Ebele Bianca The incident resulted in Bianca giving the former First Lady a slap during the inauguration of the new governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo on Thursday. Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has shed light on what led to the …
‘Their weapon is your shame’: toxic abuse from Nigeria’s loan sharks by Emmanuel Akinwotu
Unemployment and inflation in Africa’s largest economy is driving the desperate to unscrupulous loan companies Shayo Adebayo, an unemployed 28-year-old medical physiology graduate from south-west Nigeria, read from scores of abusive WhatsAapp messages and voice notes sent to her by debt collectors from quick loan companies. “I will destroy your life,” said one. “I want to …
African refugees fleeing Ukraine facing ‘bloodshot racism’ treatment by Elly Blake
African map African refugees fleeing Ukraine are being subjected to horrific racism, with reports of people being refused on public transport and sent to the back of queues. British-Zimbabwean student Korrine Sky, 26, has recounted her horrifying ordeal on social media as she tried to escape the escalating conflict in Ukraine. She said she had …
UK Visa Priority Services Suspended By Carine Elliott of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) has taken the decision without prior warning to suspend priority and super-priority visa processing services for all applications being made from outside the UK. Not only have the services been suspended, but the UKVI update says that “applications for study, work and family visas may take longer to process.” This …
Four decades of firsts: Remembering the legacy of MINURSO’s first woman Deputy Force Commander By: Maya Kelly
UN Peacekeeping (Photo: MINURSO) It is with heavy hearts that we learned of the passing of former MINURSO Deputy Force Commander, Brigadier General Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu. After a brief illness, DFC Edjeani-Afenu passed away in her home country of Ghana. Though Brigadier General Edjeani-Afenu — or Constance as she was known to colleagues –- is no longer …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 