-The New Diplomat Editorial The news did not come to many as a surprise. And with time, that phenomenon called time which Shakespeare once described as “the swiftest hours, as they flew” is an unavoidable keeper of time-frame and recorder of historical times. This is because time seems to pass very quickly, and sometimes unnoticed.…
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion, and Sports Desk) American talk show host, Oprah Winfrey's streaming service has announced a new series featuring the media mogul. The organizers in a statement said the show titled ‘The Oprah Conversation’ will debut on Thursday. "The Oprah Conversation will continue to explore impactful and relevant topics…
By David Cohen John Lewis, who went from being the youngest leader of the 1963 March on Washington to a long-serving congressman from Georgia and icon of the civil rights movement, died Friday. He was 80. In December 2019, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Lewis…
By Kolawole Ojebisi Efforts to evacuate Nigerians stranded in the United Kingdom backed to the country stalled on Sunday as the British government refused to grant Diplomatic Landing Clearance to Air Peace Limited. This development comes in less two months after Canadian authorities denied Air Peace, the landing rights to airlift stranded Nigerians in the…
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) J.K. Rowling, well known British author, has opened up for the first time about being a survivor of abuse and sexual assault. The British author spoke out in a lengthy statement seeking to clarify previous comments she made about transgender people, which have been…
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment Fashion and Sports Desk) Deluge of reactions have continued to trail the arrest of Dubai-based Nigerian Instagram big boy popularly hailed as Hushpuppy The flamboyant internet celebrity was reportedly arrested in Dubai on Wednesday by International Police (Interpol) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over alleged fraud. He…
Kicks Against Buhari's Withdrawal Of Ambassador Frederick Agah's Nomination Seeks Consensus Candidate For Africa Nigeria In Order As Agah Falls Short Of WTO Criteria For Nomination, Top Diplomat Reveals The nomination of former Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Nigeria's candidate for the position of Director-General of World Trade Organization…
Ahmaud Arbery, Tony Breonna Families, Legal Teams To Benefit, Too Black-Owned Struggling Businesses Won't Be Left Out By Kolawole Ojebisi Kanye West has offered to fully pay for the tuition fees of Gianna Floyd, the six-year-old daughter of George Floyd, a black man killed last Monday by Derek Chauvin and three other accomplices, his colleagues…
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) All flags at COSON House in Ikeja, the headquarters of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), are now lying at half mast in celebration of the life of Nigeria’s iconic reggae singer and frontline member of COSON, Majek Fashek, who passed on in New York…