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Fela is the first African to receive the award/Instagram

Fela Kuti Becomes First African Artist To Receive Posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 3 min read

Fela Kuti Becomes First African Artist To Receive Posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Chinedu Ugo 9 months ago

Nearly three decades after his passing, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is poised to make history as the first African to be honored with a...

Delcy Rodríguez became interim president of Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro was abducted by the US/Getty Images

Venezuela Rejects US Interference, Says Interim Leader Rodríguez 2 min read

Venezuela Rejects US Interference, Says Interim Leader Rodríguez

Chinedu Ugo 9 months ago

Rodriguez says Venezuela must control its affair independent of US interference. Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez declared on Sunday that the South American country...

Governor Soludo vowed to extend the shutdown of the Onitsha Main Market if traders fail to comply with the government's directive/Anambra State Government

Governor Soludo Shuts Down Onitsha Main Market For One Week Over Sit-At-Home Defiance 2 min read

Governor Soludo Shuts Down Onitsha Main Market For One Week Over Sit-At-Home Defiance

Chinedu Ugo 9 months ago

Governor Soludo says the shutdown is a necessary step to send the appropriate signals, protect law-abiding citizens and reinforce the authority of the state....

Bandits have abducted several pastors in Nigeria/James Barnett

Pastor And Three Daughters Kidnapped By Bandits In Kaduna village 1 min read

Pastor And Three Daughters Kidnapped By Bandits In Kaduna village

Natasha Taylor 10 months ago

The pastor and his three daughters were kidnapped by bandits who invaded the Tudun Bussa community. Armed criminals have kidnapped Pastor Daniel Bagama, a...

Donald Trump, the US President, displays a signed founding charter for the Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2026 [AFP]

What You Should Know About Trump’s New Board Of Peace 4 min read

What You Should Know About Trump’s New Board Of Peace

Natasha Taylor 10 months ago

DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump formally launched his “Board of Peace” on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, unveiling an international...

Bobi Wine and his wife arrive at a Kampala polling station to cast their votes in Uganda's presidential election on 15 January 2026. 30 people have been killed post-election/AP

30 Killed In Ugandan Post-election Violence 2 min read

30 Killed In Ugandan Post-election Violence

Chinedu Ugo 10 months ago

Uganda’s army commander and the son of the recently re-elected President Yoweri Museveni announced on Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed, with...

Trump's relationship with Starmer has been at a low over Greenland/Lionscrib

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Says ‘I won’t yield’ And Accuses Trump Of Attempting To Pressure Him Over Greenland 3 min read

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Says ‘I won’t yield’ And Accuses Trump Of Attempting To Pressure Him Over Greenland

Chinedu Ugo 10 months ago

Trump and Starmer have clashed over Greenland. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated he will not give in to US President Donald Trump’s...

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the White House's Oval Office in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2025. Photo credit: Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS

Messages Exchanged Between Norwegian Prime Minister and President Trump 2 min read

Messages Exchanged Between Norwegian Prime Minister and President Trump

Chinedu Ugo 10 months ago

The Norwegian government released the complete text of correspondence between Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday through the...

The defence minister warned state governments against negotiating with bandits/Screenshot BBC Interview

Defence Minister Warns State Governors Against Peace Deals With Bandits 1 min read

Defence Minister Warns State Governors Against Peace Deals With Bandits

Chinedu Ugo 10 months ago

Defence Minister Christopher Musa says peace deals with bandits strengthens insecurity. The Defence Minister, General Christopher Musa (retired), has issued a stern warning to...