The management of Arise News, operated by Arise Broadcasting Limited, has announced that the news channel is now live in South Africa and nine other countries on the continent. In a statement signed by its Chief of Staff to the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief, Fauziya Mohammed, the management disclosed that the news channel is available on Multichoice/DSTV Channel … Read more
Pelumi Nubi, who drove from London and 16 other countries, finally arrived in Lagos on Sunday afternoon. On 29 January, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ms Nubi embarked on a solo journey in her car, Lumi, nearly two years after professional motorcyclist Kunle Adeyanju rode from London to Nigeria. Ms Nubi began her journey on 31 … Read more
President Macky Sall of Senegal has bemoaned the high cost of organising elections in Africa. The president, whose tenure ends on 2 April when the new president-elect, Bassirou Faye, takes over, said while democracy remains the best form of government, the process of choosing leaders is quite ruinous to the economy of African nations. Mr … Read more
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria have been knocked out of the men’s football event of the 2023 African Games in Ghana after a 3-2 defeat by Senegal Friday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Flying Eagles took an early lead in the second minute through Charles Agada in the match played … Read more
Elections are contentious anywhere they take place, but in some countries, they take on special meaning and significance when the process does not go as well as intended. Two specific arenas, Senegal and Indonesia, are currently undergoing major political change and the outcome will have far-reaching consequences for the citizens of each country. Senegal Senegalese … Read more
At one point in âIo Capitano,â a deeply moving drama about an odyssey through unknown lands, the Italian director Matteo Garrone undermines his own realism, to startlingly lyrical effect. Seydou (Seydou Sarr), a sixteen-year-old from Senegal, is one of several African migrants who have been walking for hours across a great stretch of the Sahara … Read more
Almost two years after a professional motorcyclist Kunle Adeyanju rode from London to Nigeria, a UK-based Nigerian, Pelumi Nubi, is set to replicate the same feat. Mr Adeyanju departed London on 19 April 2023 and arrived in Lagos after 41 days of riding his motorcycle, while Ms Nubi will embark on a two-month solo trip … Read more
BRUSSELS — The Brits are making a comeback in the EU capital. Exhibit A: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s international policy shop is wrapping up a hiring spree in Brussels. In just a year, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) went from virtually non-existent in the Brussels bubble to recruiting some half-dozen … Read more
Former Liverpool FC star Sadio Mane has married his long-term girlfriend Aisha Tamba in a private ceremony in Senegal. The wedding reportedly took place on Sunday in Keur Massar, an area in the capital city of Dakar, just six days before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The 31-year-old forward met Aisha … Read more
