Nigerian singer Timi Dakolo has knocked cleric, Femi Lazarus, who in a recent sermon shared a purported invoice a gospel artiste sent to church inviting him/her for a ministration. In the said invoice, the gospel artiste mentioned they will be coming with a 40-man crew and that the ‘’honorarium’ to be received is $10,…
My name is Ranjani Srinivasan. I was a 5th year PhD student at the Department of Urban Planning, GSAPP. I was also a TA in the Urban Studies Department at Barnard College. Some of you might have heard about my case. For those who haven’t, I would like to share the details. On Wednesday night (March…
The Lagos State government has rejected claims suggesting that the city is “smelling,” and listed ongoing efforts to create a cleaner, more resilient, and livable environment. The government’s remark followed a comment by a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ushie Uguamaye, on the current state of Lagos. Raye had in a video…
A 31-year-old Nigerian man, Chijioke John Okoye, has been arrested in India for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from a female doctor which led her to commit suicide. The accused had allegedly obtained some obscene photographs of the woman and used them to extort lakhs of rupees from her. The woman allegedly ended…
Photo by Esteban López Seventy percent of Americans, including majorities of both Democratic and Republican voters, say that marijuana should be legal. Yet far too often, lawmakers choose to either ignore this constituency or treat them with outright hostility. In Republican-led states like Nebraska, Ohio, and Texas, elected officials are making it clear that election outcomes legalizing marijuana no longer…
