PRELIMINARY specimens taken from patients suffering nosebleed disease in Lindi Region have tested negative for Ebola, Marburg and Covid-19, as the government intensifies measures to contain the contagion, Chief Medical Officer Dr AifelloSichalwe confirmed. Dr Sichalwe told reporters in the capital city, Dodoma, on Wednesday that the government had dispatched a team of health experts […]
The National Unity Platform has donated food relief of five tonnes of maize flour and beans to the famine-hit Karamoja sub-region. The package contained 2500kg of maize flour and another 2500kg of beans. Currently, reports show that food insecurity in many areas of Karamoja region continues to worsen and that many are losing lives due […]
The United Nation’s latest global population projection predicts there will be 8 billion people on the planet by November and that the population will gradually increase to 8.5 billion by 2050 and to more than 10 billion by 2080. That growth will come with significant economic and environmental implications. The projected growth is not evenly […]
Somali president Hassan Sheikh and a high-level delegation he is leading will leave Mogadishu for Nairobi, the capital of Kenya on Thursday. The president’s trip which came after receiving an invitation from his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta will take two days as announced by Villa Somalia, the Somali state house. The two leaders will discuss […]
A battle ensued between Somali troops and Al-Shabaab in Janale, a small town in the Lower Shabelle region last night, local residents confirmed. The fighting came after Al-Shabaab fighters attacked the SNA military in the area. The ambush prompted a heavy and direct gunfight between the two sides. Details of the casualties are still murky. […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a total ban on use of Police Spy Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across the federation without exception. A statement by Force Headquarters stated that the ban was irrespective of whether the earlier issuance was authorised or not. It said: “All authorisations are hereby […]
Commercial tricyclists in Awka, Anambra State, yesterday protested against high taxation by the state Governor, Prof Charles Soludo-led government in the state. The tricyclists blocked the Enugu-Onitsha expressway at Aroma Junction, saying the high tax by the state government is too harsh on them. Some of the tricyclists who spoke said: “They are asking us […]
Nimba County — True to critics’ assessment, President George Weah has ended his cabinet retreat in Ganta, Nimba County, asking Nimbaians to reelect him and his close political ally Senator Prince Yormie Johnson, sanctioned by the United States for corruption, including votes-buying. President Weah made the call Wednesday, 13 July 13, 2022, in Saclepea and […]
Nairobi — Kenyans have been given up to August 5 to submit their comments on the draft National Tax Policy which sets out broad parameters on tax policy and related tax matters in Kenya. The policy is seen as part of reforms seeking to grow revenue and promote predictable tax environment for business to operate. […]
Nigeria’s biggest airline, Air Peace, on Wednesday recorded a full load factor of 240 passengers on its inaugural flight to Guangzhou, China. The airline operated the flight with a Boeing 777 aircraft which left the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos around 7 p.m. Speaking during the flag-off of the carrier’s Lagos-Guangzhou flight, Chief Operating officer […]
Equal Education members demand Eastern Cape education MEC intervene Scores of learners and Equal Education members donned their school uniforms on Wednesday and marched to the Eastern Cape Department of Education in Zwelitsha. They are opposed to proposed amendments to minimum norms and standards for public school infrastructure. Under the new draft amendments, deadlines have […]
Insinuations that no fewer than 700 militants attacked fishermen and Naval facility in Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have been refuted by authorities of the Nigerian Navy and the fishermen alike. Reacting to inquiry, Base Operations Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, Lt Cdr Samuel Olowookere, has described […]
An official said Nigerians in diaspora were free to come back home with expired or non-expired Nigerian passport. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports. Mr Aregbesola gave the directive on Wednesday, in Lagos, while […]
The Later Day Saints Charity, an NGO, in collaboration with the Enugu State Government has built toilets and a borehole to help end open defecation in the state. Mr Christopher Ogbu, the Coordinator, Small Town Water and Sanitation Unit, Ministry of Water Resources, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, […]
Nairobi — With 25 days to the August general election, the question on whether Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will be on the ballot still remains a big headache to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The Commission’s Chairman Wafula Chebukati and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marjan Hussein are reading from different scripts on […]
About 4.1 million people urgently need food assistance across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in northeast Nigeria,” Mr Haq said. The UN humanitarian partners have delivered food and nutrition assistance to no fewer than 26,000 people in the past week in the town of Rann, Northeast Nigeria. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria […]
It is a city that has often been referred to as the green city in the sun and rightfully so. From the onset, it has established itself as a city with a vast network of green and public spaces, where nature and concrete blended seamlessly. That city is none other than Nairobi, The only city […]
Cape Town — Flags, Now Philharmonic Orchestra – What’s Nathi Mthetwa’s Next Move? Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthetwa has done it again – this time around he wants to establish a R30 million philharmonic orchestra that was according to News24, approved in 2018. Far from being music to the ears of political parties […]