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The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 645 (March 19 - April 1 2025)
Attacks on people with Albinism in Tanzania
19 Mar 2025
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 644 (March 5 - 18 2025)
African Union's new Chair has a long list of tough tasks
5 Mar 2025
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 643 (February 19 - March 4 2025)
Murder of gay South African Imam Muhsin Hendricks reignites queer Muslim debate
19 Feb 2025
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 642 (February 5 - 18 2025)
Cameroon could do with some foreign help to solve the Anglophone crisis
5 Feb 2025
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 641 (January 22 - February 4 2025)
Idris Elba's Island master-plan
22 Jan 2025
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 640 (January 8 - 21 2025)
Nigeria's economy in 2025 doesn't look bright
8 Jan 2025
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 639 (December 25 2024 - January 7 2025)
Ghana's President John Mahama makes a comeback
25 Dec 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 638 (December 11 - 24 2024)
Meet the 2024 GAB Awards Recipients
11 Dec 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 636 (November 13 - 26 2024)
The story of Music Manager - Rikki Stein
13 Nov 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 635 (October 30 - November 12 2024)
Nigeria is the world's 2nd biggest plastic polluter
30 Oct 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 634 (October 16 - 29 2024)
Hustle Academies: West Africa's online scammers are training others in fraud and sextortion
16 Oct 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 633 (October 2 - 15 2024)
Nigeria recalled all its Ambassadors a year ago and has not replaced them - international isolation looms
2 Oct 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 632 (September 18 - October 1 2024)
Africa on the UN Security Council: Why the Continent should have two permanent seats
18 Sep 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 631 (September 4 - 17 2024)
China's interests in Africa are being shaped by the race for renewable energy
4 Sep 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 630 (August 21 - September 3 2024)
Mali attacks signal dangerous times ahead
21 Aug 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 629 (August 7 - 20 2024)
US military is leaving Niger even less secure
7 Aug 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 628 (July 24 - August 6 2024)
Can Kamala Harris win the US presidency after Joe Biden's withdrawal?
24 Jul 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 627 (July 10 - 23 2024)
Kenya's protests are different this time
10 Jul 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 626 (June 26 - July 9 2024)
Once again, Burkina Faso is the world's most neglected crisis
22 Jun 2024
The Trumpet Newspaper Issue 625 (June 12 - 25 2024)
Inside Egypt's secret scheme to detain and deport thousands of Sudanese refugees
12 Jun 2024
Murder of gay South African imam Muhsin Hendricks reignites queer Muslim debate
Dubbed the “world’s first openly gay Imam”, South African religious leader Muhsin Hendricks was gunned down on 15 February 2025 in an attack that many believe was targeted. Tributes have poured in across the world, but so have online comments that
Taiwo Akpabio and Kehinde Bogunjoko celebrate 60 years
Twin sisters - Arch. (Mrs) Taiwo Mojisola Akpabio and Dr (Mrs) Kehinde Gbemisola Bogunjoko celebrated their 60th Birthday Anniversary in Miami, Florida recently.
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Unlocking the Weight Loss equation - “Calories In vs. Calories Out”
The core idea is Energy Balance: consuming fewer calories than you burn leads to weight loss. This simple equation - balancing the energy you consume with the energy you burn - is the crux of sustainable weight management.
Trumpet is 30 Years fresh!
We are happy to announce formally - that Trumpet Newspaper is 30 years fresh! This milestone reminds us that Trumpet is the longest-surviving and far-reaching media organisation targeting UK's Diaspora African community.
Photo: Alex Wynter, IFRC
Attacks on people with albinism in Tanzania: African court holds government responsible – why it matters
People with albinism face widespread discrimination in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Tanzania, this minority has been subjected to extreme forms of violence. The government’s failure to protect their rights prompted the filing of a case
Photo: African Union
African Union’s new chair has a long list of tough tasks – what it will take to get them done
Following seven rounds of balloting, 60-year-old diplomat Mahmoud Ali Youssouf was elected the sixth chair of the African Union Commission in February 2025. Politics professor Ulf Engel, who is the editor of the Yearbook on the African Union,
Family of dad shot dead appeals for witnesses
The family of an innocent man who was fatally shot outside a birthday party have appealed for the public’s help to get justice. Hanif Redwood, a 32-year-old father of two, was attacked in Linton Road, Barking in the early hours of Sunday, 13 October.
Murder of gay South African imam Muhsin Hendricks reignites queer Muslim debate
Dubbed the “world’s first openly gay Imam”, South African religious leader Muhsin Hendricks was gunned down on 15 February 2025 in an attack that many believe was targeted. Tributes have poured in across the world, but so have online comments that
Taiwo Akpabio and Kehinde Bogunjoko celebrate 60 years
Twin sisters - Arch. (Mrs) Taiwo Mojisola Akpabio and Dr (Mrs) Kehinde Gbemisola Bogunjoko celebrated their 60th Birthday Anniversary in Miami, Florida recently.
Young middle-class Nigerians are desperate to leave the country: insights into why
Since the 1980s, migration has been a part of the Nigerian middle-class psyche, catalysed by the usual suspects: high unemployment, security concerns, infrastructure gaps, and poor governance. Migrants tends to be middle-class since one needs
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How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa
To begin with, Winnie and Nelson mythologised themselves. Both intuitively understood that their greatest talent lay in public performance. Not just any public performance, but the sort that is exemplary, that embodies a collective spirit, a set of
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Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) in a Zoom rage, calls Journalist 'Femi Okutubo stupid!
Nigerian politician and lawyer - Chief Femi Fani-Kayode stormed out of a Zoom Conversation organised by BEN Television London after calling Publisher of Trumpet Media Group - 'Femi Okutubo, stupid!
Dr Titus Odedun speaks about his GAB Award
Nana Ofori-Atta Oguntola interviews former Surgery tutor and examiner - Dr Titus Odedun on his recent Award from the Gathering of Africa's Best. Titus Odedun bagged a Gathering of Africa's Best (GAB) Award for outstanding contributions to the
Why Nigeria must celebrate - Dr Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, Nigeria High Commissioner to the UK
Nigeria High Commissioner to the Court of St. James' - Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida OFR, CFR speaks to Trumpet TV about the giant strides being taken at the Mission, efforts to combat corruption at the Mission, why Nigeria must celebrate, and more.
You can't compare Nigeria with the UK - Dr Dalhatu Sarki Tafida
Nigeria High Commissioner to the Court of St. James' - Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida OFR, CFR tells Trumpet TV that you can not compare Nigeria with the United Kingdom.
