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(VIDEO)Jay Z on Oprah: ‘It’s Difficult to Teach Racism When Your Kid Looks Up to Snoop Dogg’…

‘The Blueprint’ rapper talks about the civil rights movement and hip-hop’s cultural impact for Oprah Winfrey’s ‘Master Class’ Oprah Winfrey’s Emmy-nominated Master Class series spotlights dozens of iconic African-American writers, actors, musicians and more discussing the civil rights movement. In the latest episode, Jay Z talks about the role hip-hop music has played in diluting racial tensions in America.…

January 7, 2015 in Entertainment.

PHOTOS: Shock, as 4 cartoonists including chief editor of Charlie Hebdo newspaper amongst 12 reported killed by gunmen in Paris.

PARIS (AFP) – Some of the best-known cartoonists in France were among the 12 killed when gunmen stormed the office of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday, a judicial source said. Editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier, known as Charb, and the cartoonists known as Cabu, Tignous and Wolinski were killed in the attack on the…

January 7, 2015 in Death.
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CHRISTIANS 4 SALE: Pastor Tunde Bakare has accused Pastors of taking BRIBES from President Goodluck Jonathan’s team to mobilise Christians.

Fiery Lagos preacher and Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly Church in Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has warned that the Church in Nigeria will face confusion over which of the principal candidates to support in next month’s presidential election.   In his sermon in Lagos on Sunday, Pastor Bakare asserted that 2011, the church…

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PHOTOS: Caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo may have killed at least 12 people; Armed men attacked office in Paris.

At least 11 people killed when gunmen attack Charlie Hebdo magazine in French capital. Paris police say shots have been fired at a French satirical magazine, killing at least 11 people, a police official has said. Xavier Castaing, head of communications for the Paris police prefecture, confirmed the deaths on Wednesday. Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly has drawn…

January 7, 2015 in Death.
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Oby Ezekwesili donates her $10,000 Swedish C-10 Award to BBOG Cause. (@obyezeks).

As a continued effort towards the support for the course of the Chibok girls and help to cushion the suffering of the families of the abducted girls when rescued, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has donated the sum of $10, 000 to the Chibok community. Ezekwesili, who was one of the 10 persons from around the world,…

January 7, 2015 in NEWS.
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AT LAST – Oil Giant SHELL Finally Pays out £55 million over Devastated Niger Delta Oil Spills.

Oil giant Shell’s long-overdue compensation pay out to a community devastated by oil spills in the Niger Delta is an important victory for the victims of corporate negligence, said Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development today. Six years after two oil spills destroyed thousands of livelihoods in the Bodo area,…

January 7, 2015 in NEWS.