Yearly Archives: 2014
Can Africa corner the Call Centre market?
Christopher Bell, the Africa Channel Manager for software provider Interactive Alliance has stated that Nigeria, as well as other countries in Africa are in...
Rhino poacher jailed for 77 years
A Rhino poacher from South Africa has been jailed for 77 years, the highest sentence ever given for the crime.
Mandla Chauka, who was caught...
Border Force to tackle FGM at airports
Specially trained Border Force teams will be operating across airports and ports this summer to identify and protect potential victims of Female Gentile Mutilation...
MP encourages UK businesses to trade in Africa
Britain’s Africa Minister, Mark Simmons, has encouraged businesses in the North-West of England to take advantage of opportunities to do business with African nations.
During...
Air Algérie flight reported missing
An Air Algérie flight, travelling from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, to Algiers early Thursday morning (July 24), has been reported missing, according to the...
Nine year old boy remarries South African mother of five
A nine year old boy has married is 62 year old wife for the second time in order to make the marriage official.
According to...
#bringbackourgirls 100th day rally in London
Date: 22/7.2014
Time: 12-2pm
Venue: front of Nigerian High Commission, 9 Northumberland Avenue, WC2N 5BX
It is 100 days on 22nd July since Boko Haram abducted 276...
Popular playwright Osa Omorogbe dies in Newcastle, aged 70
OSA OMOROGBE (born 26.4.44, died 12.7.14)
Osa Omorogbe, one of Tyneside’s most colourful characters, has died at the age of 70. Born in Benin City,...
CANUK Nigerian Family Fun day
The Central Association of Nigerians in the UK will be holding its annual family funday event on August 24th. The event, which will be...
Kenyan writer Okwiri Oduar wins 15th Caine Prize
Kenyan Writer Okwiri Oduor was announced as the winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing on Monday with her short story ‘My Father’s...
