August 2024 News Archive — CottonCandi News
August brought a mix of grief, drama, sport and politics. From the burial of a Nigerian music legend to a tech founder’s arrest in Europe, this month’s headlines moved fast. Here’s a clear, useful roundup of what mattered on CottonCandi in August 2024.
Top headlines you should know
Legendary Nigerian singer and actress Onyeka Onwenu was laid to rest on August 30, 2024, at Ebony Vaults in Lagos after passing on July 30 at Reddington Hospital. Tributes poured in from colleagues and fans across the continent.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov was detained in France on August 24 amid a bitter dispute over content censorship and online privacy. The arrest pushed questions about free speech and platform responsibility back into the spotlight.
In sport, Neeraj Chopra threw a season-best 89.49m to take second at the Lausanne Diamond League, showing he’s still a major contender despite recent injuries. Athletics fans also followed Olympic qualifiers closely as Beatrice Chepkoech and Faith Cherotich booked steeplechase final spots for Paris.
On the political and economic front, Nigeria saw two big moves: President Bola Tinubu appointed new governing councils for 13 specialized tertiary institutions to strengthen oversight, while the Central Bank sanctioned Providus Bank’s takeover of Unity Bank with a N700 billion loan support package.
Local political change appeared in Kenya where Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor John Barorot resigned to become CEO of an international ICT firm starting September, signaling a notable public-to-private shift.
Global stories included a 7.0 earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk on August 18, which prompted emergency monitoring but reported no immediate major damage, and the WHO declaring the Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on August 14.
Culture, entertainment and sport snapshots
Music and film grabbed attention: Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign released VULTURES 2, while Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry led Netflix’s spy-comedy The Union. Football fans watched the Egyptian Premier League head into a decisive final matchday as Al Ahly and Zamalek battled for top spots.
In other sports, Inter Miami beat Toronto FC in an intense Leagues Cup clash, and American gymnast Jordan Chiles returned to the podium with a bronze. There was also controversy when Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso was expelled from the Olympic Village for alleged misconduct.
August on CottonCandi mixed breaking events, culture and sports in ways that affected readers across Africa and beyond. Want to read any of these stories in full? Browse the August 2024 archive to open each article and see photos, timelines and related reports.
If you’re tracking trends, note the month’s themes: accountability in tech and institutions, big sports comebacks, and major public-health alerts. Those threads shaped conversations as September approached.
