March 01, 2016 Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe recently marked his 92nd birthday at a party organized by his supporters. As was expected, the event drew criticism from opponents, who said the celebrations offended the modesty of ordinary Zimbabweans. During the event, Mugabe thanked the ZANU-PF youth wing and thousands of party supporters for organizing the ... Read More
March 01, 2016 Nigeria recently hosted another edition of Social Media Week in Lagos, bringing together people from across fields like politics, entrepreneurship, fashion and sports. Some participants discussed how social media can change the fortunes of the country’s most beloved sport – football. Nigeria has established itself as a soccer-savvy country with football fans ... Read More
March 01, 2016 Eritrea recently took steps to explore its mining sector in a bid to jumpstart its economy. However its hopes of having four running mines by 2018 had been blocked by the fall in commodities prices and accusations of conscripted labor. The country’s artisanal miners have long scratched for gold nuggets on deposits ... Read More
March 01, 2016 New FIFA President Gianni Infantino recently opened the FIFA World Football Museum to the general public in Zurich. The museum, under the guidance of director Stefan Jost, had been two years in the making. The new museum will create three thousand square meters of space for exhibits plus a sports bar, a ... Read More
March 01, 2016 Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders recently intensified their campaigns at two different states. Clinton kicked off her campaign with visits to two different predominantly black churches in Memphis, Tennessee. While addressing church goers at the Greater Imani Church, Clinton said: “But most importantly we need to raise your voices ... Read More
Showing March 7 | Episode 6 | The ISMs When Sade is called “entitled” by a complete stranger, the whole concept of the “entitled returnee” is brought to light – as well as several other “isms” such as nepotism, feminism, sexism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, classism, traditionalism. For Zainab, the constant power outage leads her to engage ... Read More
March 01, 2016 Italian designer brand Dolce & Gabbana recently drew inspiration from fantasy fairytale Cinderella his women’s wardrobes for next winter. Against a stage backdrop made of an open story book, golden carriage and a clock ticking towards midnight, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana sent models out in a typically colorful and vibrant collection ... Read More
Jan 29, 2016 We start off with the much anticipated Dare Art Alade’s Love Like a Movie 3 concert which went down at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels & Suites, Lagos on Sunday night. Headlining the event was American Grammy Award winner Ciara alongside various a-list Nigerian artists such as Olamide, Yemi Alade, and ... Read More
Jan 29, 2016 And ace comedian Funnybone debuted his comedy show tagged “Untammed” at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Lagos on Sunday February 21. The sold out show was hosted by IK Ogbonna and Adunni Ade with performances by various top comedians including Bovi, Senator, Buchi, MC Shakara, and musical performances from the likes of ... Read More
Jan 29, 2016 Yet on comedians, wife of comedian AY Makun, Mabel, has dispelled ongoing rumour of her maritalncrisis with her hubby of over 8 years as she put up a photo of the two of them together on her recently restored Instagram page, referring to AY as her man crush for life. AY and ... Read More
