As a historian and director of the Lynching in Texas project, which has documented more than 600 racial terror lynchings, I receive regular emails from journalists, scholars and activists who want to discuss the history of racial violence. My conversations Read more…
Bill Gates’ daughter reveals pregnancy on Thanksgiving Day The daughter of the billionaire founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda, has revealed that she is pregnant. The 26-year-old revealed her baby bump on Thanksgiving Day (today) in a Read more…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unveiled his daughter to the world in new images released on Friday that showed him strolling around with a young girl as the rogue state tested the massive Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile. North Korean Read more…
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS says 63% of persons living within Nigeria (133 million people) are multidimensionally poor. This is contained in its extensive national measure of multidimensional poverty launched on Thursday in Abuja. The Federal Government of Nigeria Read more…
Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos are officially married. Former President Donald Trump escorted his 29-year-old daughter down the aisle and kissed her on the cheek before she exchanged vows with her now-husband, 25, in Mar-a-Lago on Saturday. The bride — Read more…
Jerome Ngutor had trouble with a persistent stomach ache but like many Nigerians, he did not have enough money to see a doctor. Then he heard about a novel idea to get health insurance – collect waste material and trade Read more…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at how descendants of slaves in the US have entered the tug of war over some of Africa’s most famous artefacts that were stolen during the Read more…
The Assemblies of God in Uru Umudim Nnewi experienced a very hot Sunday before the harmattan set in for the season. That was the atmosphere as Ujunwa’s (aka Akwa Bekee) colleagues, and friends joined her to pay extraordinary Thanksgiving to Read more…
As part of Dr. Ugboaja’s all round commitment to keep faith with selfless individuals who invest time and resources in the continued development of NAUTH, the board, management, and staff, rejoice with Chief Dr. Cletus Ibeto. On behalf of the Read more…
Nigerian businessman, philanthropist, and former chairman of Forte Oil PLC, Femi Otedola, turned 60 on Friday, November 4, 2022. The business tycoon boarded his family on the world’s first and largest superyacht ‘Christina O’, which was famously owned by Greek Read more…
The Dutch government plans to issue a formal apology next month for its history as a slaving nation, the RTL news website reported on Thursday, citing sources. According to the outlet, the government also intends to set up a €200 Read more…
Viewing online pornography is a widespread “vice” that even nuns and priests are not alien to, Pope Francis said earlier this week. Speaking to seminarians, the 85-year-old pontiff called on each of the aspiring clerics to think if they “have Read more…