Tony Blair: Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone is an exceptional President
Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, has recently described the Sierra Leone leader, President Ernest Bai Koroma, as an exceptional president. In an interview with Britain’s Sun newspaper, the distinguished statesman said “the people of Sierra Leone are a determined people with an exceptional President leading them to a bright future. It gives me [...]
Jimmy Cliff – Reggae’s biggest sensation is indeed a music legend
Music has been defined as an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and colour. For someone to be referred to as a music superstar they must embody all what music expresses. There are musicians and there are those who are born [...]
Riots in Mozambique over increase in bread prices
Roads were blocked with burning tyres and shops were looted in Mozambique’s capital Maputo as deadly riots sparked by soaring bread prices entered a second day. According to hospital sources, at least six people were killed, including two children, as police opened fire on protesters in the worst riots to hit the country since 2008. [...]
Kenya introduces DDT to curb Malaria
With WHO statistics showing that nearly 2 million people die from malaria each year a disease that is preventable and treatable in sub Saharan Africa, Kenyan government plans to introduce the use of the controversial dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane commonly referred to as DDT. The government through the ministry of public health and sanitation plans to reintroduce the [...]
Governor Amaechi: The significance of Mrs. Jonathan’s scolding
The outcome of Madam Patience Jonathan’s (the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan) visit to Rivers State recently is a puzzler. Many Nigerians are still unable to comprehend as to why she had the audacity to scold Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State. What many had thought would be the ‘homecoming’ of the daughter of the [...]
Mobile phone users in Kenya urged to ignore death messages doing rounds
Kenyan officials have moved to quell growing hysteria sparked by rumour that a ghostly red number was appearing on mobile phones and killing people. The rumours swept like wildfire among the residents in the capital, Nairobi and other major towns on Tuesday night, with many forwarding the stories to their friends, families and colleagues via [...]
