AIRPEACE NIGERIA BEGINS DIRECT FLIGHTS TO CHINA

AIRPEACE NIGERIA BEGINS DIRECT FLIGHTS TO CHINA

Ekeomah Atuonwu The national airline of Nigeria, Air Peace, has announced intentions to start direct flights from Lagos to Mumbai, India, and Guangzhou, China, in July. The airline has announced that similar international operations would start on routes to Israel. The Federal Government gave the airline access to a variety of routes before the COVID-19 […]

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 THE WOMAN KING: VIOLA DAVIS IS READY FOR BATTLE

THE WOMAN KING: VIOLA DAVIS IS READY FOR BATTLE

Ekeomah Atuonwu The Woman King, a historical epic starring award-winning actress Viola Davis, will transport you to the 1800s. The film centers on General Nanisca of the Dahomey Amazons and Nawi, a driven recruit, and was inspired by actual historical events. It demonstrates how the Dahomey Amazons fought off adversaries who posed a danger to what they had achieved for, tarnished their […]

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 PRISON BREAK: INSURGENTS ATTACK NIGERIAN PRISON, OVER 800 INMATES ESCAPE

PRISON BREAK: INSURGENTS ATTACK NIGERIAN PRISON, OVER 800 INMATES ESCAPE

Ekeomah Atuonwu Late on Tuesday night, there was a terrifying attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja the capital city of Nigeria. The insurgents stormed the facility at about 10:00 p.m., detonating explosives and opening live rounds on state agents guarding the facility, according to a senior government official. “Suspected Boko Haram attackers have just seized the prisons from […]

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 SOUTH AFRICA HOLDS MEMORIAL FOR 21 KILLED IN TAVERN

SOUTH AFRICA HOLDS MEMORIAL FOR 21 KILLED IN TAVERN

Ekeomah Atuonwu On Wednesday, South Africa 🇿🇦 bade goodbye to the 21 people, most of whom were teenagers, who died inexplicably at a township bar last month in a shocking tragedy. More than a thousand people, including President Cyril Ramaphosa and many elected officials, attended the service held in the township of Scenery Park, near […]

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 BURKINA FASO: EX PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM EXILE AFTER BEING DEPOSED

BURKINA FASO: EX PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM EXILE AFTER BEING DEPOSED

Ekeomah Atuonwu Former Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 president Blaise Compaore will return from exile for the first time since being deposed in a 2014 rebellion, according to Burkinabe officials, despite his conviction earlier this year for participation in his predecessor’s death. The reigning military junta invited Compaore to attend a meeting on Friday between interim President […]

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 WEST AFRICAN LEADERS LIFT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON MALI

WEST AFRICAN LEADERS LIFT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON MALI

Ekeomah Atuonwu Economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been lifted after its military authorities suggested a 24-month transition to democracy and issued a new electoral legislation. According to reports, the EU slapped harsh sanctions on Mali in January when the military administration indicated it […]

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 NIGERIA: CHILDREN KEPT IN CHURCH BASEMENT IN WAIT FOR RAPTURE

NIGERIA: CHILDREN KEPT IN CHURCH BASEMENT IN WAIT FOR RAPTURE

Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerian police have rescued dozens of people, many of them children, from a church where they had been told to wait for what they believed would be a divine happening, a police statement said. Police raided the Whole Bible Believers Church in southwestern Ondo State, Nigeria on Friday after a tip that children were being […]

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 MEXICAN MAYOR MARRIES ALIGATOR BRIDE

MEXICAN MAYOR MARRIES ALIGATOR BRIDE

Ekeomah Atuonwu A small town Mexican mayor married his alligator bride in a colorful ceremony as traditional music rang out and revelers danced while imploring the indigenous leader to seal the nuptials with a kiss. San Pedro Huamelula Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa obliged more than once during Thursday’s wedding, bending down to plant his lips […]

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