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 […]
Dozens of human beings have died over floods in Africa’s Sahel region, whilst heaps others are “in instant need of shelter, easy water, and health services,” the UN Refugee Agency stated in a statement Thursday. “UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up efforts to help displaced families in Africa’s Sahel, among greater than 700,000 […]
The escalating probe into the banking enterprise has fingered one of the country’s biggest banks as being part of a giant community in which nearby financial establishments have been involved in dodgy dealings. The investigation showed that Standard Bank, one of the country’s leading lending institutions, used to be possibly concerned in unscrupulous transactions well […]
Charges have been filed towards greater than 2,000 suspects in connection with the assassination of Oromo activist-singer Hatchalu Hundessa, and the ensuing violence, the Ethiopian government introduced Thursday. The killing in early July precipitated sizable violence in quite a few parts of Oromia, and the capital Addis Ababa, main to lots being killed and enormous […]
A fuel tanker truck exploded Thursday in Nigeria’s Lagos State, injuring at least 15 people, incinerating quite a few cars and razing a number of buildings, local media reported. The incident happened at a bus end in the Ifako-Ijaiye nearby authorities area, the local Premium Times internet site reported. “A further investigation printed that an […]
Nigerian international, Olarenwaju Kayode has spoken for the first time for the reason that his mortgage change to Sivasspor. The former Manchester City forward played final season on loan at Gaziantep where he scored 10 dreams in 27 games in the league. Olarenwaju wrote on his instagram page: “I want to use this medium to […]
Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun a.k.a Wizkid has announced the release of his official music video for his single, Smile, which features H.E.R. The award winning singer is coming back for his spot in the music industry as he spent the past few weeks releasing new projects ahead of his soon-to-be-released Made in Lagos album. The […]
Nigerian philanthropist Tony Elumelu is one of the most recognizable African names on Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people list for 2020. Through his Tony Elumelu Foundation, the businessman has provided mentorship and financial support to thousands of young entreprenuers. A mentorship program that he began in 2015 has trained thousands of young entreprenuers and […]
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 […]