10th July 2014 Greetings peeps! So, 16th of July marks the 24th birthday of superstar afro-pop musician Wizkid, and he has announced on his twitter that he will be picking one of his fans to attend his private yacht party in Miami! Wizzie plans to make this pick at his New York City Concert taking ... Read More
10th July 2014 Akin Bello, author of the play Egbon of Lagos, has been announced winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature. The winning entry was selected from a shortlist of 3 finalists at an event graced by some of the luminaries of the literary world. The winner of the award Akin Bello is ... Read More
10th July 2014 On to celeb spotting! Newly retired captain of Nigeria’s Super Eagles Joseph Yobo has shared holiday photos of himself, his wife – former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Adaeze, their children and a friend, as they chill out at Disney World in Orlando, USA. Joseph Yobo had announced his retirement from the ... Read More
10th July 2014 And health news from ThisDay Live, with a report that Ghana has opened a state-of-the-art cancer diagnostic and treatment centre. The centre is said to be equal in standard to facilities everywhere else in the world and will be expected to cater for patients from the West African sub-region. The centre is ... Read More
10th July 2014 Still on health from ThisDay Live, West African countries have outlined strategies to combat the sweep of the deadly Ebola virus. A 2 day meeting in capital of Ghana Accra saw parties involved resolve to provide better surveillance to detect cases of the virus, enhance cross-border collaboration, better engagement with local communities ... Read More
10th July 2014 And Tanzanian sensation and BET Award Best International Act Africa nominee Diamond Platnumz has teamed up with Nigerian kukere king Iyanya, to release a new song and video titled “Bum Bum”. Diamond says he released the song and video to celebrate his mother’s birthday. The video had ... Read More
10th July 2014 And moving on to new music videos – Dat Ibo Boy aka Illbliss has released a video for his new song “Idiche”. The Capital Hill Music boss and rapper features world-class Nigerian saxophonist Mike Aremu in the song. “Idiche” is from Illbliss’ new album “The Position of ... Read More
9th July 2014 ThisDay Live shares the report on a day of rejoicing recently in Benin City in Nigeria recently, when a man named Dr. Adrian Mark Walker returned 2 bronze works taken from the Palace of the Oba of Benin, during the British Invasion of the Benin Kingdom in 1897. Adrian Walker is the ... Read More
9th July 2014 We’re still talking about Kenya but this time from Tech Cabal. With what we know about Kenya and its wholehearted embrace of technology, I bet no one is surprised to hear that the country has decided to go all techie with its public services. The Kenyan government has launched mobile Company registration ... Read More
9th July 2014 Another African country is catching our eye today on EL Reports and all for the right reasons. Ventures Africa shares that Kenya has decided to revive its leather and textiles sub-sector and has committed Sh3 billion, that’s about $34.1 million toward growing capacity within the industry. This information was revealed by the ... Read More