Yearly Archives: 2015
Nigeria 0-1 Uganda: Super Eagles Suffer Defeat Against Cranes
Nigeria’s Super Eagles were dealt an embarrassing defeat against the Cranes of Uganda in an international friendly at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo...
Racist attacker jailed for killing teenager
A 42 year old man who murdered a 17 year-old teenager in a race related attack, has been sentenced to 22 years in jail.
Lee...
Life sentence for brutal Brixton killer
A man who killed his estranged wife and stabbed two other another women who were “nagging” and “disrespecting” him, has been sentenced to life...
Japan crowns first mixed-race beauty queens
For the first time ever, Japan has crowned a woman of colour at its national Beauty queen.
20 year-old Ariana Miyamoto, who is half black...
Met Police ordered to pay £400,000 to tasered black man
The Metropolitan Police have been ordered by a judge to pay over £400,000, to an innocent black businessman, who they constantly stopped in his...
Nigerian businessman funds 1,000 African entrepreneurs
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced the selection of its first 1,000 African entrepreneurs for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP).
TEEP is a...
Get economics and you’ll get immigration
Study shows attitudes improve with financial literacy
A survey has found that “financially literate” people are the more likely to see immigration as positive than...
US dissident charged in Jammeh coup plot
A prominent dissident has been charged in the US with plotting to overthrow one of Africa's most oppressive governments.
In late December, a group of...
Flying Eagles triumph restores Nigerian pride
It has taken the efforts of Nigeria’s young guns to somewhat atone for the embarrassing failure of the Super Eagles to even qualify for...
Your next seafood dish could have been caught by slaves
Seafood caught in Indonesia by slave workers may be being sold in supermarkets and restaurants worldwide, according to a year-long investigation by The Associated...