The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
NEWS: Rising Terrorism Sees 310,000 Mozambicans Displaced
The escalating extremist insurgency in Northern Mozambique has displaced heaps of thousands of people. The rebels have recently stepped up assaults in Cabo Delgado province, seizing the strategic port of Mocimboa da Praia, which they…
Parliament gives nod to new ministers, judges in…
Ethiopia’s parliament on Tuesday authorized the appointment of countless key ministers and judicial officers. The House of Peoples’ Representatives, the lower chamber of Ethiopia’s parliament, recommended the appointments of Kenea Yadeta as defense minister, Gedion…
Sports: Enyeama hails spectacular Sebastian Osigwe
Former Super Eagles Captain Vincent Enyeama has hailed Sebastian Osigwe following his brilliant debut show for Swiss aspect Lugano. The 26-year-old penned a three-year deal with Lugano this summer after leaving SC Kriens. He made…
Entertainment: Burna Boy becomes first Nigerian artist with…
Nigerian superstar, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy has become the first Nigerian artist with a certified silver album, "African Giant" in the UK. The singer, who took to his Instagram account to share…
Breaking: Africa set to Host Road World Championships…
Africa is where the next Road World Championships will be held in 2025, as announced by the Switzerland-based world governing body for sports cycling competitive events, The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). This will be the…
NEWS: Outcry as killer soldiers bag 10 year…
A video showing soldiers executing two ladies at shut range, kneeling and blindfolded, alongside with a woman and a baby two years ago had prompted massive outcry in Cameroon. But there is even extra outcry…
NEWS: Ramaphosa wants stronger UN role in confronting…
With the seventy fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly taking region this week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday harassed the urgent want to support the U.N position in confronting challenges. It…
The World: US needs over $900B annually to…
If the US needs to fix the nation’s debt to pre-coronavirus levels, it will require spending cuts and revenue increases totaling around $900 billion annually for 25 years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in…
Nigeria: President Buhari mourns death of emir of…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday mourned the loss of life of Emir of Zazzau Alhaji Shehu Idris, one of the country’s most influential standard leaders who exceeded away on Sunday at the age of…
Mali Pronounces Ex- Defence Minister Ba N’Daou as…
A Huge Decision Head of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, Colonel Assimi Goïta, issued a nationally televised announcement pronouncing Ba N'Daou, previously the Minister of Defence, as the Malian transitional president…
Business: Losses and Recovery of African Air Space
Africa faces a difficult choice as infections and fatalities are rapidly rising; does it welcome back international flights that originally brought COVID -19 to the ill-prepared continent, or continue restrictions on flights and further hurt…
Sports: Mikel Agu returns ahead of Super Eagles…
Mikel Agu returned to Super Eagles as Genort Rohr named 24 others for Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia friendlies in October. The 27-year-old Vitória de Guimarães midfielder did no longer make the closing cut to the 2018…
Entertainment: Rapper Yung6ix laments bitterly after spending N500k…
Nigerian rapper Onome Onokohwomo popularly known as Yung6ix, has lamented bitterly after splurging $1300 (N500,000) on his babymama's hair extension. Yung6ix shared a video of himself paying for the hair and wrote; "BM hair cost…
Mauritania: Floods from heavy rains in Nouakchott
Residents of quite a few neighborhoods in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, observed their toes in the water on Sunday after a rare abundance of rain. Driving used to be impossible in some neighborhoods whose…
Breaking: Curbing the Rise of Kidnapping in Kinshasa,…
Night police roadblocks have reappeared in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC, to track down taxis accused of kidnapping, assaulting and ransoming helpless passengers. Their "Road-block" operation allows ordinary vehicles…
Politics: Somalia Names Rookie PM, Election Schedule revised
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday appointed a political newcomer to turn out to be top minister, almost two months after the country’s parliament voted out former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. Mohamed Hussein…
Farmaajo’s conspiracies and how detrimental it is to…
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo recently appointed a political new face as prime minister, nearly two months after the country’s parliament ousted the former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire. The appointment of Mohamed Hussein Roble, a Swedish-Somali…
Uganda: 6 bodies recovered from river
At least six bodies of humans who drowned in Sezibwa River, Central Uganda when their boat capsized had been retrieved on Sunday. Among the deceased is a mother and her year-old baby, police spokesperson Hellen…
