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A look at the dirty war Nigeria is waging against its Gays or LGBT people and anyone associated with them. According to a statement released in February by the Nigerian police, Abdul Lawal, dressed as the groom, and Umar Tahir, dressed as the bride, were just about to take their seats at their well-attended marriage ceremony on February 6, when ...

LAS VEGAS – If this was truly Manny Pacquiao‘s final fight, as he has said, he went out with a near-vintage performance. He knocked rival Timothy Bradley Jr. down twice, in the seventh and ninth rounds, and cruised to a unanimous decision in their welterweight fight Saturday night before 14,665 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.[1] Check also: Manny pacquiao ...

Telecoms operator Angola Cables and Japan’s NEC Corp said on Wednesday they plan to spend $160 million building a 1,600-kilometer undersea Fiber Optic Cable, the first to connect Africa and South America, according to Reuters. Check also: Nigeria To Build A $2.4billion Lagos Red Line Rail Project Funded partly by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation through the Development Bank of Angola, the cable system ...

The head of Africa’s largest cement producer, Aliko Dangote has built his substantial fortune upon solid foundations. But these could be shaken following the Panama Papers leak, which involved the disclosure of 11.5 million confidential tax documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Check also: Meet Africas richest man and what he does to get billions Dangote has become one ...

UGANDA IS showing the world what electoral malfeasance can look like, more than a month after voters cast their ballots. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won the country’s Feb. 18 elections amid widespread reports of voting irregularities, ballot-box stuffing and intimidation of opposition candidates, according to United States observers. Check also: President Yoweri Museveni’s re-election and Uganda’s future Last Thursday, Uganda’s ...