Government Bans Choking in Online Porn, Public Immediately Asks About All the Other Fake Stuff by Lawson Akhigbe

In a move that has shocked absolutely everyone who has ever read the news, the UK Government has boldly stepped in to regulate the one thing we all thought was a bastion of unimpeachable realism: online pornography. The new legislation, part of the Online Safety Act, aims to ban a specific act deemed too violent …

White supremacy notion threatens South Africa’s sovereignty, president says by Tim Cocks

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Ideas of white racial superiority are a threat to South Africa's post-apartheid unity, its sovereignty and its diplomatic relations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday, calling for global efforts to debunk false stories about white persecution. Ramaphosa was speaking at a conference of the co-ruling African National Congress (ANC), the …

The question remains – is Odumegwu-Ojukwu a hero or a disastrous strategist?

Odumegwu-Ojukwu is a man that inspires conflicting emotions in people. To some he is a born leader and hero. To others he is an ambitious man that tried to break up the federation of Nigeria. Where Odumegwu-Ojukwu is concerned, no one is a neutral. The conflicting opinions on him are consistent with his inconsistent personality …

How Nigerians reinvented an Italian tinned tomato brand by Femke van Zeijl

The once ubiquitous De Rica tomato paste brand lives on in Nigerian markets and kitchens in more ways than one. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera] The once ubiquitous De Rica tomato paste brand lives on in Nigerian markets and kitchens in more ways than one. In a busy Lagos food market, a customer points at an enamel …

A Solemn (and Somewhat Bewildering) Look at the Life of Donald J. Trump As it might have been prepared, with grim determination, the BBC Obituaries Unit. By Lawson Akhigbe

By a BBC Obituarist (Who Definitely Didn't Have This One on Their Bingo Card) The BBC News obituaries team, as is well known, maintains carefully crafted portraits of notable public figures, ready for that inevitable day. The files range from revered monarchs to celebrated artists . The guiding principle, as former BBC obituary editor Nick …