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 Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
In his first public official appearance since being appointed Mali’s interim president — following the coup d’état in August, Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel and former defence minister from the camp of ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, met with ECOWAS mediator Goodluck Jonathan in Bamako on Thursday, on the eve of his swearing-in. The former […]
The West African bloc ECOWAS will probable figure out on Friday whether or not to carry probably crippling sanctions imposed on Mali after last month’s coup, its mediator said. The mediator, Nigerian former president Goodluck Jonathan, known as the 15-nation bloc’s sanctions “unfortunate” during a go to to Mali’s capital Bamako on Wednesday. West African […]
The dying toll from flooding in Sudan precipitated by using months of heavy rains has risen to 124, the country’s Interior Ministry said early Thursday. More than 100,000 residences have come to be partly or absolutely unusable due to floods. Earlier this month, Sudan’s Security and Defense Council declared a countrywide kingdom of emergency for […]
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Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola and his children had a fun filled Sunday as they partied and danced together at home. The photos and videos of their Sunday home party were shared by his daughters Temi and Ifeoluwa alias DJ Cuppy on their social media platforms. In the the video, the billionaire business mogul danced […]
Protesters gathered outside the Casablanca Appeal Court on Tuesday, as Moroccan investigative journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi appeared to be questioned by an examining magistrate. Radi was first tried in March and was given a four-month suspended sentence after he was arrested for a tweet in which he criticized a judge for upholding […]
Africa must be better represented in the UN Security Council, whose “current composition does not reflect the world in which we live,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa argued Tuesday at the UN General Assembly. “South Africa currently sits, for the second year, as a non-permanent member,” Ramaphosa, who also currently holds the rotating presidency of […]
Police on Tuesday used tear gas and water cannon to break up a protest by hundreds of people in Cameroon’s economic capital Douala calling for an end to bloodshed in the country’s anglophone regions. Several parties, including that of opposition leader Maurice Kamto, had called for “peaceful marches” against President Paul Biya, 87, who has […]
Opposition Unite? Former Ivorian Prime Minister and candidate for the upcoming presidential election on October 31, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, 67, is yet another politician declaring his outrage at the Constitutional Council’s decision to deem the sought third term of the current president as valid — when, to many, it is unconstitutional. Pascal Affi N’Guessan: “I […]
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 have occupied for six weeks. Clashes between the extremist combatants and government forces have induced huge numbers of nearby residents […]
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 Timothewos as attorney general, Takele Umma as minister of mines and petroleum, and Samuel Hurkato as minister of science and […]
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 his debut all through the 2-1 win over Luzern at the weekend and shared a video of the recreation 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 the good news said he was so excited over the achievement. He also expressed love to his fans and everyone […]
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 first time as Africa will be the final continent to host the championships and the UCI hopes the event will […]
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 now. At the time, the government denied any involvement before recanting and arresting seven soldiers. Four of them have now […]
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 is crucial to make sure that the UN be top resourced and representative, Ramaphosa said in his weekly presidential address. […]
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 a record released Monday. Based on its projections, the CBO found that if the US takes fiscal action beginning in […]
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 45. “With the passing of Alhaji Shehu Idris, Nigeria has lost one of its longest reigning typical monarchs whose contributions […]