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 […]
Transcending from an African family identify to a international superstar, chart-topping Nigerian musician and innovative Adekunle Gold marks this chapter of his ascension with the launch of his new album “Afro Pop Vol. 1”. Foreshadowed with the aid of internationally acclaimed singles “AG Baby” and the sensational “Something Different”, Adekunle’s 0.33 studio album – and […]
Out of Detention The former Malian Prime Minister, Boubou Cissé, and President of the National Assembly, Moussa Timbine have been freed by the junta known as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People. This follows the earlier release of the now ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on Thursday — barely ten days after the […]
Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala has been launched from police custody unconditionally after spending the night at the Mumias Police Station. Malala used to be taken in on Monday in Nairobi and pushed to Mumias by the DCI officers against the wishes of his attorney John Khaminwa. The move to release the senator barring pressing fees […]
Some 600 Boko Haram members were freed in Nigeria on Monday after they regretted their membership and completed a rehabilitation and reintegration program. Bamidele Shafa, spokesperson for the Nigerian military’s Operation Safe Corridor, said members of the terror group who were caught in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states had sworn an oath of allegiance to […]
Egypt’s Prisons Authority, which operates under the auspices of the interior ministry, ordered on Thursday the release of 4,100 prisoners on the occasion of the Sinai Liberation day, which falls on 25 April. 3,778 prisoners will be released upon a presidential pardon, and 233 will be released conditionally. A list of those released was not […]
President Paul Biya announced that he will take steps that will lead to the release of thousands of prisoners to lighten overcrowded correctional facilities. However, the president explained that separatist fighters, officials jailed for corruption, and those jailed for sexual crimes or even those that affect state security are excluded from the amnesty. The presidential […]
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 Félix Tshisekedi. State prosecution accused Kamerhe of embezzling state funds through the award of contracts by mutual agreement to fictitious […]
