PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed former Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) Director General Mr Eric Hamissi as Marine Services Company Limited (MSCL) Managing Director. A statement availed to the media yesterday by the Directorate of Presidential Communications Unit said that the Head of State has also appointed Mr Stephen Kagaigai as Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) […]
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Kisumu — Kisumu East MP Shakeel Shabir says he owes God a debt of gratitude for saving his life after he was brutally ejected out of an Azimio rally staged at Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium in Kisumu within his constituency. The Independent MP was roughed, punched and had his shirt torn by irate youths who […]
Long queues at De Doorns labour office where the system is often offline Seasonal workers from farms around De Doorns say it takes months for them to get their Unemployment Insurance Fund benefits. They say the system if often offline and they queue for ages. Some resort to sleeping outside the office in spite of […]
Labour Court to hear Ntlokotse’s arguments that the union’s elections were invalid and that Jim should be arrested The status of office bearers, including general secretary Irvin Jim, of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) will be decided by the Johannesburg Labour Court on Friday. The court will hear an urgent application from […]
Kenya goes to the polls on 9 August 2022. Farmers, who constitute a critical sector of the economy, say they have lost faith in the political process. The high cost of production, farm inputs, and climate change have all affected the agriculture sector adversely, even though politicians promise to strengthen the position of farmers every […]
Thank you very much. Thanks to all of you for being here, for welcoming me and my delegation, and thank you for the rain. [Laughter.] I know that rain is always needed, so I won’t complain that it rained as soon as we arrived. We have to be thankful for the blessings that we receive […]
The government has moved a step closer to ending the water crisis in Isingiro district after signing a contract for the multi-billion Kagera Water infrastructure construction project. Isingiro, one of the districts located in the country’s cattle corridor, is a water-stressed area in which farmers struggle to get water for their animals and domestic use […]
President Museveni has said the sanctions put on Russian oil by the US government are hurting Uganda and Africa at large. Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the US government imposed a ban on Russian oil and gas imports over the country’s invasion of Ukraine in a move seen as a a direct […]
Mr Bwala was appointed a spokesperson for the PDP presidential campaigns barely a week after he dumped the APC. A new spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaigns for the 2023 election, Daniel Bwala, said Thursday that he rejected Ahmed Tinubu’s appointment offer before leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) last week. Mr […]
Mr Wike and his supporters want Mr Ayu removed as the PDP chairman. They also want the party’s NWC to be reshuffled. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has restated confidence in its National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday after a meeting between the […]
The former IGP would have been 75 on Monday. A former Inspector-General of Police, Mustapha Balogun, who served as Nigeria’s top police chief between 2002 and 2004, has died. A family associate told PREMIUM TIMES Mr Balogun (popularly known as Tafa Balogun), 74, was rushed to a hospital in Lagos where he passed on Thursday […]
THE Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe has said it not a law enforcement agency and cannot, therefore, do anything about its nationals who accused of abusing locals, causing land degradation, evading tax or breaking other Zimbabwean laws. Speaking to journalists Thursday, China’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun defended Chinese businesses operating in the country, saying the […]
The federal government has disclosed that acts of terrorism in the northern parts of the country have not significantly affected agricultural production. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Abubakar, who made this known yesterday at a news briefing at the State House, Abuja, also said about 3.6 million indirect jobs had been created from […]
Amid serious security challenges across the country, the federal government disclosed yesterday that efforts were underway to launch a national plan for financing safe schools across the country. This came as the World Bank, the United States of America, United Kingdom, Norway and other development partners reaffirmed their support for any initiative aimed at enthroning […]
Kisumu — Kisumu City plans to issue a circular that will ban the opening of bars, restaurants, lodgings, kiosks and markets on August 8 night to allow people to wake up fresh to go vote the following day. The Acting City Manager Abala Wanga says his office is soon issuing the circular under the Cities […]
Nairobi — South Sudan leaders said Thursday the country’s transitional leadership will stay in power for another 24 months to complete the political, security and electoral reforms needed to move the country forward. Minister of cabinet affairs Martin Elia Lomuro, who made the announcement, said the decision to extend the mandate will help address the […]
The federal government and Google are collaborating to curb the excesses of subversive YouTube channels which are used to spread hate and disinformation against the country. The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this when a team from Google visited him in Abuja yesterday, expressed delight that both the federal government […]
After a six-week impasse over the choice of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential running mate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike finally met in Abuja yesterday to mend fences. The two party leaders, who had been locked in a political battle, met at the residence of former minister of […]