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Wahala Temi, Ti Gbogbo Wa Ni! That’s the slogan of Adejoke Tugbiyele, a Nigerian-American visual Artist who features her works in New York, New Jersey, and other States of the U.S. She calls her studio “Wahala Temi” Which means my trouble is everybody’s trouble. Her works focus on women, corruption in African governments, and much more. Born in Brooklyn 33 ...

Will Smith is not dead. Rumor is swirling on the social networks that Will Smith fell to his death while shooting Men In Black III in New Zealand. This rumor has been on the internet for over four weeks. Meanwhile, Will Smith is in Queens, New York filming the new movie not in New Zealand. This rumor has become a ...

In Maiduguri, northestern Nigeria, gunmen suspected of being members of Boko Haram Islamic sect, shot dead a prison guard yesterday, police said. Motorcycle-riding gunmen shot and killed the prison guard as he was waiting to pick his boss’ children outside a school, as told by Lawal Abdullahi, police spokesman for Borno state. “The prison warden was at the wheel outside ...

Lekan Kamson is a Nigerian living in London. In his own funny way, he warns others in the diaspora about “Summer Girls,” who help spend one’s savings. This is a Yoruba comedy!

A group of Nigerians in the diaspora reminisce on growing up in Nigeria. This video is a collective reminder of the sweetest insults traded on the playground when they were growing up.