African Spotlight Spotlighting Africans at Home and Abroad

One of the suspects arrested over the October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja, Tiemkenfa Francis Osvwo (alias General Gbokos) is dead. He died on Saturday in the Kuje Prison according to a press release by Festus Keyamo, his solicitor. The statement by Keyamo in the suit: Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Charles Okah & others, alleged that Osvwo was murdered ...

Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari is the former President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). He is better known for his struggles for the libration of the Niger Delta region. To some people, he is freedom fighter while to others, he is a controversial personality. In this encounter with JOHN BULUS, he ...

Magnus Duruji, a 52-year-old Nigerian chef, finally emerged victorious after fighting deportation orders and facing arrests for decades in the United States. He eventually received a green card to stay in the country. “In America, you don’t give up,” Duruji said on Wednesday when he stood up before a U.S. District Courtroom in Columbus, Ohio with 50 other petitioners from ...

In this episode, Adeola discussed how James Ibori, a former Nigerian governor became a prisoner in London. She looked at a new South-African company with nude cleaning services. Adeola also discussed a chicken fight going on in Zimbabwe; she featured a rapping grandma from Uganda and more stories. Enjoy!

The late Chukwumeka Ojukwu did not just call out his people for war. He was a rebel with a cause, writes Prof. Wole Soyinka in this tribute “Having mandated me to proclaim on your behalf, and in your name, that Eastern Nigeria be a sovereign independent Republic, now, therefore I, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Oj4kwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, by ...