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While he highlighted the challenges, he also acknowledged the progress Africa has made in reducing child deaths.

The controversy around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues in death as it did in life.

The day is meant to inspire people all over the world to make a positive difference in their communities.

Prosecutors had charged Mandla Mandela for brandishing a gun at another man.

The mourning period ended with a cleansing ceremony and burning of the black mourning clothes. ---------------------------------- The family of the ...

With the promulgation of the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition law this past January, the Nigerian government may have initiated a process ...

Note: My recent column entitled “Are Homosexuals Human Beings?” generated, predictably, heated reactions from readers, as indeed my previous interventions ...

Mandela bequeathed money to family, servants and schools The late former South African president, Nelson Mandela, left behind an estate ...

Scholars and intellectuals gathered in Lagos to discuss Mandela. Friends of Mandela, a group of scholars and intellectuals, chose the ...

Mandela was South Africa’s first black president. The South African President, Jacob Zuma, on Monday unveiled a nine-metre bronze statue ...

The anti-apartheid icon was buried after a 10-day funeral ceremony Nelson Mandela's funeral service ended on Sunday in his ancestral ...

Mandela died on December 5. Mourners flocked in their tens of thousands to South Africa's central government buildings on Friday ...

The lawmakers extolled Mandela’s virtues. Members of the House of Representatives in Abuja on Wednesday paid tributes to late former ...

Ministers took turns to eulogise the late South African leader. The Nigerian government on Wednesday honoured late Nelson Mandela as ...

‘The metamorphosis and trajectory of Mandela’s life is surely a lesson for those who lead or those who aspire to ...

The South African President is enmeshed in a corruption scandal. In spite of steady rain, thousands of mourners converged on ...

The Nigerian president is not among the leaders that would give tribute. Despite leaving Nigeria early for the funeral of ...

The governors said Nigeria needs a leader that will rekindle the phenomenon the late South African President represents The 16 ...

Mr. Soyinka remembers late Mandela for helping his journalism career Notable Nigerian journalist, Kayode Soyinka, says he will forever remain ...

Obasanjo first met Mandela when the latter was in prison in 1986. A former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, said ...

Mandela died on Thursday in South Africa. The world soccer body, FIFA, ordered flags to be flown at half mast ...

Mandela recently underwent a routine test in Johannesburg. A close associate and long-time lawyer to the former South African President, ...

The author says Mandela is a beacon of goodness.

The aircraft went missing on Wednesday.