,
Photographic competition aims to showcase Africa’s positive side
June 15, 2015 All too often, people carry negative perceptions of Africa. A photographic competition hopes to change that, and show off a vibrant and vast continent at work. The 2015 Africa Agility photo competition wants budding photographers from across the world to capture an “Africa booming with tech-savvy, youthful consumers, fast-paced urbanisation, and enormous
Diaspora Community Online Business Platform Launches In Nigeria!
June 15, 2015 DiasporaConnex.com www.Diasporaconnex.com is proud to provide Nigerian businesses a unique opportunity to connect with a new and wider target audience of over 6 million Nigerians living in the diaspora. This platform offers an avenue to reach the Nigerian diaspora community, quickly, efficiently and at a very affordable cost. DiasporaConnex.com is a web-based community
Life as a Boko Haram captive: Story of kidnapped tribal chief and family gives an insight into workings of Islamist organisation
June 10, 2015 Seini Boukar Lamine, a tribal chief from northern Cameroon, is used to being addressed as “Your Majesty”. It was not a courtesy extended by Boko Haram when the Islamist group stormed into his home and kidnapped him and his family. The ordeal was to last two-and-a-half months during which he was separated
Opportunities for Africans
June 10, 2015 2015 African Entrepreneurship Award Are you an African citizen with a business idea that will create jobs and improve lives in Africa? Will it improve education or the environment, or solve a problem that is uncharted? The African Entrepreneurship Award is looking to fund you with a million US Dollars Get Started
Black children are not even safe from police violence at a pool party
June 9, 2015 WATCH VIDEO HERE Over the weekend, a video surfaced that showed police in McKinney, Texas violently controlling kids on a suburban street and pulling a gun on a young black girl. After I heard about it, it took a few hours before I could screw up the courage to watch it, because
Man charged in murder of ex-girlfriend at Target store parking lot in Germantown
June 4, 2015 GERMANTOWN, Md. – We are learning more about the victim in Monday night’s deadly shooting in a parking lot of a Target store in Germantown.Police say the 24-year-old victim, Mariam Folashade Adebayo, was shot after getting into a fight with a man believed to be her ex-boyfriend. She died a short time