Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has said he is ready to go home if he loses the highly presidential elections slated for tomorrow Thursday, January 14. Wax lyrical, the 76-year-old president assured the world if Ugandans prove they do not want him to solve their issues, he will go back to his home and do his own things. In an interview
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Vote counting in the January 14 Uganda General Election began few minutes after 5 pm when the exercise was officially closed. Long queues stretching out of select poll stations were witnessed in the historic election that saw the East African country shut down the internet and communication channels. Voters who were still in the queue by the official closing time,
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ODM leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday gave the clearest hint that his party will work with President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee to mount a unified campaign for the presidency against William Ruto. Raila said Jubilee and ODM are now one thing adding that their strategy has nothing to do with the United Democratic Alliance that is associated with Ruto. The handshake
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Ghana has launched a digital financial services (DFS) policy, which the government hopes will help provide support for the various measures it is taking to make good use of the DFS in it’s Covid-19 response. According to report, as part of the policy, the government has removed fees for low-value remittances, relaxed transaction and wallet size limits for mobile money,
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has reacted to the allegation leveled against some members of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. It was gathered that three youths were reportedly killed by Amotekun operatives on Wednesday evening in Tapa, Ibarapa area of the state. It was learned that some youths clashed with some of the operatives during a
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The opposition National Democratic Congress has on Friday through its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia come out to say that notwithstanding the inauguration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President of Ghana for a second term in office, the party will not recognize him as such until all issues surrounding his election are resolved. According to him, “notwithstanding the swearing-in,
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Tuesday, January 5, 2021, told the Presidency and the All-Progressives Congress (APC) that they would face inquiry for alleged stealing of over N15 trillion public funds in the last few years. The party also said the alleged “manipulation of the Buhari administration and importing of terrorists and bandits for 2019 general elections who are now
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The United Nations human rights experts today expressed serious concerns about the violence ahead of Uganda’s presidential election, and urged authorities to put an end to the arrest, detention and judicial harassment of political opponents, civil society leaders and human rights defenders. Recall that on Sunday, Media outlets have reported that three journalists were hurt after being hit by tear
Read moreBishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah had in his 2020 Christmas message titled, ‘A nation in search of vindication’, lamented that nepotism characterize the present administration. He noted that there could have been a coup or war in the country if a non-northern Muslim President did a fraction of what Buhari did. The cleric said under Buhari’s government, Nigeria
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On Christmas Eve 24 December, 2020, gunmen suspected to be the members of the Boko Haram attacked Pemi, a ward under Chibok LGA of Borno State killing at least six people. It was reported that the Boko Haram members burnt down the EYN (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria) also known as Church of the Brethen in Nigeria. Also, about six cars
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