Africa Parrot

By Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu “While under-representation and misrepresentation are decried as the twin destiny of Islam in global television, what is often neglected by studies is the extent to which the contemporary nexus between television, sport and religion is actually providing a platform for both propagation and socialization.” – Prof Musa. Occurrences and concurrences […]

Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation to address the city’s growing rat problem. Friday’s news conference had almost as many rodent jokes as the number of rats running around the city. “Ending this rat tale … No more Mickey Mouse … Thank you to my rat pack … Pizza rat, if you’re listening, pack your […]

South Africa’s state logistics firm Transnet has said on Saturday it has reopened one of the two lines on the North corridor which was closed earlier this month following the derailment of a train carrying export coal. The logistics company said that operations have commenced and Freight Rail teams are working to clear the staged […]

Police in Suffolk County are investigating after a hidden camera was discovered inside a bathroom at Bay Shore High School. Students at the school said they felt disgusted by the discovery. “Normally you see things at other schools and you never think it’ll happen at yours,” said one student. “I think it’s concerning that such […]

Elon Musk posted a Twitter poll Friday night on whether former president Trump should be returned to Twitter — and as of 10 p.m., those favoring Trump’s comeback led those opposed, 53% to 47%. At that hour, about 4 million people had answered Musk’s extremely simple poll: “Reinstate former President Trump,” he wrote, with two […]

Elizabeth Holmes, the ex-CEO of Theranos, has been sentenced to 11.25 years in federal prison. She was convicted of fraud and conspiracy after misleading investors about her blood-testing startup company. The federal judge decided that the sentence is with three years of supervised release. Holmes will self-surrender on April 27, which likely allows her to […]

Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Friday has said he was “truly sorry” for the country’s economic hardships but defended himself against accusations by lawmakers that he was unfit for the job. Ofori-Atta has been criticised for his handling of what has become Ghana’s worst economic crisis in a generation. This came at a time […]

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) officially announced his bid on Friday to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. Just a day after Pelosi stepped down, the Brooklyn lawmaker asked fellow Democrats to support his historic bid to become the first Black leader of either party in either chamber of Congress. […]

Ahead of the 2022 World Cup, the sale of alcohol beer has been prohibited at Qatar stadium sites. In a reversal, alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said in a statement on Friday. “Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been […]

One of Mayor Adams’ top advisors, Lorraine Grillo, announced Friday that she would step down from her post in the coming days, paving the way for a new first deputy mayor to take her place. Grillo, who also served in a leadership capacity under both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, got her […]

A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology. Holmes’ sentencing in the same San Jose, Calif., courtroom where she was convicted on four counts of investor fraud and conspiracy in January marks […]

A pawnshop owner in Brentwood, along with several associates, has been indicted for allegedly running an organized retail theft crime ring that operated out of his shop, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. Carlos Ulloa, 50, of Patchogue, owned and operated EZ Cash Pawn and Jewelry located at 1913 Brentwood Rd. He’s also […]

New York has declared a State of Emergency for 11 counties as a winter storm is forecast to impact portions of upstate New York with intense lake effect snow through Sunday. The most significant snowfall is expected Thursday and Friday with accumulations of up to four feet of snow possible in the Buffalo area and […]

South African civil servants have planned to march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in the country’s other eight provinces next Tuesday to pressure the government over a wage dispute. The largest trade union federation in the country, COSATU, and other federations representing the majority of the more than 1 million […]

Elon Musk said on Wednesday he expected to reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find a new leader to run the social media company, adding that he hoped to complete an organizational restructuring this week. Musk made the remarks while testifying in a Delaware court to defend against claims that his $56 billion pay […]

Iranian courts issued three more death sentences for violence linked to protests over Mahsa Amini’s death, the judiciary said Wednesday, bringing to five the total handed down in three days. One was convicted of attacking police officers with his car, killing one of them, the second had stabbed a security officer and the third tried […]

The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on senior employees of an Iranian state-run media corporation it accused of broadcasting hundreds of forced confessions of detainees in the country, as Washington increases pressure on Iran over the crackdown on protests. The US Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on six senior employees of […]

Former President Donald Trump has officially announced he is running for president in 2024, marking his third bid for the White House. Saying “We are a nation in decline” and “America’s comeback starts right now,” Trump made the announcement Tuesday night in an address from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The announcement, which […]

The Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has disclosed that his administration will transform higher education through science, technology and engineering. President Barrow disclosed this at the Eighth (8th) ACE Impact Regional Workshop in… The president stated that the workshop was organised at a time when the Gambia is “making concerted efforts to transform our higher education […]