Nigerian famous singer and former Big Brother Africa House mate in 2012, Goldie Harvey is dead. Goldie, born Susan Filani, died on Thursday night at Reddington Hospital, in Victoria Island, Lagos. A statement by the Chief Executive of her record label, Kennis Music, Kenny Ogungbe on Facebook .says the singer died shortly after arriving in Nigeria from the United States of America where she attended the Grammy Awards. “With a deep sense of loss, we announce the shocking death of our darling music star, Goldie Harvey”. “Goldie, 31, died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache shortly after her... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – Liberians on Monday, February 11, 2013 woke up to a shocking news on the death of the Chief of Staff of the Guinea’s Armed Forces and other senior military officials from the West African state of Guinea. The Guinean Army Chief with four other military personnel and five civilians including a journalist were killed on Monday when their aircraft crashed in Charlesville, 3 miles from the Roberts International Airport (RIA) in Margibi County, outside Monrovia. Guinean Ambassador accredited near Monrovia, Abdoudaye Dore, confirmed the death of his statesmen to reporters in Monrovia minutes following the... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa: A Nigerian graduate is celebrating after being awarded a Doctorate for his research from Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen, Scotland and securing a prestigious teaching fellowship in the US. Dr Nuka Nwiabu (43) from Ogoniland, Rivers State graduated from RGU’s School of Computing Science and Digital Media in December 2012 with a PhD in Software Engineering. A former pupil of the County High School Ahoada and Government Secondary School Kaa, Nuka gained a BSc Computer Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana in 2002 and an MSc Computer Science from the University... Continue Reading
Political analysts in Tanzania have always been claiming that if the ‘spark in waiting’ in Kenya is always tribalism, then in Tanzania it is religion bigotry, and they are not quite wrong. On Monday February, 2013 one small town of Buselesele which is closer to Geita, a town which was promoted recently from being the headquarters of a district to that of a region has become another Kosovo after a bitter battle between Christians and Moslems. By 11 A.M. when this news reached Dar es Salaam one person had lost his life after the so called Islamic activists (fundamentalists?) had... Continue Reading
By: WASH R&E Network – In an effort to provide basic information about wetlands and water management in the country, the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia (WASH R&E) in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) has organized an awareness program aimed at informing Liberians and foreign residents, especially slum dwellers about the importance of Wetlands and Water Management. The awareness exercise was part of activities in commemoration of World Wetlands Day which is observed each year on the 2nd of February the world over. This year’s program was observed under the theme “Wetlands and Water Management, with... Continue Reading
