People & Politics

A Nigerian Born Author, Irenosen Okojie has won the AKO Caine prize for 'Stunning' short story Grace Jones. The Nigerian-British writer won the £10,000 award on Monday afternoon for her short story Grace Jones, following an impersonator of the singer...

The United States Navy has awarded a Nigerian officer, Lieutenant Victor Agunbiade, its medal of commendation for effectively managing its largest cash disbursing office' handling $45 million (N17 billion) in cash transaction. The US Navy said Agunbiade effectively managed its...

An activist in India has become the first person from Siddhi community — a tiny African-origin ethnic group — to become a legislator in the country.

Andrew Mlangeni, the last surviving anti-apartheid activist convicted with Nelson Mandela at South Africa's infamous Rivonia Trial, has died at 95.

Prof’ Ikechukwu Nwachukwu Dikko, an American of Nigerian parentage and a student of Notre Dame High School in Connecticut, has won the Presidential Award For Elite Scholarship in America and the Connecticut Seal of Biliteracy.

A statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes has been decapitated in Cape Town in South Africa. The statue had previously been targeted and was first vandalised in 2001.

Charles Egbu: Nigerian Professor Appointed Vice Chancellor Of Leeds Trinity University, UK. He will take over from Professor Margaret who will step down after seven years as Vice-Chancellor.

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president and liberation hero Nelson Mandela, died on Monday, the Mandela family said.

Pope Francis has appointed Kokunre Agbontaen-Eghafona, a Nigerian professor, to the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

France's armed forces ministry has provided local authorities with a 210-page booklet containing the names of 100 Africans who fought for France in World War Two, so that streets and squares may be named after them.