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The Confederation of African Football's Preliminary Competition offers five berths at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Find out how many African teams qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Morocco and Tunisia completed African countries line-up at the FIFA World Cup™, securing the last of Africa's berths at Russia...

Houston's undocumented immigrants fear Deportation, won't Evacuate

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Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States and has the third-largest undocumented immigrant population , about 575,000 people, according to a report this year by the Pew Research Center. Texas’s looming crackdown on illegal immigration has already driven many of those immigrants further into the shadows, and...

Lagos Nigeria turns 50

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Lagos Nigeria is celebrating its 50th anniversary as the state grows to become the industrial hub of Africa with Lekki Free Trade Zone and Dangote Group. Lagos State created May 27, 1967 boast some 20 million people. Saturday May 27, 2017, the state of Lagos turns 50 years old. The former Nigeria’s capital is the world’s...

3 years #BringBackOurGirls: Nigerian stolen girls no where to be found

Three years after 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, were kidnapped by Boko Haram on 14 April 2014, the Nigerian stolen girls are still no where to be found. The kidnapping sparked the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign that failed on its own promise to bring back the stolen girls.21 of the stolen girls were...

Spring Break Crowds Shuts Down Miami Beach Ocean Drive

College students from Georgia and Florida took over Ocean Drive in Miami Beach leading to a shut down for hours Friday as spring break crowds filled the sand and streets.Spring beakers descended upon South Beach, Ocean Drive in Miami for the first week of 8 weeks long Spring Break. There were 35 arrests during the first weekend....

Arsene Wenger takes fans decision to leave Arsenal in May

Arsenal football manager Arsene Wenger admits recent fans protests against him will influence his decision to leave Arsenal in the summer. Wenger's contract expires at the end of the season in May, 2017."I work very hard for 25 years to make the fans happy. I understand they are not when we lose. I don't want to judge that....

Nigerian Yahoo Boys Sentenced to 115 years in Prison in the US

Three Nigerians, who in July 2015 were arrested and extradited from South Africa to the United States, were convicted today by a federal jury for their wide-ranging Internet fraud schemes including mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit identity theft, access device fraud, and theft of U.S. government...

3 Million Women Protest Pussy Power and March on Donald Trump

Women's March on President Donald Trump are being held in more than 30 countries across the world on his first day in the White House. The first batch of women's protesters were up bright and early in Washington DC awaiting the Women's March on Washington to begin Saturday. Millions of women are marching across Europe, Africa...

Streets empty, 'Barrowed time', Flee, War in Yahya Jammeh's Last Day in Gambia

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It looks like Mr Jammeh's will defy The African Union, ECOWAS and U.N. Security Council to be forcefully removed as a dictator president of The Gambia. Regional leaders including former Ghana president John Dramani Mahama, Nigeria's Bushari and Chairman of ECOWAS, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf failed to strike a deal in talks...

RCCG Confirms Pastor Joshua Obayemi is new Daddy G.O.

Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Nigeria confirms that Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Saturday appoints Pastor Joshua Obayemi as the new Daddy General Overseer (GO). The confirmation was made on twitter @PastorEAAdeboye t The shocking announcement was made at the congregation of all RCCG Pastors and ministers...

Whatsapp will no longer work on: Androids, Windows, iPhones, BlackBerry and Nokia Phones

WhatsApp has announced that it will no longer support a range of older operating platforms by midnight December 31, 2016. WhatsApp say on their website: “As we look ahead to our next seven years, we want to focus our efforts on the mobile platforms the vast majority of people use.“While these mobile devices have been an important...

Muhammadu Buhari in New Year Message Admits 2016 Wasn't Easy

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari delivered a videotaped address to Nigerians, urging Shi’a Community and Niger Delta militants to embrace peace in the New Year. ''My dear Compatriots,I am happy to welcome you to the beginning of a New Year in our beloved country Nigeria.I felicitate with you today at a time when...

Plastic Rice from China hits Nigeria

Chinese companies has been mass producing fake rice made out of plastic for years now. These plastic rice grains look exactly like rice but remain hard after cooking and smells like plastic. Eating plastic rice is dangerous for your health and poses severe health concerns. Nigeria has confiscated more than 102 bags...

Riyad Mahrez is BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016

Algeria and Leicester City midfielder Riyad Mahrez wins the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. Mahrez won ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure. The 25-year-old midfielder becomes the second Algerian to win the award following Yacine Brahimi award of the BBC African Player of the Year...

Cristiano Ronaldo awarded FIFA Ballon d'Or for the fourth time

Real Madrid and Portugese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo has won the prestigious Ballon d'Or award for a fourth time.Ronaldo, 31, helped Real Madrid win last season's Champions League and scored three goals as Portugal won Euro 2016.It adds to the titles he won in 2008, 2013 and 2014."I never thought in my mind that I...

International Anti-Corruption focused on Female Presidents

Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks 175 countries on their levels of public sector corruption. Here are the 10 most corrupt countries in the world.1. Somalia 8=1. North Korea 83. Sudan 114. Afghanistan 125. South Sudan 156. Iraq 167. Turkmenistan 178. Uzbekistan 18=8....

Nana Akufo-Addo Is Elected Ghana President

Nana Akufo-Addo Trump, 72, will be the president of Ghana come Saturday. The former attorney general and foreign minister will be the first person to win the presidency from an incumbent election since Ghana returned to multi-party democracy.Nana Akufo-Addo lost the 2008 presidential poll by one percentage point and lost...

Chimamanda Adichie breaks silence disagrees with Buhari on Nigeria Governance

Nigerian award-winning novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie breaks silence with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. She disagreed with the current government over the position he shared on appointment of ministers, Fulani herdsmen's attack on civilians and failed currency policies. Chimmamanda wrote in an op-ed published by...

#BringBackOurGirls: 21 of 218 released after 2years of failure

21 of 218 Nigerian teenagers that were kidnapped by Boko Haram from a school in the town of Chibok for the past 2.5 years are now free.Soon after the girls were kidnapped in April 2014, an international campaign began urging the Nigerian government to do more to secure their release, using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls....

Why South Africa like Ethiopia must declare State of emergency over protests

Ethiopia declared a state of emergency following months of violent anti-government protests. The state of emergency was the first time in 25 years Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency. South Africa are reluctant to declare a national state of emergency after violent new protests over the police shooting of a...

Fake girlfriend jobs on the rise: $100/month

Technology on the rise. There's no question about it – the IT workforce is evolving quickly. The Internet is providing a wider range of jobs for men and women.Fake girlfriends job are one of the fastest growing in 2016. Men pays an average of $100 each month for a fake girlfriend to sent him pictures, messages and emails....

''Make university free for all South Africans'' Protesters

South African protesters clash with police turned violent as police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing students. Universities say they cannot make further compromise on the tuition as last year’s fee freeze has put their finances under great strain. Universities student leaders have pledged...

Trump Lost the US Presidential Debate, TrumpWon Twitter

Donald Trump lost the US presidential debate on Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on Monday, September 26 to Hillary Clinton but won the twitter trends. According to Facebook, more than 590,000 people are talking about the U.S. Presidential Debate. The term “Trump fans” “Trump girls” and “Trump jokes” is...

Zianna urges end to gun violence in the US

The picture tells the story. It is sad. It has been for the past decades. Police shooting of African-Americans. African-American protests. Days of silence and the circle continues again.A young Charlotte girl, Zianna Oliphant climbed stood at the podium before Charlotte City Council meeting and delivered an emotional message...

Nigeria recession: 'I've never seen anything like this'

Nigeria continues in recession. No food. No job. Companies moving out from Nigeria. The current administration blames past administration for this mess. Able Nigerians are fleeing the country to other African countries or overseas. Nigeria's recession shows no sign of recovery. I have never seen anything like...

2016 UN Report reveals horrifying testimony of Nigeria