Eddie Palmieri, who revolutionized Latin music and played a major role in the salsa explosion in New York City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 88, according to the artist’s official social media account. The “legendary pianist, composer, bandleader, and one of the most influential figures in Latin music history, passed away in his […]

  Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped “Little Boy”, the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Like thousands of other ethnic Koreans working in the city at the time, her family kept the horror a secret. Many feared the stigma from doing menial work for colonial ruler Japan, and […]

  Nwanze is a partner at SBM Intelligence The contrasting attitudes of two prominent British politicians of ethnic minority heritage – Kemi Badenoch (of Nigerian descent) and Rishi Sunak (of Indian origin) – towards their ancestral homelands reveal much about colonialism’s enduring legacies and the complexities of national identity. While Sunak, the UK’s first Indian-origin […]

  Politician and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over Nigeria’s rapidly escalating debt profile. In a statement on his X handle, Obi warned that the country’s fiscal trajectory could compromise future generations and worsen living conditions for millions of citizens. His warning comes one week after the Senate approved […]

  Super Falcons captain, Rasheedat Ajibade, has revealed her team’s plan of working towards being the best in the world. The dynamic winger stated this on Monday at the State House, Abuja, during a presidential reception for the players following an impressive outing at last Saturday’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) tournament in Morocco. […]