Politicians talk of consensus-building as part of their political calculuses. Those who are able to forge a consensus in sharing positions are said to be smarter than those who fight a war of attrition on who becomes what in the system. Beyond partisan politics, patriots with a broader view of nation-building also seek a consensus […]
Super Eagles yesterday consolidated their leadership of Group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers with a 2-1 victory against Cape Verde. The victory in Mindelo lifted the Super Eagles to six points, three above second placed Liberia who defeated Central African Republic on Monday in Monrovia. Both Cape Verde and CAR are tied […]
A male suspect has been arrested in connection with last Saturday kidnap of Niger State traditional ruler, the Dodo of Wawa in the Borgu Emirate, Dr. Mahmud Aliyu. The suspect, who was apprehended last Monday, was said to be a security man recruited by the monarch about two months ago. A source close to the […]
By AL-MAHDI SSENKABIRWA Lawmakers on Defence and Internal Affairs Committee yesterday clashed with Security minister Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi over interviewing survivors of the killings in Greater Masaka Sub-region. Gen Muhwezi, who travelled with the committee members on a fact-finding mission in the affected areas, had on Monday warned MPs against asking much information from […]
Nairobi — Interior Cabinet Secretary CS Fred Matiangi has said the government is taking a broader approach to address the Laikipia conflict which has resulted in deaths and displacement of people. Addressing journalists on Tuesday, Matiangi said the conflict being witnessed in the area is “beyond the pasture and drought issue.” “The approach we have […]
Masaka Chief Magistrate’s Court has charged the Kawempe North MP Muhammed Ssegirinya and the Makindye West legislator Allan Ssewanyana with murder before remanding them to Kitalya prison. The duo are accused of having a hand in the recent spate of killings in Masaka sub-region that left close to 30 people dead. They were charged with […]
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday arrived in the Senegalese capital Dakar for a one-day visit. Officials say Mr Ahmed is in the West African country for talks on bilateral ties between the two countries. Senegal’s President Macky Sall announced the visit via a tweet prior to Ahmed’s arrival, noting that the visit was […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has rallied his peers in Africa and the Caribbean region to form a joint response for future pandemics and have a common stand on debt. In his opening statement the first African-CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Summit, President Kenyatta said the pandemic had showed the poor in Africa and the Caribbean that they will […]
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Tuesday announced that the country’s armed forces, with the help of Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces, have reclaimed nearly all areas that were seized by militants in Cabo Delgado province. President Nyusi said some locals are returning to their homes. The leader was speaking during an […]
<i>”The only active case we have at the moment had been picked up on Sunday and he is going to be discharged tomorrow (Wednesday).”</sub> The Chairman of the Community Development Committee, CDC, in Magboro, Oluwasegun Oladosu, says at least 25 persons have died of cholera in the community. Mr Oladosu told journalists on Tuesday that […]
The curfew in Jos South and Bassa Local Government Areas still remain from 10p.m. to 6a.m. Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has relaxed the curfew in Jos North Local Government. The Governor disclosed this in a statement issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs , Makut Macham in Jos. Mr Lalong said the […]
ZANZIBAR Second Vice President Hemed Suleiman Abdalla has called on Stone Town Development Authority (STCDA) and other stakeholders to encourage walking and use of bicycles for transport in order to reduce car traffic in the historical town. The VP made the remarks during a launch of a special campaign here on Monday to encourage walking […]
WOMEN rights activists have launched a project aimed at encouraging more women to grab leadership positions. The project, titled 2020/2023 ‘Strengthen Women-In-Leadership (SWIL),’ is expected to reach at least 6,000 women by 2023 by addressing barriers to women’s leadership. The activists cited male dominance, ignorance, laws and traditions/customs as the main obstacles to women rising […]
THE government has started taking various steps to address problems of rape, homosexuality and child abuses, the Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Doroth Gwajima, told the National Assembly here yesterday. Answering a question by Salma Kikwete (Mchinga-CCM), the Minister named some of the steps as preparing a National Action Plan […]
THE Ministry of Constitution and Legal Affairs has appealed to various organs involved in the justice chain to expedite the process of handling cases that pass through their hands to enable the Judiciary of Tanzania to deliver timely judgments and thus enable citizens to receive justice in a timely manner. Deputy Minister Geofrey Pinda made […]
The 10 states at the top of the chart had about 5.2 million of the country’s about 10.2 million out-of-school children. Ten states were homes to more than half of Nigeria’s out-of-school children, data published in the 2018 digest of basic education statistics by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) shows. The data was also […]
SEVERAL religious leaders turned up for Covid-19 vaccinations on Monday at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital in Zanzibar and called on Tanzanians to go for immunization at the designated health facilities. A Roman Catholic Priest Fr Anselmo Mwang’amba from Kitope Parish and the Zanzibar Mufti Sheikh Omar Saleh Kaabi led other clerics to take the jab. “We […]
THE government has expressed a commitment of empowering local companies to be able to buy tobacco as foreign companies to enable them pay the farmers on time. Responding to a question by Margaret Sitta (Urambo-CCM), Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hussein Bashe explained that tobacco trade has been run for a long time without indigenous companies […]