‘Under Siege’: Bobi Wine Says Military Raids Home
Uganda’s opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine has told Al Jazeera the military has “taken over” his compound just hours after he alleged Thursday’s election was rigged. Bobi Wine said the
Uganda’s opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine has told Al Jazeera the military has “taken over” his compound just hours after he alleged Thursday’s election was rigged. Bobi Wine said the
The Nigerian government on Friday warned her citizens against fake coronavirus vaccines as there are reports that some are in circulation. with the country’s National Agency for Food Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC) urging the
The UN refugee agency has reported a sharp increase in refugees fleeing the violence in the Central African Republic. Some 60,000 people have left the country in the past week
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says she remains hopeful that she will be announced as the next Director General of the World Trade Organisation after Joe Biden becomes the next president of
World Health Organisation envoy on Covid-19 Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said actual physical quantities of Covid-19 vaccines will begin to arrive in twelve middle and low-income countries that have indicated
Faisal Shuaib, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency has denied m reports of a coronavirus vaccine sharing formula for states in the country, saying
More than 100 human rights advocate, activists and musicians from across the world have called on the African Union, US, UK, EU and all people of conscience to condemn in
Uganda has become the 15th country in Africa to restrict social media access due to elections since 2015, a new report has shown. The researchers at privacy protection company Surfshark
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken a significant early lead in the presidential race, according to preliminary results released by the electoral commission on Friday morning. Mr Museveni has garnered
Following concerns over the opaqueness of the recent allocation of expected 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to states by the federal government, governors of Nigeria’s 36 states are making moves
After two days of meetings with Malian political and civil society figures, the mediator for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has expressed
In a self-assessment on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari awarded his administration high marks, saying the country is better than he met it more than five years ago. But the main
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to stop their “unlawful” actions. It also asked President Muhammadu Buhari
The Nigerian Army’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday raised the alarm over the purchase of fertilisers by suspected terrorists to manufacture explosives. The Coordinator of the Directorate of Defence Media
The Nigerian government has said the January 18, 2021 resumption date for schools is unchanged. The country’s ministry of education on Thursday in a statement and signed by Ben Goong, director, press and public relations
Preliminary research has detected a new variant of the coronavirus in Kenya, with the research carried out by the state-linked Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) The variant, unique to Kenya,
Dubai-based airline Emirates says it will suspend all flights to and from South Africa from 16 to 28 January. The decision had been taken for operational reasons, it said, without
Usman Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has said Nigeria state governors who have said they intend purchasing the Covid-19 vaccines don’t know what
Several governors in Nigeria have criticised the number of doses of Covid-19 vaccines allocated to their states by the Federal Government as the country prepares to receive its first batch
A very influential group in northern Nigeria, the Northern Elders Forum has said that the country lacks a government that is focused on uniting the country. [bc_video video_id=”6222786997001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”CJdhmO46zo”
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