Wayne Lumbasi Simidele Adeagbo made history at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games when she became the first Nigerian Winter Olympian and the first African and Black woman to compete in the sport of skeleton. Her accomplishments are just as remarkable outside of the sport. The 39-year-old spent more than 15 years on Nike’s marketing team spearheading campaigns celebrating […]
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Wayne Lumbasi A tennis tournament in Ghana turned into a brawl after one of the players slapped his opponent after losing. The distasteful incident was captured by spectators on camera and was widely shared on the internet. The tennis match was between French player Michael Kouame and Ghana’s Raphael Nii Ankrah. They were playing in […]
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Avellon Williams DOMINICA – Following Russian missile strikes, a Dominican-flagged dry cargo ship sank at berth in the besieged southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. According to Dominica’s registry, the Azburg was fired upon heavily after being intentionally shelled twice a day earlier. “The vessel was heavily fired upon by Russian armed forces. Specific characteristics of firing on […]
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Avellon Williams CASTRIES, ANTIGUA – The government of St Lucia is optimistic following talks held with an established buyer on the possibility of using Antigua as a distribution hub for selling bananas to surrounding countries in the region. Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development Minister, Alfred Prospere said, “Currently, we are moving between 2000 and 2500 […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Scientists believe they have discovered the first fossil associated with the catastrophic asteroid event that wiped out the dinosaurs. The dinosaur leg has been described as “stunningly preserved,” with skin still attached. The leg was discovered as part of a group of remains discovered at the Tanis fossil site in North Dakota, USA, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Rwanda is commemorating the 28th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that saw over a million people beaten, hacked, and shot dead in a hundred days of slaughter. As per the tradition every April 7, the day the genocide commenced, President Paul Kagame is set to lead the nation in mourning […]
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Lisa Mugo Robyn Rihanna Fenty is officially Barbados’ very first billionaire. Her wealth stands at a total of $1.7 billion according to Forbes. Riri’s wealth has accumulated due to her various businesses such as her lingerie line Savage X Fenty as well as her beauty empire Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin. Not only is the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Former Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore, who has been under house arrest since being deposed in a military coup in January, has been allowed to return to his family home, the country’s interim government announced on Wednesday. West African leaders asked the junta last month to release the ex-president and set a “more acceptable” timeline […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu China has launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. Gaofen-3 03 was launched by a Long March-4C rocket at 7:47 a.m. (Beijing Time) and successfully entered the planned orbit. The satellite will link up with the Gaofen-3 and Gaofen-3 02 satellites in orbit to form a land-sea radar satellite […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In Kenya, millions of dollars are lost every month due to vandalism of electric transformers for their fluid, often sold as cooking oil. This according to the country’s energy supplier Kenya power which says criminals extract the fluid from the transformers, which is then sold by cartels to restaurants and roadside stalls for […]
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