Agulu is a big town in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. Closest towns to Agulu are Nise, Mbaukwu, Adazi Nnukwu and Nanka. Agulu stands out for a lot of reasons. For one, it is the birthplace of a number of prominent Nigerians, including the former vice-presidential candidate, […]
Awka is currently the capital city of Anambra State. All major government parastatal offices are located in Awka. We lived in Amikwo for a while, a small street off Works Road. A short distance away is the popular Ukwu Oji bus stop, can be taken as the entry point to […]
Brooke Daniells is a Los Angeles-based photographer and event manager. She has been dating 51-year-old American actress Catherine Bell since 2012. Bell is best known for her role as Denise Sherwood in the ABC series, Army Wives. Brooke Daniells’ relationship with Bell garnered a lot of media attention when it […]
Coronavirus patients at an isolation centre in Gombe, a state in the north-eastern part of Nigeria, broke out of the facility on Tuesday to protest poor treatment at the centre. The patients, reportedly numbering up to 20, took over a busy highway in the state to complain about the way […]
Ever wondered what your favourite fruit is called in the Igbo language? Because the Igbo language is heavily anglicized, it is sometimes difficult to get the local names of certain fruits found over here. The major reason for this is that the fruits are rarely referred to by their local […]
A scene of reanimated half-rotten dead humans lumbering (that’s right – that is the word to describe how zombies walk) about the place, growling and looking for living people to bite can only be seen off a movie, right? The Walking Dead, Zombieland, World War Z, zombies have been depicted […]
Two weeks ago, President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar endorsed a locally produced herbal remedy for COVID-19 disease. The magic ‘cure’ marketed as Covid-Organics (CVO) is currently being handed out free of charge in the country’s streets and schools despite growing questions about the safety and efficacy of the herbal medicine. […]
Lagos, the Nigerian city with the highest number of coronavirus cases, last month converted a 5,000-capacity stadium to an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients. The Onikan Stadium was renamed Mobolaji Johnson Stadium last year after it was renovated to international standards. Today, the sports arena has been converted to a […]
Hope it is not strange sharing this story here. I mean all the other stories I’ve read on this platform appear to come from young people, and the owner of this platform too, I presume, is a young person. I noticed many of the writers prefer to share their stories […]
Beijing-resident, Cameron Liu, wrote this article. The image you see below was taken on a subway train in Beijing two days ago. It is the middle of the day on a working day so there aren’t many people on the train. Of course, since the lockdown was lifted, public transportation […]