Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been elected Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She garnered 104 votes from 164 member countries, defeating the South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-Hee…
In 1939, in Igbo-Ukwu, present-day Anambra State, a man named Isaiah Anozie was digging a well in his compound when, eight feet deep, he struck metal objects. His was the first of…
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business (CNN) — When clashes between residents and police erupted onto the streets of Brixton in 1981, in the heart of London’s African-Caribbean community, the British press largely told one…
Analysis by Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — For nearly two weeks angry young Nigerians have taken to the streets, blocking major roads across cities in Africa’s most populous nation. They marched in…
In the rich tapestry of Akwa-Ibom culture, the art of dance is valued, and even more so is the dance’s significance. Some are performed by men—the oko, for example, a dance demonstrating…
By Stephanie Busari, Eoin McSweeney and Hilary McGann (CNN) — Protests against police brutality in Lagos turned bloody on Tuesday despite a state-wide curfew, with eyewitnesses telling CNN that multiple demonstrators have…