Inmate debate team is part of Bard College program helping give prisoners a chance for a better life On one side of the stage at a maximum-security prison here sat three men incarcerated for violent crimes. On the other were three undergraduates from Harvard College. After an hour of fast-moving debate Friday, the judges rendered […] More
Jessica Mendoza went where no woman was permitted to go before last Tuesday night as the reaction was both encouraging and predictably horrifying. Mendoza broke one of the sports industry’s most enduring barriers during the Astros-Yankees game on ESPN when she became the first woman to offer color commentary during a major-league playoff broadcast. Her […] More
More than 700 students and faculty in the Reno, Nevada, area were sickened after a norovirus outbreak spread to more than a dozen different schools. There has been about 776 reported cases of norovirus in Washoe County since last Friday, Phil Ulibarri, public information officer for the Washoe County Health District, told ABC News today. […] More
CAF is the governing body of African Football and was founded in 1957. The founding members are Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa. With a membership of 54 Member Associations, the secretariat is based Egypt. Members of the Football Governing Association include: Players who made it on the list include the following: For more information, […] More
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF801) F7-Ni fighter jet returning to base from an interdicted mission has crashed around Hong, Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The crash which occurred at about 4.23pm (i623hrs) on Saturday is believed to be as a result of bad weather. There was however no survival as the pilot of the aircraft […] More
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has passed. According to reports, Alamieyeseigha had slipped into a coma on Thursday. He passed on Saturday following a sudden cardiac arrest at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. He was 63 years old. His death came as a rude shock to many as his extradition process […] More
Recreational sales in Oregon became legal on Oct. 1 Dispensaries in Oregon sold $10.8 million worth of recreational pot in the first six days it was legal, said the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association. Recreational sales became legal in Oregon on October 1, and the association has only tallied revenue through October 6. Based on […] More
Watch this short film Written and Directed by veteran Nollywood Actor/Director Yibo Koko on the issue of Female Genital Mutilation Female genital mutilation Fact sheet N°241 Updated February 2014 Key facts Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The procedure has […] More
All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has been scheduled to hold on November 15th, 2015. For more info about this event, please contact: Email: info@afrima.org or iyere.ikhide@afrima.org Phone: +2348037208586, +2348037666055, +2348176713709 More
A high school soccer player in Pennsylvania is defying the odds, and inspiring his teammates and coaches along the way. Blackhawk High School Junior Varsity goalie, Emmanuel Hilton, may have no legs, but that isn’t stopping him. “I was born with no legs, and my mom, she couldn’t take care of me and she throw […] More