Kenyan Movie Shortlisted for Top Prize in Africa’s Premiere Film Fest
Fifteen feature-length movies are vying for the top prize in next month’s FESPACO festival, Africa’s top cinema event, the organisers announced Friday (Jan. 13). A total of 170 films are competing across 11 categories in the February 25-March 4 event,…
UN Appeal for Funds To Save 30m Malnourished Children
The United Nations on Thursday launched an appeal for funds to come to the aid “before it is too late” of 30 million children suffering from acute malnutrition in countries affected by the food crisis. “More than 30 million children…
Tinubu Deserves Victory In Presidential Election — Danladi Bako
Danladi Bako, Co-Director, Strategic Communication, All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has said that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu deserves victory in the Feb. 25 election, because he is most qualified. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bako, a…
Cleric Urges Political Parties, Candidates To Fulfil Electoral Promises
An Abuja-based Islamic Cleric, Imam Yahya Al-Yolawi has urged political parties and their flag bearers vying for various elective positions to fear Allah and fulfil their electoral promises if elected. Al-Yolawi, who is the Chief Iman of Nurul Yaqeen Jumma’at…
Tinubu Under Fire Over ‘Soaked Sliced Bread’ Statement At Enugu Campaign Rally
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is being widely criticised by the majority of Nigerians from the South East region over his statement that they will languish in longer marginalisation unless they vote massively for…
Buhari Signs N21.83trn 2023 Budget Into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion and the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2023 budget is the last to be prepared by…
Pope Benedict XVI Dies At 95
Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned from the Papacy in 2013, has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries. “With sorrow I inform you…
Kogi Govt. Declares Dec. 29 Public Holiday To Receive President Buhari
The Kogi Government has declared Thursday, Dec. 29, a public holiday to enable residents receive President Muhammadu Buhari, who will be in the state to commission legacy projects. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, disclosed this…
Police Arrest Bandit, Recover 4 AK47 Rifles in Kaduna
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have arrested a bandit/gun runner and recovered four AK47 rifles with 344 rounds of ammunition and his operational motorcycle in Kaduna. The Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muhammad Jalige, confirmed…
Christmas: Charity Organisation Put Smiles on Faces of Displaced Children in Eastern DRC
Displaced children in eastern DRC celebrated Christmas at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, about 8 kilometers from Goma, the regional capital of North Kivu province. Children and families were forced to flee due to fighting between government forces and…
South Africa: Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills At Least Nine Near Hospital
A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas exploded in the South African town of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on Saturday killing at least nine people and injuring 50 others, officials said. The top of the truck scraped a low-lying bridge, sparking…
