29 May 2014 And finally, celebrated US author and poet Maya Angelou has passed away at the age of 86. Angelou provided eloquent commentary on race, gender and living life to its fullest in poems and memoirs such as “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” which brought her wide acclaim after its 1970 publication. ... Read More
29 May 2014 Celeb spotting! Guess who’s living it up in Monaco. It’s Ejanla HIMSELF D’banj who is living large chilling chilling with UK A-listers. Spotted here with IK’s Tinie Tempah and Labrinth, we suspect a juicy collabo in the offing. He was also spotted with Newcastle FC coach Alan Pardew. D’banj has gone far ... Read More
29 May 2014 Still on movie makers, we hear award winning Nollywood director Obi Emelonye got arrested 2 days back by a Lagos TV for taking aerial shots of the metropolis, using his film drones. He decried the incident on Facebook saying, ‘they want to put me in jail for making Lagos look great”. He ... Read More
29 May 2014 New music alert! Well hello there you sexy, sexy mama. Newly-wed singer TiwaSavage appears to have bared all in a super raunchy new video Wanted. From the Once Upon A Time album, this video is definitely the most raunchy we have seen yet from the happy-go-lucky Eminado crooner. The video is directed by ... Read More
29 May 2014 Apps are gradually taking over the Nigerian tech space and day after day, new apps are discovered for finance, business, agriculture and much more. What ever next? Well, an app to calculate your brideprice I guess. Nigerians recently woke up to discover the app created by a company named Anakle. It asks ... Read More
29 May 2014 Forbes has officially released its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world for 2014 and 4 African women have made the list. Presidents of Malawi Joyce Banda and President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf come in at 40th and 70th position. Nigerian Coordinating Minister of the Economy is the ... Read More
28 May 2014 Algeria’s iconic monument; the Maqam Echahid, is wearing a new, energy efficient look. The monument has been lit up with new LED lighting technology, courtesy Royal Philips, resulting in a reduction of energy consumption by 75 percent. Eric Heutinck, Philips Maghreb’s CEO pointed out that the lighting of the monument demonstrates the ... Read More
28 May 2014 TimesLive SA tells us that President Zuma has gotten straight to work in creating the team that will drive South Africa’s economic transformation. Some of his changes include the creation of 2 new ministries; The Ministry of Women, Children and People with Disabilities has become the Ministry of Women, located in the ... Read More
28 May 2014 French oil and gas company Total, is finally getting its green groove on. The company has expressed that it intends to be the first multinational oil and gas company to stop offshore gas flaring in Nigeria. A Senior Development Engineer for the company, made this known following a visit by some Nigerian ... Read More
28 May 2014 It seems that hotel booking site Jovago has its sights set on covering Africa this year. A few weeks ago, we reported that the service had commenced operations in Kenya, Senegal and South Sudan. Recently, the company announced the commencement of services in Zanzibar, Djibouti and Malawi. Jovago has expressed to become ... Read More
