CNN reporter Richard Quest visited Nigeria on assignment and decided to wade into the most brutal of West African rivalries – Ghana Jollof vrs Nigeria jollof.
The battle that has been raging for years could finally have a neutral arbiter, a foreigner who has no dog in the fight.
Nigerian star Tiwa Savage was the guest of her boss Jay-Z in Los Angeles over the weekend as Roc Nation held their pre-Grammy’s bash.
Savage got to mingle with the all the stars who got their own invites, including label head Jay-Z and his long time friend Diddy.
Nigerian crooner Tiwa Savage has been featured on the CNN African Voices program to tell the story behind her rise in the music world.
The Roc Nation star herself shared excerpts of her video to share the proud moment with her fans.
CNN have finally apologised for their huge blunder in covering the Ghanaian elections, in which they sought to portray the country as being in the grip of food shortages and roiling power cuts.
In a statement released to the website The Global Voices, the network apologised for their skewed coverage, writing that “the story should never have been published in its original form”.
It is no secret that one of the biggest complaints Africans have about international networks is their fascination with telling the bad stories about the continent, because that generally reinforces the stereotype of their viewers that Africa is the ‘dark continent’.
Africa has our numerous troubles but it seems even when we get it right, they are still fascinated with telling the wrong story.
CNN reportedly aired p*rn on one of their local affiliates for 30 minutes Thursday night.
The mistake appeared to have occurred after a mix-up by one cable company based in New Jersey which services the Boston area – and was reported on twitter by a user who saw it and took a screenshot.
Nigerians are saying CNN can be less professional if they want to be and the latest they have done shows how much delight they find in reporting negative stuffs about their country.
CNN Africa reported Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria without mentioning he was here. They only said “Mark Zuckerberg makes first-ever visit to Sub-Saharan Africa and shared the news on their twitter page.
