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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Religion
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019

U.K. Government, through the Charity Commission, has opened an inquiry into the activities of a Nigerian-owned church, SPAC Nation. According to The Mail On Sunday and HuffPost UK, the church is run by 39-year-old Pastor Tobi Adegboyega. According to the Evening Standard, Adegboyega once shared a room […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019

Zambian President Edgar Lungu wants the U.S. ambassador to leave the country after the diplomat criticized the African state for sentencing a gay couple to 15 years behind bars for having a consensual relationship. “We have complained officially to the American government, and we are waiting for their response because we don’t want such people […]
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Africa & World Politics, Biafra, Headlines
Friday, December 6th, 2019
Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi says some “misguided Nigerians” attacked him on Friday in Madrid, Spain. Amaechi who was in Spain for a climate change summit announced on twitter that the attackers were quickly restrained before they could violently lay their hands on him. His tweet reads: “Some minutes ago, I was attacked […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, December 5th, 2019
The leaders of Britain, Canada, France and the Netherlands have been caught on camera at a Buckingham Palace reception mocking US President Donald Trump’s lengthy media appearances ahead of Wednesday’s NATO summit. The footage, shot by the British host’s camera pool on Tuesday evening and spotted and subtitled by Canada’s CBC, set the tone for […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, November 28th, 2019
The Ghanaian Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, has said the willingness of civilians to offer policemen bribes is responsible for the unprofessional conduct of officers. He said it during a radio programme,Ekosii Sen, on Asempa FM on Tuesday. The IGP particularly said drivers break the law and offer bribes to avoid prosecution. This he said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 28th, 2019
Asks Benin to mend its ways Nigeria too big to be threatened by Benin, says Prof. Lumumba, Ex-Kenyan anti-graft czar Says borders can be open without being porous By Prince Okafor, Olayinka Ajayi & Jane Ogunnaike, with Agency reports LAGOS-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, spoke in favour of Nigeria’s partial border closure with neighbours, asking […]
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Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines
Thursday, November 28th, 2019
…Returns to Heathrow A British Airways flight heading to Abuja from London on Tuesday returned to Heathrow Airport after the plane lost one of its engines mid-air. The airline confirmed that BA 083 flight returned to Heathrow and was met by the emergency services as a precaution measure after what it called “a minor technical […]
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Africa & World Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

More than 50 African leaders made their way to the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Oct. 23-24 for the inaugural Russia-Africa summit. The summit is widely seen as a reflection of Russia’s push for economic and military influence in Africa. More than 3,000 delegates from African countries and Russia are at the summit […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, November 11th, 2019
Gideon Olanrewaju, a Nigerian Educational Development Practitioner and Quality Education Advocate, has recently been invited by the The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Megan Markle to Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom to share how his organization has been ensuring access to alternative learning and empowerment opportunities for girls and women in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Arlene Schar, Articles, Columnists, David Leffler, NNP Columnists
Monday, November 11th, 2019

By Teresa Studzinski, Arlene J. Schar, and Dr. David Leffler – “May you live in ‘interesting’ times” is an oft quoted expression to connote living in times of danger and uncertainty, and surely the citizens of the Middle East are living in such unprecedented times. Countries divided against themselves will not last long. And so the […]