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Business: South Africa largest PPC cement producer delays earnings again

PPC Ltd. delayed the launch of its full-year income for a third time as South Africa’s largest cement maker continues to fix accounting blunders and strives to finalize a refinancing plan. The Johannesburg-based agency will now post its monetary outcomes in the week of Oct. 5, according to a declaration on Wednesday. PPC has been […]

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NEWS: Up to 2.1M people face acute food crisis in Somalia

Up to 2.1 million human beings in Somalia are expected to face an acute meals insecurity Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or even worse outcomes through December 2020, a new report said on Wednesday. The crisis predicted to show up “through December 2020 in the absence of humanitarian assistance,” is due to “the combined effects of […]

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Nigeria: Death toll from floods climbs to 95

The dying toll from floods in Nigeria has risen to 95, in accordance to local media reports Wednesday. Sixteen extra people had been killed in floods brought on with the aid of heavy rains in 19 regions of Jigawa state, Alhaji Yusuf Sani Babura, govt secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), told […]

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Sports: Didier Drogba wins the 2020 UEFA President’s Award

Former Chelsea star, Didier Drogba has won the 2020 UEFA President’s Award. The UEFA disclosed this in a statement released via an official Twitter account on Wednesday. The statement read “Didier is a hero to millions of football fans for his achievements throughout his glittering playing career. “He is a leader and will be remembered […]

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Entertainment: Why I haven’t married Chioma – Davido

Popular singer, David Adeleke AKA Davido has blamed the coronavirus pandemic for the delay in getting married to his fiancee, Chef Chioma. Davido in a viral interview on Wednesday said he would have gotten married this year but the deadly virus messed up his plans. He further stated that he would get married next year. […]

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Somalia Must Save Itself from Yasin, Al-Shabaab and Qatar

Qatari have an effect on and Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s over-reliance on Doha have reversed years of safety progress. by Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Somalis, each at home and abroad, have been confident when Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was once elected Somalia’s president in February 2017. Diplomats and the improvement community shared this optimism, believing Farmajo […]

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NEWS: President Kenyatta visits Paris, to sign major contracts

After receiving the French president in March last year, Kenya’s chief Uhuru Kenyatta is on a go to to Paris. The President will meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. Kenyatta who would be accompanied by five ministers is anticipated to attend a public funding financial institution conference, and meet with French […]

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Breaking: Township residents lose illegal power connections in South Africa

Residents of the Diepsloot township, Johanesburg, South Africa have no electricity so most of them are forced to install illegal lightning rods to be able to live with power. But the authorities have however now come to tear out these illegal electricity connections. Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity […]

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Business: FITA terminates the membership of Gold Leaf as reports circulate about fraudulent tobacco ban sales

The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association stated on Wednesday it had expelled the Gold Leaf Tobacco Company from its ranks with instant effect. FITA chairman Sinenhlanhla Mnguni tested that Gold Leaf’s membership had been terminated, however did no longer right away provide reasons. The move comes two months after the stop of South Africa’s contentious Covid-19 […]

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Togo’s first female Prime Minister Victoire Tomegah Dogbé?

Togo made history this week by appointing its first female prime minister. Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, 60, was named on Monday and immediately set to work to form a new government. She is well known in political circles and has held various ministerial positions. She has been a development minister and chief of staff of the […]

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Tunisia: President Saied makes comments supporting death sentence

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said he supports the dying penalty after public outrage over a woman’s homicide sparked calls for executions to restart. Tunisia carried out its ultimate striking in 1991, according to Amnesty International, however loss of life via placing remains on the statute books. Anyone who kills a individual for no cause deserves […]

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The World: Macron meets Belarusian opposition leader

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday met with Belarus’ opposition leader in Lithuania during an respectable visit. Macron mentioned with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya the ongoing political disaster in Belarus, promising assist with negotiations and the release of political prisoners. The French president convened the early morning meeting in the capital Vilnius. Tikhanovskaya had launched a assertion […]

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South Africa records more COVID-19 deaths, cases

South Africa noted eighty one new coronavirus-related deaths in the preceding 24-hour period, bringing the complete range of fatalities to 16,667, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize introduced late Tuesday. Mkhize moreover stated the country had registered 903 new COVID-19 instances for a 2nd day in a row, inserting the total vast range of cases at 672,572. […]

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Sports: Super Eagles defender, Troost-Ekong joins Watford

Nigerian defender, William Troost-Ekong, has completed a permanent transfer to Watford. The Hornets announced his signing in an official statement on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, who has 42 caps for the Super Eagles, represented his country at the 2018 World Cup. Troost-Ekong has signed a five-year contract with Watford and becomes the latest addition to Vladimir […]

Entertainment: Rema Excited As He Hits 100 Million Streams On Audiomack

Fast rising Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor popularly known as Rema, has accumulated a whopping 100 million streams on Audiomack. The Edo State born artiste disclosed this yesterday via his insta story section on Instagram. He also appreciated his fans for being more than just a fan base to him. According to him, Ravers are a […]

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Qatar’s financing Al-Shabaab through Fahad Yasin as a third party — Ex NISA Boss claims

Doha has for the first time been dragged into the murky Somalia politics, with a former top Mogadishu official accusing the Middle East kingdom of financing the Al-Shabaab militants, a declare which ought to define the relationship between the two nations. In the middle of the latest accusations is the National Intelligence Security Agency [NISA], […]