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…
Breaking: Group advocates dialogue between Algerian govt’, Hirak…
The International Crisis Group has urged dialogue between the Algerian government and the anti-regime movement ‘‘Hirak’‘ to avoid what it calls a major economic crisis. The Group cites the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and…
Business: Julius Berger Nigeria Plc Loses N1.9bn in…
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has said a loss of N1.931 billion for the six month ended June 30, 2020, compared with a income of N2.835 billion in the corresponding period of 2019. Details of the…
Entertainment: Toke Makinwa speaks on AMCON ‘eviction’ from…
Popular media personality, Toke Makinwa, has reacted to online reports alleging that her Banana Island home was seized by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON. However, Toke in a statement released this evening by…
Zimbabwe: President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces possible coup’
THE ruling Zanu-PF formative years league has sensationally claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was under threat from within his own celebration and accuses some insiders of working with exiled officials to dislodge him. Zanu-PF early…
NEWS: Former president of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa suffered…
Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa was suffering from malaria and died of a heart attack, his family said Sunday, scotching rumours that he succumbed to coronavirus. “Mkapa was found with malaria and he was admitted…
Tanzania: Tundu Lissu jets back from Belgium after…
Tanzania opposition politician Tundu Lissu jetted back to the country Monday with hundreds of supporters showing up at the airport to welcome him home. Tundu returns home from Belgium where he spent three years seeking…
Health: Pandemic is still accelerating – WHO
The coronavirus pandemic “continues to accelerate”, with a doubling of cases over the last six weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Monday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 16 million cases have…
Business: Cardinal urged to accept Shandong Gold offer
Shandong these days elevated its bid for the ASX and TSX-listed Cardinal from the 60c a share offered in June this year, to 70c a share, after a competing bid from shareholder Nordgold emerged, which…
Nigeria: Muslims will Hold Eid Prayers in Open…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that Eid prayers can preserve in open areas in Kaduna State but there will be no celebrations during the impending Eid Al-Adha Muslim festival. The governor who made this known…
Sports: My current situation at Pirates – Xola…
In an extraordinary interview with KnowAfrika, an Orlando Pirates midfielder opened up about his present day situation at the club. 29-year-old Xola Mlambo has fallen down the pecking order at Pirates this season ever in…
NEWS: Morocco shuts down major cities after surge…
Morocco will quit people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from nighttime to incorporate a surge in COVID-19 cases, the indoors and fitness Ministries stated on Sunday. The cities to be locked down…
Kenya fears surge in coronavirus cases
Kenya Sunday recorded the highest number of daily Covid-19 infections since March 13, a development likely to inform the outcome of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s crisis meeting with governors on Monday. According to the Health ministry,…
Entertainment: Burna Boy Shows Off His New Pet…
Award winning singer, Damini Ogulu a.k.a Burna Boy has acquired a new pet monkey which he has named Seven7. The "odogwu" crooner shared a video of the pet on social media where he announced to…
Nigeria: Anambra set to distribute thermometers ahead schools…
Prof. Kate Omenugha, Anambra Commissioner for Education stated that 1,000 infrared thermometers would be distributed in preparations for the possible reopening of colleges in the state. Omenugha informed newsmen in Awka on Sunday that the…
NEWS: Covid-19 treatment center opens in Madagascar
Madagascar has launched a new coronavirus treatment center amid rising infections and hospitals being overwhelmed, the president said on Sunday. In a series of tweets, Andre Rajoelina said the Mahamasina treatment center in the capital…
COVID-19 cases in Africa top 828,000
The number of coronavirus cases in Africa reached 828,214 on Sunday, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 17,509 more people died of the virus across 54 countries in…
Tunisia: President Kais Saied Names Hicham Mechichi as…
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied picked his former felony adviser to shape a new government, nation news organisation TAP reported. The 46-year old Hichem Mechichi held the indoors ministry in the outgoing government of Elyes Fakhfakh. Fakhfakh resigned…
Business: Oil prices may fall, not rise
Oil’s restoration is being hit from both sides. Benchmark Brent crude expenditures have risen by means of 128% from their April low, closing above $40 a barrel considering that the center of June. But rising…
