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Belinda Sutton: The remarkable Ghanaian...

Belinda Sutton: The remarkable Ghanaian slave who...

The legacy of Eliza Moore,...

The legacy of Eliza Moore, one of...

Belinda Sutton: The remarkable Ghanaian slave who won the first reparation petition, by Gift Luckson

Belinda Sutton: The remarkable Ghanaian slave who won the first reparation petition, by Gift Luckson Belinda Sutton (born 1713 in Africa), also known as Belinda Royall, was a woman born in what is now Ghana who was enslaved by the Royall family at the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Background Additional details of Sutton's family life are under ongoing research. Baptism records for a son Joseph, and a daughter Prine, appear in church records. Belinda was abandoned by Isaac Royall Jr. when he fled to Nova Scotia at...
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Single ladies in...

In September 2013, hundreds of single women led by Suwaiba Isa stormed the streets of Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, protesting the scarcity...
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The Pains And...

From Haruna Usman,Birnin Kebbi Legally speaking gratuities are birth rights of retired civil servants both at the Federal, State and Local government levels. One is qualified...
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The Face Of...

Jose Mujica is an Uruguayan farmer and retired politician who served as the 40th President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 and was known...
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The Margi were identified as having four different groups: 1. Margi Putai - who are in the west (Venghan 1970) within Damboa, Chibok, etc. 2. Margi...
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Face of Nigeria’s...

President Muhammadu Buhari on the 26th of January 2021 appointed new service chiefs to pilot the security affairs of the country. The new Service Chiefs...
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How drugs fuel...

Story from Ademola ADEBAYO, Abuja Boko Haram’s heavy use of tramadol to drug its fighters is one of the main reasons the war in Nigeria’s...
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The man Leo...

Major General Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor was born on 5 October 1965 in Aliokpu Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria....
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The Northern potter...

Story from Ademola ADEBAYO, Abuja The woman behind 20 Naira note is Dr Hadiza Ladi Dosei Kwali, the famous Nigerian Potter born in a remote...
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How the Yoruba...

The Yoruba people number over 44 million, making them the largest homogeneous people in Africa. The majority of this population (around 40 million) is...
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