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 […]
After a snub on the list of 15 nations deemed ‘safe’ for their citizens to travel to the European Union, Senegal has reacted to the announcement. On Wednesday, Dakar announced that it would not reopen its air space to travellers from EU countries. The announcement was made by the Senegalese air transport minister without further […]
Tunisia moves to resume commercial flights as it plans to reopen its airspace, land and sea borders on June 27, 2020 as part of full de-confinement scheduled for June 14. On Tuesday, the Minister of State in charge of Transport and the Tourism minister on inspected the Tunis-Carthage International Airport. From the check-in desks at […]
Air Peace has evacuated about 274 Israelis from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Israel’s major city, Tel-Aviv. The flight, which airlifted 65 passengers from Lagos and 209 passengers from Abuja was operated by Air Peace Boeing 777-300 with registration number 5N-BWI. The Chairman and Chief […]
The Ministry of health in Eritrea has issued additional guidelines to all nationals & expatriates residing in the country. They have not recorded any case yet even though neighbours Sudan and Ethiopia have one and five cases respectively. Somalia also just confirmed their first case. Egypt on the other hand has been the most impacted […]
A large media contingent at the Gateway International Airport at Polokwane in Limpopo welcomed the arrival of 121 South African citizens repatriated from Wuhan, in China, the epicenter of the Coronavirus pandemic. The 121 expatriates arrived in the country on Saturday, accompanied by members of the South African National Defence Force and South African Airways. […]
Uganda has restricted visitors from some countries with what it terms high cases of coronavirus, including China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, South Korea, and Spain. “Government has decided to ask travelers from the affected countries not to come to Uganda because the high cases they are reporting can easily be imported into the country,” the […]
The economic and financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak for African airlines all over the world is only becoming clearer now. For Kenya airways, the losses amount to $8m almost a month since the airline stoppled flying to China. Before the outbreak, Kenya’s flag carrier used to fly to the industrial hub of Guangzhou three […]
According to the Khartoum based Al-Sudani newspaper, the decision was signed by the head of the Sovereign Council upon a request made by the interior minister at a cabinet meeting. However, the daily did not notify the date of the decree. The former regime had given Sudanese passports to some Islamist opposition leading members from […]