Hogan “Kid” Bassey: Nigeria’s First World Boxing Champion
Mossssst of us of this generation hearing about the likes of Hogan Bassey. Of course we made up stories of his left hook and his Uppercut. Born Okon Bassey Asuquo…
ICE -THE OFFENSIVE ORDEAL OF SISTER LETTY UGBAJA
ICE agents arrested Sister Letty Ugboaja a block from her own church, handcuffed her in her habit, and took away her rosary as she walked to Sunday Mass in McAllen,…
LEWIS ADAMS – A BLACK MAN WITH A HEART OF GOLD
A white politician offered Lewis Adams whatever he wanted for the Black vote, and Adams asked for a school. This was Alabama in 1880, when most men in his place…
PETER OBI – I AM READY TO DIE FOR NIGERIA
I watched with a sense of pride on the social media Mr Peter Obi, the 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Party, as he declared his readiness to die…
ANTOINETTE TUFF – A TALE OF A GENTLE BUT TOUGH HEROINE
On Tuesday a man opened fire at a Georgia elementary school; he was armed with an AK-47 and five hundred rounds of ammunition. The shooter, Michael Brandon Hill, barricaded himself…
MARCUS GARVEY- ACTIVIST, REVOLUTIONARY, TEACHER, PRESIDENT EXTRA ORDINARY —
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and…