People & Politics

These are the Highest Paid Black Athletes in 2019

Forbes has released its list of the world’s highest-paid athletes for 2019 with the cut-off for the top 100 at $25 million as compared to $17.3 million some 5 years ago showing how lucrative the industry has been over...

Serena Williams Makes History as First Ever Athlete to Make Forbes ‘Richest Self-Made Women List

Serena Williams has become the first-ever athlete to make Forbes ' list of America's Richest Self-Made Women, which ranks the most successful female entrepreneurs in the country. In addition to being a 23-time Grand Slam winner, Williams—who ranks in at...

Malawi’s Presidential Bodyguard Dubbed World’s Scariest [Photo]

Malawian President Peter Mutharika’s security officers have made international headlines as the world’s scariest bodyguards. An officer from the Malawi Police special unit, the Police Mobile Force, who was on duty during Mutharika’s swearing in ceremony at Kamuzu Stadium became...

Some Dangerous Ways African Migrants Illegally Enter Europe [Photos]

Attempting to leave Africa at all cost, Spanish police guards on duty at the border in Beni-Enzar, Morocco arrested four stowaway migrants in less than 3 hours on Saturday, May 24, 2019. Images of the migrants have since flooded...

Twenty One Year-old Itumeleng Ntsube to be Sworn in as Youngest MP in South Africa

South Africa’s youngest legislator is set to be sworn into office today as members of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), the upper house of parliament, take their seats. The 21-year-old Itumeleng Ntsube belongs to the ruling African National Congress’...

Nigeria: Chimamanda Makes History as First African to Speak at Yale’s Class Day

Celebrated writer and speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has become the first African to deliver the Class Day Speech of the Yale College at New Haven, Connecticut. The event which held Sunday, May 19, on the eve of Yale’s 318th...

Tobechukwu Phillips, Nigerian-born Teenager Breaks American School’s 125-year Academic History

A Nigerian - born teenager, Tobechukwu Phillips has shattered the 125 academic history of her high school in Texas , US. Phillips, a student of Alvin High School boasted a 6 . 9 GPA, after she earned A ’ s...

Ernest Ezeajughi: Nigerian Elected Mayor Of London Borough Of Brent, UK

A Nigerian, Ernest Ezeajughi, has made history by winning election as the first Black Mayor of the London Borough of Brent, United Kingdom. A Nigerian, Ernest Ezeajughi, has made history by winning election as the first Black Mayor of...

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart Named in BBC’s 100 Stories that Shaped the World

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart has been named in BBC’s 100 stories that shaped the world, making it into the top 5. BBC Culture asked writers around the globe to pick stories that have endured across generations and continents...

Meet Israel Adesanya and Kamaru Usman, the two Nigerian UFC Champions Ruling the Martial Art World

Israel Adesanya and Kamaru Usman are Nigeria' s reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) winners. Adesanya, better-known as 'The Last Stylebender', earned the interim UFC middleweight belt in a spectacular fight in Atlanta. The fierce fight was between him and American...
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Mary Lumpkin: The Formerly Enslaved Woman Who Transformed a Slave Breeding Jail Into a College

Mary Lumpkin, a former enslaved woman, inherited the land housing Lumpkin’s Jail, a notorious slave facility infamous for its...
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