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…
The World: Trump denies being told about Russian…
President of the United States Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was never briefed on intelligence that Russians offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing U.S. troops. "Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence,…
Gambia denies plans to relax homosexuality laws
The Gambia said on Tuesday that it would neither decriminalise homosexuality nor review its laws, following weeks of controversy over the issue in the tiny West African state. In a statement, the government denied widely…
No cold or ‘hot’ war with Aregbesola –…
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has trashed the viral rumour that a cold war is raging between him and his protege, Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior. The rumour started…
Zimbabwe ‘s army denies that it deployed troops…
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces yesterday dismissed as false, reports in the private and online media that it deployed soldiers to Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (formerly Harvest House) to seize the building on behalf of the…
News: South Sudan’s Kiir denies rumours about his…
President Salva Kiir addressed the nation on Monday calling to observe social distancing rules to contain community transmission of coronavirus and to ignore false rumours about his infection with the respiratory disease. Kiir’s remarks come…
SPLM-IO denounces an assault on South Sudanese students…
The SPLM-IO Saturday condemned the brutal attack by the Ethiopian police on South Sudanese students in Addis Ababa and called to summon the foreign minister to elucidate the incident. On Thursday Ethiopian police charged a…
DR Congo chief of staff denied provisional release
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s embattled chief of staff will continue to stay in prison. On Saturday, the Congolese justice rejected a request for the provisional release of Vital Kamerhe, following his indictment by President…
Sudan army denies moves Al-Bashir elements organizing a…
The Sudanese army yesterday denied reports that it was carrying out a coup coinciding with the first anniversary of the sit-in on 6 April last year. The London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper quoted senior Sudanese sources…