June 24, 2015 There have been a lot of mixed reactions regarding Rachel Dolezal, the American civil rights advocate who was busted for claiming to be of African heritage while being very Caucasian, at least according to her genes. Dolezal however has come out in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show, to say she identifies ... Read More
June 24, 2015 Many of us know that June 21st was father’s day, but did you know it was also International Yoga day? Well United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon definitely did; he was one of hundreds of people who took part in the activities marking the day at the UN visitor plaza. The Secretary General had some ... Read More
June 24, 2015 An unusual kind of sport took place in Fenny Bentley, a small village in Derbyshire, northern England. It was the British World Toe Wrestling Championship which came into being in 1976 when a group of walkers in Wetton, a set about searching for a game that only the British could win. This weird sport is similar to ... Read More
June 24, 2015 Greetings folks! Let’s start off with Chocolate City record label which added a Brooklyn-formed afro-electro band of three artists to its team. The band is made up of Jos-born rapper and singer Kahli Abdu and Washington-grown duo called VHS Safari made up of David and Will. The group, known to blend 90’s ... Read More
June 24, 2015 HERE’S MORE FROM LAST SATURDAY’S EBONYLIFE TV EVENT: TEA WITH PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA AT THE WHEATBAKER HOTEL, LAGOS. EL NOW GOT TO LEARN A COUPLE OF INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE INEC CHIEF WHO SAYS HE’S STEPPING DOWN TO RETURN TO HIS TEACHING JOB. FOR EXAMPLE, DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU’LL NEVER SEE ... Read More
June 24, 2015 Over now to new music videos – the official DJ of prestigious night club Quilox, DJ Consequence drops a star-studded video to his track titled “Just the Two of Us”, starring afro-pop star Tuface and his wife Annie. The track features Kaduna boy Big Mo and EME’s ... Read More
June 24, 2015 And Beninese singer Dibi Dobo features Beninese megastar Angelique Kidjo in the new video of his track titled “Ekomole”, which means boogie down in Yoruba. In the video which oozes pure Yoruba tradition, the two stars boogie down in the midst of hot vixens.
June 22, 2015 President Francois Hollande from France recently met with his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and had nothing but praise for him, speaking of his ‘great intellectual skill’. Bouteflika has kept a low profile in his fourth term of being in power because of his health. The president’s allies say his cognitive and mental faculties are fine but the ... Read More
June 22, 2015 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has defied South Africa’s court which wanted him held back in the country for war crimes, and has returned to Sudan. Al-Bashir arrived in Khartoum on June 15 to a hero’s welcome with hundreds of people at the airport to greet him. He was in South Africa for an African Union summit. ... Read More
June 22, 2015 AU Chairman and Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has condemned ‘terrorism’ after suspected Islamist suicide bombers killed at least 27 people and injured about 100 others in the Chadian capital N’Djamena. The two simultaneous attacks first on a police headquarters and at a training school were the first strike of its kind in the country which has ... Read More