BACK TO SCHOOL: ASUU Calls Off 5 Month Strike; Federal Gov Agrees to Pay UpBy FaajiDecember 17, 20130 Finally, after five months of academic stagnancy, the Acamdemic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off the strike and…
TRANSLATE THIS: Google Adds Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa to Google TranslateBy FaajiDecember 17, 20130 Okay Google! 80 new languages added to Google Translate inlcuding Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo. People are already playing around with…
MO’ MONEY: IrokoTV Raises 8 Million Dollars in Fresh Round of FundingBy FaajiDecember 17, 20130 IrokoTV, the global leader for distribution of African movie content online, has raised 8 million USD in its Series…
CROSS BORDERS: Silverbird Cinemas Opens Second Location in GhanaBy FaajiDecember 13, 20130 Business moves today for the Silverbird Group. They just announced that they will be opening a second Silverbird Theater in…
POLICE BRUTALITY: Kejetia Terminal Police Beat Yaa Pokua, An Unarmed Woman, ALLEGEDLY Under Mayor’s OrdersBy Giist StaffDecember 11, 20130 Shameful things from Police at the Kejetia Terminal (Airport) in Kumasi, Ghana. Reports are coming in that they “subjected a…
EXTENDED: UN Security Council ‘Liberia Still A Threat’, Extends Sanctions Another YearBy FaajiDecember 11, 20130 15-member body UN Security Council has voted to extend the sanctions on Liberia, noting that “despite significant progress the situation…
SEEN & HEARD: Rawlings says Kufuor Monopolized Corruption for HimselfBy FaajiDecember 9, 20130 ‘[Kufuor] used the military and the police to subjugate the spirit of the people that he was the only one who…
SAD & SENSELESS: Ikenna Uwakah Murdered In San Francisco for His PlayStation 4By FaajiDecember 9, 20130 The Sony Playstation 4, selling for upwards of 600-700 USD on Ebay, is at the center of a murder story…
MYTH BUSTERS: Three Myths about Mandela Worth Busting – Africa is a CountryBy FaajiDecember 6, 20130 Good read from Africa is a Country- I freely admit that Nelson Mandela is the only politician for whom I’ve…
WISDOM: Saying Goodbye to Nelson Mandela + 6 of His Most Motivating QuotesBy FaajiDecember 6, 20130 Yesterday, I was sitting with family watching all the coverage about Nelson Mandela on CNN after learning he had passed.…
