Tag: Nairobi
Facebook celebrates Africa’s vibrant startup scene and rising talent at TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Africa 2017
Facebook this week celebrated the achievements of a fast-growing community of African tech entrepreneurs and developers, at the first-ever TechCrunch ...
9-year-old, 2 others reported dead in post-election violence in Kenya
In protests by the opposition in Kenya which has continued into Saturday, three people, including a child, have been shot ...
Buhari in Kenya: What’s really weighing on his mind?
President Muhammadu Buhari has been in Kenya for the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), slated to ...
MTV MAMAs is back, and it’s (expectedly) not coming to Nigeria
by Isime Esene For three years in a row, the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs), arguably Africa’s biggest award show ...
Is Anne James, winner of ‘Taste the Feeling Anthem’ contest joining Nigerian artistes on Coke Studio 4?
We actually thought she had joined the Nigerian artistes on Coke Studio 4 when we saw this picture of her ...
5000 naked people will protest Obama’s visit to Kenya
Apparently, members of the Republican Liberty Party aren’t looking forward to Obama’s visit. Since President Obama ruled for the legalization ...
Why Uber’s imminent Nairobi launch could be its best move in Africa yet
by Muyiwa Matuluko TechMoran reports that Uber, the disruptive luxury taxi e-Hailing service will launch in Nairobi this January. This is ...
Kenyan militants echo Boko Haram, kidnap 12 women in deadly raid
by Akan Ido At least 15 people have been killed and 12 women abducted by suspected Islamist militants in an overnight ...
Tragic: Cargo train derails in Kenya, several people trapped
by Akintomiwa Agbaje Kenya’s largest slum area, Kibera today experienced first hand a train crash which plunged into makeshift homes ...
Wole Soyinka: Muslims, take back Islam
by Wole Soyinka These butchers continue to evoke the mandate of Islam, thus, we exhort our moslem brother and sister ...
Kenya mall attack: Terrorists castrated, ripped off noses and gouged out hostages’ eyes – Doctor
The bloodthirsty terrorists who laid siege to the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya turned the shopping center into a house ...
Kenya mall attack: How British man offered himself to save children’s lives
A British man who offered himself as a hostage to save the lives of a group of children was ...
Kenya mall attack: US report links Boko Haram to Islamic militant group, Al- Shabaab
A report by a committee of the United States House of Representatives has linked the fundamentalist Islamist sect, Boko ...
INCREDIBLE: These chilling pictures from the Kenya mall attack will make you cringe (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
Three Britons were today confirmed dead after armed terrorists stormed a Nairobi shopping centre – and the number is likely ...
Somali terrorist group, Al-Shabab claims responsibility for Kenya’s deadly attack
A senior figure in the Somali militant group al-Shabab has told the BBC it carried out a deadly attack on ...
Sad news: 39 dead, 150 wounded in Kenya mall massacre (PHOTOS)
Kenyan police and soldiers have pinned down the remaining gunmen who opened fire at a shopping centre earlier today, ...
Nairobi governor slaps female rep. after meeting with Pres. Jonathan (WATCH)
by ‘Jola Sotubo President Goodluck Jonathan recently concluded an official trip to Kenya and by all accounts it was a ...
Oh dear: 40 mental patients escape from Nairobi hospital, overpower guards
Forty mentally ill patients have escaped from the Mathari Mental Hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, after overpowering guards, police say. ...
Femi Longe: Talent – The Achilles’ heel of Nigeria’s IT revolution (Y! Policy Hub)
by Femi Longe In a country with high levels of unemployment, jobs far outnumber skilled developers in the sector. The best ...
Opinion: The danger of political apathy (A Nairobi case study)
by Pete Odera The simple reason is: You are more willing to read this online than to go out and ...
Opinion: AMAAs is badly organised? A response to Jim “desperate-for-headlines” Iyke
by Onyeka Nwelue In 2011, in Bayelsa, Jim Iyke and Nse Ikpe Etim went on stage as the hosts of ...
Explosions in Kaduna, as grenade kill Sunday School boy in Nairobi, Kenya
by Isi Esene The Joint Military Task Force on Sunday morning shot and killed two suspected Boko Haram militants who ...
Game on: Nairobi prepares bid for 2024 Olympics Games
by Isi Esene Nairobi, Kenya is putting preparations in motion to bring the Olympics to Africa for the first time ...
The September Standard
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy