Tiwa Savage Places Wedding shopping On Hold For Meeting On BBC Africa Studio

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 Tiwa Savage and her fiancee Tee Billz are now in London doing some long awaited wedding shopping. However while they're in town they've been making their promo rounds. The initial stop was BBC World Service for an interview with Focus On Africa and a radio interview with (Focus Africa airing on Sunday 27th of Oct.). The couple was accompanied by Vox Africa's Mimi Fawaz, Factory 78's Adesope Olajide & Nigerian Watch's Michael Tube.

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“Abuja Was Not Built On A Stolen Land, Your Claim About Nigeria Is Idiotic” – Nigerian Lambastes BBC’s Alex Preston

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This article is in reply to BBC writer Alex Preston‘s controversial article about Abuja being anunfinished capital of Nigeria and how it was built on a stolen land. If you missed the initial article written by Alex, read it HERE.

Check out what Nigerian writer Stanley Nwabia wrote in reply to the aforementioned article:

The real question is, can a city ever be termed as being ‘completed’ or ‘finished’? Talk less of a 35 year old Abuja built from scratch by Nigerians-a city without any colonial heritage unlike the coastal, unplanned and exploitative West African cities that the British left behind as at independence.

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Chai: BBC News disrespects Nigeria on Twitter, Claims Abuja was Built on stolen land

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So BBC says Abuja( The best City in the west hemisphere of Africa) was built on stolen land, stolen from who? Continue to read the pic's accompanying article


Written by By Alex Preston for BBC News

Christopher Katongo Wins BBC African Player Of The Year 2012

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Zambia captain Christopher Katongo has won the 2012 BBC African Player of the Year Award following a period of online voting and text messaging from fans.  The 30-year-old  faced stiff opposition from the likes of Demba Ba, Didier Drogba, Younes Belhanda and Yaya Toure but won a little over 40% of the votes. He also becomes the first winner from southern Africa to win this award. Speaking to BBC immediately after the announcement, the Zambian legend was full of praise as he thanked those who recognised his hardwork and voted for him.