From Ghana to Nigeria, the privatization bandwagon in the Telecoms industry is on course in the ECOWAS region.

“It took a while for people to accept our music because we don’t exactly fit into any category.”

Outside the old city walls is a quarter known as the sabon gari, where “foreigners” traditionally lived, segregated from the Hausa-speaking indigenous population. With sharia law applicable in Kano, it is in the bars and hotels of the sabon gari - where Islamic jurisprudence does not reach - that illicit sex thrives.

Los Angeles (August 20, 2008) – Many news stories worldwide are reporting that movies from the United States are not being represented at the upcoming Venice Film Festival due to the writer’s strike. One movie from American film maker Ramin Bahrani is making its debut at the Venice Film Festival.
“Goodbye Solo” is the anticipated [...]

President Patrick Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia died at a hospital in the French capital, Paris. He died on Tuesday nearly two months after he suffered stroke at a recent African Union summit in Cairo, Egypt. Former President Frederick Chiluba called to express his condolences to the first family and the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy [...]

Well, there’s only one way to describe what the Nigerian soccer team did to their Belgian counterpart at the Beijing Olympics semi-finals soccer match: Total Domination!
Watch the video highlight of the match.
Nigeria now proceeds to the finals, and will meet Argentina on Saturday.
The match promises to be a redeemer for the Nigerian contingent at [...]

When I am at work, I have no needs and I remember nothing else. That is why I don’t really like public holidays or weekends…they make me feel sick.