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 […]
Former President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika has eventually lost the bid to unfreeze his account which was initially frozen by the anti-corruption agency in the country due to Mutharika’s alleged involvement in corruption. Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) last August froze the individual financial balances of Mutharika and his better half, Gertrude, in a test looking […]
Required to appear in courtroom on Friday, award-winning and famend Zimbabwean author, Tsitsi Dangarembga — dealing with expenses for disturbing the peace and inciting violence following her arrest at anti-government Harare-based prohibited protests in June. The arrest took area days after her brand new novel, ‘This Mournable Body,’ was once protected in the long list […]
A federal high court on Thursday granted police additional 14 days to investigate Jawar Mohammed, an activist turned politician associated with opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC). Jawar was arrested, along with others, two weeks ago in connection with the unrest that took place in Addis Ababa and parts of Oromia region in the wake of […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s embattled chief of staff, Vital Kamerhe, was jailed 20 years with hard labour on charges of corruption. State prosecution having accused Kamerhe of embezzling state funds through the award of contracts by mutual agreement to fictitious companies; had demanded 20 year jail term during the last hearing.He was jailed along […]
Reigning Warsaw Marathon winner Gilbert Masai is crying for justice after losing over Sh200,000 to unscrupulous race organisers, who have declined to pay him all winning prizes. The Mount Elgon-born runner said he has been living a poor life, thanks to some people, who take advantage of the weak system in the country to exploit […]
Thousands chanted anti-military slogans Wednesday to demand justice, freedom, full civilian rule for Sudan and to call for the perpetrators of the mass killing to be held accountable. Sudanese protesters who helped bring down former president Omar al-Bashir returned to the streets to mark the first anniversary of a massacre in Khartoum that left more […]
Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia (a.k.a 2face), has called for adequate protection of the girl-child against defilement and other forms of violence. The musician, who decried the increase in defilement in the country, took to his Instagram page @official2baba to express how sad he felt about the situation. He said that every perpetrator of the […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s board to end an investigation into its president, Akinwumi Adesina, and called for an independent probe into allegations against him. In a letter dated May 22 and addressed to Niale Kaba, chairwoman of the bank’s board of governors, Mnuchin said the Treasury […]
Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane officially tendered his resignation on Tuesday, ending a political crisis caused by his involvement in the assassination of his ex-wife in 2017. “I come before you today to announce that the work you have entrusted me with may not be finished but the time has come for me to withdraw […]