The 13 year old sole survivor of a Yemeni jet that plunged into deep water while attempting to land on Comoros Island reunites with father in Paris. Bahia Bakari, 13, clung on to floating debris for more than 12 hours before search teams spotted her in rough seas.

One hundred and fifty black Britons will visit Ghana during a project to connect diaspora communities with the countries of their ancestors. Participants in the ‘Back to our Roots’ initiative will spend two weeks in the West African country learning about the culture, history and business and investment opportunities. The three-year project sponsored by the [...]

Virgin Atlantic is to pull its brand name from Nigeria’s national airline Virgin Nigeria and sell its stake in the company. Virgin’s sell-off is the final closure of an increasingly acrimonious deal, announced with great fanfare, five years ago. In 2004 Virgin entered into a deal, brokered by then President Olusegun Obasanjo, to take over [...]

Bridgette Amofah, (British-Ghanaian) is one of the most exciting and original new artists to emerge in the UK music scene today.

This is marketing at 25,000 feet. If you are a entrepreneur, or one yet to bud, then you might have heard of PitchTV — an idea of the the British numero uno entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, that gives you the opportunity to pitch your business idea directly to people who could make your ambition [...]

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About 5,000 people gathered in London on Wednesday to protest against the G20 leaders ahead of the summit which starts today. Protestors smashed their way into the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in the city’s financial district. Eighty-seven people were arrested and seven protestors and one policeman were taken to hospital. One protestor [...]

46-year-old Tidjane is the son of a journalist, graduated in engineering and later joined McKinsey & Co. in 1994. In 1998 he was named as one of the 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum in Davos - a list that was dubbed the ‘dream cabinet’. He then joined Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa.

The multinational banks facilitate corruption in West Africa, according to Global Witness, a London-based watchdog organization. The money trail from most of the corrupt regimes in the region leads to, and through, a handful of the international banks like Citigroup, Barclays, and HSBC.

Nigeria’s Attorney General aims to travel to London with his team and spend 3 months preparing the grounds for some legal battles. He wants to redeem the image of Nigeria and get about $5billion in damages from companies involved in bribery scandals in Nigeria.

Diasporans like Okpara are willing and ready to deploy the knowledge and experience which they gathered outside the nation’s shores to the development of their fatherland, but how and where will they start? There are no clear cut institutional frameworks for such people to channel their energy and expertise to the benefit of Nigeria.