“Eight hundred,” says the auctioneer. “900 … 1,000 … 1,100 …” Sold. For 1,200 Libyan dinars — the equivalent of $800. Not a used car, a piece of land, or an item of…
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Media
Olaudah Equiano: Google celebrates 272nd birthday of Nigerian slave Who Helped Abolish African Slave Trade
by Arinze Ago October 18, 2017Google on Monday, celebrated the birthday of Nigerian former slave, Olaudah Equiano, who supported the British movement to end the slave trade. The Nigerian author, who was of the Igbo extraction…
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Africa
OPINION: AFRICANS CRAVE FREEDOM YET NEITHER HATE BONDAGE NOR LOVE IT!
by Daniji Emmanuel May 21, 2017“Indifference” best describes the willpower of a great portion of Africans who desire, yet slumber on their bid to untie the leash strapped on them by tyrant/under-performing leaders (most of…
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Linda Alapa has been nabbed by the police for allegedly beating her ten year old housemaid, Joy Mbafan to death in Ikorodu Lagos. According to reports, Alapa was flogging the…