NNPA NEWSWIRE — The African Film Industry is also known as Nollywood (Nigerian Cinema). The colloquialism was first used in the early 2000’s, and, according to...
THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE — A young entrepreneur is seeking to make inroads in Africa’s burgeoning travel industry. Tapiwa Kingsley Ndlovu is the co-founder and CEO of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Among states, Georgia had the largest total number with 256,848 black-owned businesses and accounted for 9.9 percent of the nation’s black-owned businesses, according...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Following the terror attack on two New Zealand mosques last week, many Muslim communities across the world gathered as usual for their most important...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The new slave voyages website counts as the product of three years of development by a multi-disciplinary team of historians, librarians, curriculum specialists,...
THE AFRO — Black genius is all around us. It is inescapable. We see it in our neighborhoods. We see it in our schools. We see...
THE AFRO — After teaching Pilates for 12 years and not seeing many Black women in that community, she decided to be the change she wanted...
THE CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing economies in the world, fueling a $31 billion fashion industry and its own Africa...
Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, co-founder of #BringBackOurGirls and Transparency International, announced Sunday she will run for president of Nigeria next year. Ezekwesili, 55, was a candidate for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The main problem is that many western companies don’t have much knowledge about Africa,” Chris Folayan said. “When I talk to companies I...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The National Newspaper Publishers Association, which represents over 200 Black-owned media companies across the U.S., recently traveled to the ancient city of Ile-Ife...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For the first time in the history of its existence, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, which represents over 200 Black-owned media companies across...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We must travel back to our ancestral homelands. We must reconnect with who we really are without the trappings and ornaments of white...
Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi of Nigeria makes historic visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C./NNPANewswirePR/July 30,...
ABUJA, Nigeria (New York Times) — More than 100 people were killed Sunday evening in northern Nigeria in a quick succession of what appeared to be carefully coordinated...
(Reuters) – Six out of 10 Nigerian children experience some form of violence and a quarter of girls suffer sexual violence, according to a survey conducted...
(BBC) – At least three people have died when a bomb exploded at a camp in north-eastern Nigeria for people who have fled their homes because...
TOM ODULA, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. actor Danny Glover said Thursday that he is in Nigeria to star in a movie based on...
IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 9,500 people have returned to Nigeria since the Cameroonian government said...
By Melvin P. Foote NNPA Columnist Over the past year, I have written and publicly commented often about Nigeria. Some of the things that I...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Two suicide bombers killed an Air Force officer at a checkpoint in a late-night attack in Nigeria’s northeastern...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The chairman of Nigeria’s corruption-fighting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is appearing before the Senate to answer accusations...
ADAMU ADAMU, Associated Press HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press DAMATURU, Nigeria (AP) — Two suicide bombers carried out separate attacks Tuesday that killed five people in Damaturu,...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This month, teenagers across the nation prepare to make the transition from high school to college and...
(BBC) – A revered monarch in south-west Nigeria, the Ooni of Ife, has been buried after thousands attended his funeral, a mourner has told the BBC....
