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If words could do it, no single human would have a complaint against Landwey Investment Limited, a gigantic real estate investment company owned by Olawale Ayilara. The company’s mission statement reads: to make real estate investment accessible in a way that is simple, secure, and profitable. But there are well over a hundred Landwey clients […]

IMF Approves US$73.6m Loan for Cameroon to Support Reform Resulting in an immediate disbursement of $73.6 million, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the Fourth Reviews of Cameroon’s Fund-supported program. According to a statement, the three-year blended arrangements under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) […]

Award-winning Nigerian female boxer and Olympic medalist, Adijat Gbadamosi, has been crowned with the Boxing Union super-bantamweight title; making her the reigning African champion and the first Nigerian female boxer ever to claim the title. Adijat Gbadamosi defeated Zimbabwean boxer, Patience Mastara, in the fifth round of the 10-round bout at the Bukom Boxing Arena […]

In 2006, the Hip-hop industry saw the birth of a versatile rapper called Rick Ross, who would go on to top the U.S. Billboard Top 200 albums chart. He is famous for his hit song “Hustlin’” which undoubtedly endeared him into the hearts of music lovers. More than a decade after topping the U.S. Billboard […]

Cook County prosecutors have dropped murder charges against Carlishia Hood and her 14-year-old son in the shooting death of a man during a fight in a restaurant in West Pullman this month. This follows a video from inside the restaurant showing the man identified as Jeremy Brown punching the woman several times before he was […]

19-year-old Frenchman, Victor Wembanyama (Metropolitans 92), is the first overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft according to the NBA. The young basketball player was officially chosen by the San Antonio Spurs as the first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. According to The Black Wall Street Times, Wembanyama is regarded as one of […]

A 9-year-old Los Angeles football player from Snoop Dogg’s Youth Football League has signed a six-figure name, image and likeness (NIL) deal with a sports agency, making him the first person from the youth league to do so at such a young age, KTLA reported. Ghalee Wadood Jr. signed the deal with Family 4 Life, […]

A teenager is suing the city of St. Louis after a horrific crash in February that took both her legs. 17-year-old Janae Edmondson from Tennessee was on her way to a volleyball tournament in St. Louis when a car hit her while she was walking on a sidewalk, WSMV reported.  She went through multiple surgeries […]

Meet David Walcott, a medical doctor and entrepreneur with over five years of experience as a founder and consultant of multiple businesses in the Caribbean. Walcott is the founder of NovaMed, a company providing innovative healthcare solutions in emerging markets, according to Forbes. He started the company in 2018 to help transform healthcare services, medical education, […]

Before the Grammy Award-winning artist, Tyler the Creator, shot to fame, he witnessed his bouts of failure. His early jobs at FedEx and Starbucks gave him a sneak peek into the career path he wanted to settle on. He had the choice of either following an ambition of wanting to be more in life or […]

Patti LaBelle has gone viral following the 2023 BET Awards where the crowd had to assist her through her Tina Turner tribute performance. LaBelle, 79, paid tribute to the late Turner with a rendition of her 1989 hit song “The Best” but LaBelle struggled with the lyrics as she had problems with the teleprompter. “I […]

After being the first female rapper to have her music included in the National Recording Registry, Queen Latifah is set to be honored at the 46th annual Kennedy Center, making her the first female rapper at the prestigious event in December this year. “I’m humbled to be included in this incredible list of artists honored […]