Adeye is The African Exponent's West African Correspondent based on Abuja, Nigeria. He covers all West African Stories that matter with a slick African style.
The end of the year is approaching, and the time to appreciate the finest football talents from Africa has arrived. CAF released a shortlist of thirty players who will be vying for the prestigious award. The list is a clear attestation of the appreciation of how African players have been
Elections provide room for either the change of leadership or the retaining of the leadership which was there. Many African countries now profess that they have robust democracies and because of these they have elections as a tenet for democratic principles. When the elections are held, disputes often arise, and
The media is something that African leaders keep an eye on. They are very wary of it and they will always ensure that they have a tight grip over the media. It is not just confined to Africa, but across the whole world. In the United States we have seen
”I am honoured to be joined by President Mugabe, of Zimbabwe, a country that places universal health coverage and health promotion at the centre of its policies to provide health care to all. Today I am also honoured to announce that President Mugabe has agreed to serve as a goodwill
Introduction Besides its tax contribution to the Liberian Treasury or annual budget, the operations of Firestone Plantations Company have made negligible impact on the national economy since 1926. The company concern has been payment of starvation wages to its plantations workers, the importation of rice, some haphazard donations of a
An Illegal Existence When I read biblical accounts of how the pharaoh ordered the death of every newly born male child, I thought such incidents were restricted to that era until I read Trevor Noah’s account of his 80's childhood. “Whereas most children were proof their parents’
Ever since ‘globalisation’ surfaced as a news meme in the late 70’s and early 80’s it has become synonymous to retracting and migrating labor forces from developed countries towards underdeveloped countries. While developed economies made a transition to service and hight-tech economies, millions of people were employed by
Ikenna: Tell us about your band. What's the story behind its formation? Faray: Faray the Great Band is a four-piece music outfit I put together in 2014 in Gweru, Zimbabwe. It consists of myself on the acoustic guitar and lead vocals, Marky Tino on keyboards, Liberty Chinouriri on
It is difficult to imagine Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu as anyone but an Archbishop but believe it or not, in 1931 on the 7th of October, his parents held a baby who was to become the phenom we know today. Tutu’s father, Zachariah Zelilo Tutu was a teacher
Nelson Mandela had a brief membership in the South African Communist Party and a long-term alliance thereafter with the Communist Party. He was at varying times a black nationalist and a non-racialist, an opponent of armed struggle and an advocate of violence, a hothead and the calmest man in the
Since its creation in February 2014 by five Sahel region countries, namely Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad, the G5 Sahel is gradually materializing. The G5 Sahel or "G5S" is said to be, according to the Permanent Secretary, "an institutional framework for coordination and monitoring of
Recently legislation in the Netherlands has been changed that allows for the government to retract citizenship from individuals that actively serve in foreign military and have a dual nationality. A sizeable portion of the Dutch population comprises of citizens with dual nationality. Mostly of Moroccan and Turkish descent. According to
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and the late veteran South African leader, Nelson Mandela belong to an illustrious club of Pan-African leaders who ushered in the current political dispensation based on self-rule. These men are respected all over Africa for their sacrifices, with President Mugabe having spent at least 11
As Barcelona seek to prise Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho away from Liverpool ahead of the transfer deadline, fans of the Merseyside club may be relieved that at least the Spanish club are not bidding for Sadio Mane. Another electric performance by the Senegal winger against Hoffenheim on Wednesday drew more
In July 2017, Amnesty International exposed Cameroon in a report on torture chambers used against suspected Boko Haram supporters and members. It was a classic case of good motives irreparably stained by macabre methods. Similar methods have been employed by the United States of America in Guantanamo Bay and Amnesty
Africa is a continent with a projected geographical landmass of about 30.370,000Km² representing 16.1 percent of mother earth's total landscape. The continent's landmass is largely embedded with tremendous natural resources and countless economically viable rivers running to and fro on the land surface
