Uganda’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement, has picked its national chairman and incumbent President, Yoweri Museveni, as its candidate for the 2021 presidential election. Seventy-five-year-old Museveni is in his 34th year as president, having been in office since 1986. Museveni had tweeted his acceptance of the party’s fresh ticket, while also appreciating the delegates: … Read more
United Nations Security Council will hold emergency discussions on Mali Wednesday, a day after an apparent military coup in the crisis-torn West African country. The meeting was requested by France and Niger and will take place behind closed doors on Wednesday afternoon, a senior UN diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity. Meanwhile, United Nations … Read more
The African Union has condemned the arrest of President Ibrahim Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse. It was confirmed earlier that mutineering soldiers in Mali on Tuesday detained Keita and some members of his cabinet at his residence in Bamako, the country’s capital. “We can tell you that the president and the prime minister are … Read more
A possible coup is underway in Mali. This followed nearly three months of demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s resignation. Soldiers in Kati town are arresting senior military officers. Read Also: Angry Imo Workers Attack Governor Uzodinma’s Convoy Over Unpaid Salary Arrears Tanks and military vehicles are moving round the streets of Kati,15 kilometers … Read more
There was an executive drama in the Somali Parliament when Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed got involved in an altercation with Prime Minister, Mahdi Mohamed Guled, during a press conference. In a video that has surfaced online, the President and his Prime Minister exchanged blows on live television after a disagreement. It took a whole … Read more
Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, President of Nigerian Traders Union in Ghana, on Saturday decried Ghanaian authorities’ closure of shops owned by Nigerians doing business in the country. Nnaji, who made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), urged the Federal Government to intervene in the matter. Read Also: Ministers Inspect … Read more
The United Nations has “strongly and unequivocally” condemned reported cases of “serious human rights violations and abuses” in Cameroon. UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, stated the organisation’s position during his daily news briefing in New York on Friday. Read Also: 113 In Lagos As NCDC Confirms 329 Cases Across 20 States “On Cameroon, we have seen … Read more
Niger’s government has extended a state of emergency to the entire region that surrounds the capital Niamey and suspended access to a giraffe reserve where six French aid workers and two Nigeriens were shot dead. Attackers on motorbikes ambushed the group on Sunday while they were driving through the reserve, a popular destination for expatriates … Read more
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday encouraged tourists to return to Kenya, saying the country was safe and open for business even with coronavirus cases having tripled in the past month. Kenyatta said the country was ready to receive domestic and foreign visitors, and that he was satisfied with measures taken by the tourism sector to … Read more
The Federal Government has evacuated 87 Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The 87 arrived Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja at about 9.15am on Saturday August 8, 2020. In the same vein, another batch of Nigerians stranded in United Kingdom will be arriving later in the day. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) disclosed this in a … Read more
Some Ghanaian students taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have rioted over the strict invigilation during the tests. According to news agency report, some agitated WASSCE candidates at the Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School (SHS) in south Ghana’s Ashanti Region vandalized schools on the basis that invigilators were being “too strict” during … Read more
.The world health organization announced on Wednesday that 43 experts will be sent to South Africa in support to curtain the spread of coronavirus outbreak. In statements released by the WHO, the first team of experts from WHO, who will assist South Africa in its fight against coronavirus, is set to arrive in the country … Read more
– the deputy chairman of Electoral Commission of Ghana has revealed that a Nigerian has been prosecuted and jailed for six months by Ghanaian authorities. – The Nigerian culprit is accused of registering for the voter ID card in the registration exercise being conducted by Electoral Commission of Ghana. – The deputy chairman revealed that … Read more
Authorities in South Sudan are facing the dilemma of whether to keep schools shut in the fight against Covid-19 or re-open them and save children from continual child labour. The country closed public schools three months ago to fight the pandemic that has infected 2322 people and killed 46 so far. The country’s recovery rate … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says Africa recorded over 15,000 COVID-19 deaths. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO on Wednesday. WHO stated on its dashboard that “there are over 748,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa, with more than 409,000 recoveries … Read more
Muslims gathered in the Kenyan city of Mombasa for Friday prayers for the first time since March when all places of worship were ordered to close as part of coronavirus restrictions. The authorities have now allowed them to reopen but only if strict rules are followed. Read Also: COVID-19: 50 Nightclubbers Arrested In Kwara At … Read more
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday in Geneva stressed the need for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to elect a credible candidate based on merit for the position of Director-General. Okonjo-Iweala who is among the eight candidates vying for the position, stated this while answering questions from newsmen at a press conference held shortly after her … Read more
Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president amazingly died same day with her elder brother, 51 years apart. The eldest son of Nelson Mandela, Madiba Thembekile, a.k.a Thembi died in a car accident on 13 July 1969, when Mandela was serving life in jail. Read Also: Woman Commits Suicide In Ikorodu After Being Beaten … Read more
Zindzi Mandela, the eldest daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is dead at the age of 59. She died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday, July 13. News of Zindzi’s death has been confirmed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Zindzi Mandela’s son, Bambatha also shared a photo of his mother with the caption … Read more
As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus straight days without a single infection. Then the planes arrived. Two chartered Air Seychelles flights carrying more than 200 passengers also brought the coronavirus. A few tested positive. Then, between June 24 and 30, the country’s … Read more