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…
Burundi: Human rights abuses continues, UN watchdog report
Human rights violations are still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder, a report by a UN watchdog said. Hopes had been pinned on new President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who was elected in May.…
The World: Spain reports 27,000 COVID-19 cases over…
After a weekend marked by unlawful parties throughout the country, Spain’s Health Ministry suggested 27,404 new coronavirus infections on Monday. The three-day total, which consists of data seeing that Friday, is up by means of…
South Africa: Protest as report reveals COVID-relief fund…
Health workers in South Africa protested on Wednesday in opposition to lacking protecting tools and low salaries as a scathing document printed the country's COVID-19 comfort fund was misused. Kimi Makwetu, the auditor general, stated…
Business: Embattled Denel reports R1.7bn loss
State-owned fingers organization Denel recorded any other loss of R1.7billion for the 2019/20 monetary year due to a significant decline in revenue collection. This emerged when the Department of Public Enterprises seemed before the portfolio…
Nigeria: NDDC disbursed ‘scholarship grants’ to MD, directors…
Top officers of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid themselves scholarship delivers at a time thousands of deserving scholarship beneficiaries had now not been paid for years and were stranded in one of a…
NEWS: Central Bank of Morocco Reported 9,575 counterfeit…
Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al Maghrib (BAM), recognized 9,575 counterfeit banknotes in 2019, worth MAD 1.5 million ($161,000). The number of counterfeit banknotes extended with the aid of 6% in contrast to 2018, a press launch from BAM announced on…
The World: Five states in USA report one-day…
Five U.S. states in the South and West reported one-day records for coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark as California health officials said Latinos made up more than half…
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…
Coronavirus: WHO reports record single-day global increase in…
The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours - the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. According to WHO, this…
Kenya: Billions lost as medical kits gather dust…
Billions shillings of taxpayer’ money is going down the drain in the controversial Sh63 billion leased medical equipment services (MES) programme, a new report shows. The report says some of the equipment that cost billions…
UN reports highest number of refugees ever recorded
The UN refugee agency says the number of asylum-seekers, internally displaced people and refugees worldwide shot up by nearly nine million people last year – the biggest rise in its records. In its annual “Global…
South Africa reports resurgence of African swine fever
South Africa has detected cases of African Swine Fever in the Eastern Cape Province. The presence of the disease in the country was confirmed by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Thoko Didiza. The…
Malawi reports first three cases of Coronavirus infection
Malawi has reported its first three confirmed cases of coronavirus, the nation’s government has confirmed. The southern African nation was among the few African countries yet to report coronavirus cases. Others include Lesotho, Comoros, South…
