Eight kid bodies were found in a pit on Monday, at the boundary between Agbalu and Umuokom, in Obibi Community in Etche Local Government area of Rivers State, Nigeria. According to reports, the corpses were discovered in the morning by women who went to the farm. However, local residents could […]
Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on March 30, 1964. She caught her big break in 1986, when a friend’s father introduced her to a manager at Elektra Records, and soon recorded Tracy Chapman (1988). The album’s most popular single, “Fast Car,” landed at No. 5 on […]
Foxconn, the company that manage and operates all Apple, Samsung, HP production lines, has acquired Sharp for $3.5 billion. Touted by TechCrunch as the the largest overseas acquisition of a Japanese company, Foxconn has finally sealed the deal. Sharp had previously rejected the bid from Netwok Corp, a Japanese company […]
Nigeria’s news headlines are awash with stories of Mosanto bringing genetically modified, GM, cotton seeds to Nigeria. It is commendable that the media community is joining its voice alongside that of local activists and non-governmental organisations, NGOs, to block Mosanto and its GM cotton seeds out of Nigeria. Nigeria does […]
Kidnapped senior military officer, Samaila Inusa, has been found dead. According to a press release by the military spokesperson, Inusa is suspected to have been murdered the same day he was kidnapped on his way to Abuja in Chikun local government area of Kaduna, North West of Nigeria. “The body […]
Bola Ahmed Tinubu was born on March 29, 1952. He is 64 years old. He was elected senator for Lagos West Constituency in Lagos State Nigeria in 1993. He was elected the governor of Lagos State holding office from 1999 to 2007. He is the national leader of All […]
Chinese authorities are still cracking down on suspected authors of an open letter asking President Xi Jinping to resign. The letter was written and signed earlier this month under the alias “a loyal Communist Party member.” Jia Jia, a 35 year old Chinese journalist who went missing while trying to […]
An Egyptian plane, Airbus 320, has been hijacked. A suspected bomber hijacked the passenger plane with about 60 people, including seven crew members on-board on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo on Tuesday and forced it to land in Cyprus, according to Egyptian officials. Report has it that negotiations with the […]
Tunji Braithwaite, one of Nigeria’s legal and social activists has just passed on. He was confirmed dead this morning at the St. Nicholas Specialist Hospital, Marina where he was treated for an undisclosed illness. Aged 82, Braithwaite was a former presidential candidate of the National Advance Party, NAP. He was […]
Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, has expressed concern over the crude bent the American political discourse has taken in recent times. Speaking to CNN Money, Schultz said, “There should be a level of discourse that is respectful and we should be able to look at those people and say those are […]