There is a COVID-19 infections surge in Nigeria after the country recorded more than 500 COVID-19 cases in daily figures for the third time on Friday. The government is struggling to deal with a new and more infectious variant of the virus, the Delta Variant. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said figures on […]
Tanzanian President Samia Suhulu will on Monday arrive in Kigali for her first visit state to Rwanda. During the two-day visit, she is expected to hold private talks with President Paul Kagame. President Suluhu’s visit follows recent high-level meetings between top officials from the two countries. The most recent meeting occurred on July 16, when […]
Edwin Osundwa and his colleagues normally set sail across Lake Victoria on a fishing expedition that takes at least eight hours. The journey on wooden boats usually starts at 7pm, a perfect time to catch silver cyprinid, popularly known as omena. Mr Osundwa is based at Litare beach on Rusinga island in Mbita sub-county, Homa […]
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has asked ODM leader Raila Odinga to join him as his presidential running mate in next year’s General Election. Speaking at Akamba Handcraft in Changamwe, Mombasa County, Mr Musyoka said that ODM’s announcement on Thursday that it was leaving the National Super Alliance (Nasa) marked the end of the coalition and […]
Ilorin — IlorinThe Kwara State Government has appointed Mohammed Kudu Kawu as the 14th Emir of Lafiagi in Edu Local Government Area of the state, ending days of intense lobbying by top indigenes of the community. Kawu’s appointment followed the death of the former emir, Alhaji Sa’adu Kawu Haliru at the Abuja National Hospital early […]
The Ugandan government on Friday partially relaxed the Covid-19 restrictions it imposed on June 18, citing a “consistent reduction” in the rate of infection. President Yoweri Museveni told the country on Friday night there had been a positive outcome from the tight restrictions that included a ban on inter-district travel across the country. It means […]
There was a lot to celebrate yesterday as Uganda won her first medals at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo clinched Silver and Bronze respectively in the 10,000m final. Those were the eighth and ninth medals won by the Pearl of Africa since her first participation in the quadrennial games in […]
Coffee protests at Olympic Stadium media centre ***** There was a near riot at the Tokyo National Stadium’s Media Centre Friday when local officials announced that coffee had run out during the morning athletics session. Covering such major championships is a high-adrenaline job for journalists who take their coffee strong, just to stay awake and […]
Addis Abeba — Ahead of the planned visit by Samantha Power, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, the US has announced additional $149 million to support the humanitarian response in Tigray state, where the UN said more than 90% of the population are in need of emergency food assistance. The latest announcement ahead […]
Tunis, Tunisia — Days of pRisk of new mass unrestolitical turmoil in Tunisia over a crippled economy and surging coronavirus infections have unnerved allies in Europe and the United States, while garnering the support of key Mideast partners watching to see if Islamists and Tunisia’s fragile democracy will survive. European countries — most notably nearby […]
Abuja — A new survey on public awareness of long COVID by ‘Resolve to Save Lives” showed that among the 40% of Americans who were not vaccinated, seeing testimonials of those who suffer from long COVID inspired nearly two-thirds to consider the vaccine. A representative sample of nearly 2,000 Americans 18 and older took the […]
Location of GERD on the Nile River Diplomatic efforts to resolve the long-simmering dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over Ethiopia’s great dam on the Blue Nile now seem to be stuck. The matter had been batted to the United Nations Security Council again this month, only to be sent back to the African Union […]
The Health Ministry said Friday 30/01/2021 that 45 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 284,215. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said four patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death […]
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has described as misleading the headline in some national dailies (not THISDAY) which described as a ban the ineligiblity of 10 Nigerian athletes to compete at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to non-completion of their mandatory three out of competition test (OCT). Adeniyi Beyioku, Secretary General of the […]
The Lagos State Government has shut down the nation’s largest auto spare part market, Ladipo Market, in Mushin Local Government Area of the state indefinitely. The government accused the traders of contravening repeated environmental warnings against indiscriminate dumping of junk auto parts THISDAY checks has it that the order from government was carried out by […]
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare has tested positive to banned substance and has provisionally been suspended from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic. She was due to compete in the semifinals of the women’s 100m this morning before the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced her suspension. The AIU said in a statement issued this morning that the 32-year-old had […]
Ten would-be Olympians were banned from competing in the track and field competition after Nigerian sports officials allegedly failed to properly register them for three mandatory out-of-competition tests. Nigerian athletes protested in Tokyo on yesterday after they were disqualified from the Olympics for failing to meet anti-doping testing requirements. The Ministry of Sports and the […]
Beirut — Close Case 173, Lift Arbitrary Restrictions Egyptian authorities have summoned at least five prominent human rights defenders during July 2021 for questioning as part of a decade-old criminal investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have used Case 173 of 2011 to arbitrarily prosecute leading rights defenders and organizations over allegations of […]