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The EbonyLife and Times of Deyemi Okanlawon

The passion, emotion and energy that this actor puts into his performances are what keeps us glued to our screens. Even as we can’t seem to get enough of him, this actor is showing no traces of slowing down. I’m talking about none other than Deyemi Okanlawon. What don’t you know about Deyemi Okanlawon? You’re ... Read More
 

Higher Education department of South Africa announces Guateng's aim to open new university in 2015.

23 May 2014 And finally, the higher education department of South Africa has announced that Gauteng is to open a new health and allied sciences university in 2015 Higher education Minister Blade Nzimande announced that the name of the new university would be the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, after Sefako Mapogo Makgatho, second president ... Read More
 

Nigeria to host the first ever World Pension Summit Focused on Africa.

23 May 2014 From Ventures Africa we see that Nigeria has been announced as host for the first ever World Pension Summit focused on Africa. The Summit will hold in Abuja. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, Acting Director General of the National Pension Commission, expressed the commission’s delight at the opportunity to host the forum; adding that rising ... Read More
 

The Norwegian Government pledges financial support to promote safe schooling in the Northern part of Nigeria.

23 May 2014 The Norwegian Government has pledged the equivalent of $1.6 million USD to promote safe schooling in the Northern part of Nigeria and to help the communities affected by the abductions. Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende who announced the pledge at a meeting with supporters for the abducted girls, expressed the country’s concern ... Read More
 

Nigeria formally requests to blacklist Boko Haram.

23 May 2014 BusinessDay informs us that Nigeria has formally asked the United Nations Security Council Al Qaeda sanctions committee to blacklist Boko Haram. The publication quotes a Reuters report as saying that if there are no objections from the 15-member council committee, which operates by consensus, Boko Haram will be sanctioned on the 21st ... Read More
 

Guinea Bissau conducts a Successful Presidential Election.

23 May 2014 We kick off with the report that Guinea Bissau has successfully conducted its Presidential run off elections. Former Finance Minister Jose Mario Vaz who was the candidate for the dominant African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde took 61.9 percent of the votes while his opponent Nuno Gomes Nabiam, ... Read More
 

Season finale of MTTG airs this Saturday, 8pm CAT.

23 May 2014 Let’s keep you in the loop with hot stuff caking in the ovens of EbonyLife TV. If you’ve been hooked on our Walter Banger series Married to the Game, you’d be sad to hear it’s finally coming to an end. It’s been an intriguing, suspense-filled journey of the doctor couple wound up ... Read More
 

American Neosoul songstress Erykah Badu traces roots to Cameroon

23 May 2014 On the International scene, the famzing continues as more and more African American celebrities are reconnecting with the Motherland. Latest is multiple Grammy award winning Neosoul songstress Erykah Badu who has just traced her roots back to Cameroon. The Afro-haired star made the discovery during her live documentary with Okay Africa. Badu ... Read More