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Nigerian govt demands probe into footballer’s mysterious death in Uganda

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By Ukpono Ukpong The Nigerian government has called for a thorough investigation into the mysterious death of Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal in Uganda. According to a statement by the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Acting Nigerian

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Ugandan University bans mini skirts, shirts, piercings, tattoos, introduces new dress code

Ihesiulo Grace 3 December 2021 0

Students of Bishop Stuart University (BSU) in Uganda have been issued new dress code guidelines that include a ban on mini skirts, ripped jeans, piercings and tattoos. According to the notice by the university’s Dean of Students, Rev Francis Muhangi, issued on December 1, the new dressing code will apply to all students effective December […]

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COVID-19 pandemic fueling child labour in Uganda – human rights report

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2021 0

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda is fueling child labour in the east African country, a human rights report said on Wednesday. Titled “I Must Work to Eat: COVID-19, Poverty, and Child labour in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda,” a 69-page report was released by Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) and Human Rights Watch. […]

World

Ugandan opposition leader Wine withdraws election result challenge

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2021 0

On Monday, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said he was withdrawing a court case challenging the outcome of the presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, claiming prejudice by judges of the Supreme Court hearing the case. “We have decided to withdraw from their court,” Bobi Wine told a news conference in the […]

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True love or not, Uganda’s ugliest man, Ssebabi marries again

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2020 0

Uganda’s ugliest man and comedian, Ssebabi who welcomed his eight child in 2015 has gotten married again in a grand style. READ ALSO: Man who accompanied female friend to cinema at verge of losing marriage after wife finds out The 47-year-old originally named Godfrey Baguma, suffers from a rare, unknown medical condition. The bride and […]

World

Man jailed for killing Uganda’s best known mountain gorilla, Rafiki

Ihesiulo Grace 30 July 2020 0

Uganda’s best known mountain gorilla, Rafiki was killed by Felix and justice has been served. Felix Byamukama pleaded guilty to illegally entering a protected area and killing a gorilla. Byamukama had said the gorilla attacked him and he killed Rafiki in self defence, according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). Mountain gorillas are endangered with […]

Business

World Bank approves $48m to help Uganda contain locust plague

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2020 0

The World Bank said its board of executive directors has approved $48 million to help Uganda fight a desert locust invasion threatening livelihoods. The funds, under the Emergency Locust Response Programme, will help Uganda monitor and manage locust swarms to limit the growth of existing and new desert locust populations, the bank said in a […]

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Africa’s MTN exits towers businesses in Ghana and Uganda

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2020 0

MTN Group has agreed to sell its towers businesses in Ghana and Uganda as Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator refocuses on high-growth markets on the continent and in the Middle East. Clashes with regulators in Nigeria, Uganda and elsewhere have crimped growth, prompting the company to announce a $1 billion three-year asset-disposal plan earlier this […]

Aviation Business

AFRAA wants govt to develop policy for airlines ownership

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2019 0

African Airlines Association (AFRAA), has called on African governments to develop a policy that would enable their airlines to own airports in their countries or vice versa in order to reduce losses. Director of Government, Legal and Industry Affairs, AFRAA, Mr Aaron Munetsi, canvassed this position on the side-lines of a recently concluded African Travel […]

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Ugandan President sued by Harvard student for blocking him on twitter

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2019 0

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has been sued by a Harvard student, Hilary Seguya Taylor, for blocking him on twitter. Mr Taylor, a Ugandan citizen pursuing a Master’s degree in International Relations in Harvard, also sued government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo and the police Chief Political Commissar Asan Kasingye, saying they too have blocked him […]

World

Uganda needs more condoms

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2019 0

Report from Uganda has disclosed that the country is currently running short of condoms, as people have continued to complained of not getting condoms easily when they need it. According to the report, the East African nation who needs about 240 more units of condoms in addition to the 132 units available for this year, […]

News

“Your mouth is not for oral $ex, it’s for eating” – Uganda President fumes

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2018 0

Uganda’s President Museveni has addressed the issue of oral sex which is now a widespread practice in the country and locally known as ‘kulamba lolo‘.   According to President Museveni, the mouth is meant for eating and not for sex. He said in his speech;     “LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WARN OUR PEOPLE PUBLICLY […]

Africa

Wife battery: Uganda recalls envoy to U.S.

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2018 0

Uganda has recalled its deputy ambassador to the United States after the US State Department kicked him out for beating his wife. According to agency report, Dickson Ogwang was asked to leave Washington DC after he reportedly invoked diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution. Confirming the incident, Uganda’s deputy minister for International Affairs, Okello Oryem, said

Africa

Uganda arrests Protesters against constitution amendment to favour Museveni

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2017 0

Protesters who have publicly protested against Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni’s bid to be legally qualified to content the country’s net presidential election have been arrested by the country’s police and taken to prison. The country’s constitution places age limit for candidates contesting for presidential election, just as it places age limit for other categories

Entertainment

Ugandan pastor sets thousands of Holy Bibles ablaze, says the bible is misleading

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2017 0

Members of House of Prayer Ministries located in Makerere in Uganda, were left shocked when their pastor, Aloysius Bugingo on Easter Monday set thousands of Holy bibles, belonging to them ablaze saying it was misleading. According to Zambezi Report, the pastor claims that the lines talking about the Fasting and Lent, in general, were erased […]

Africa

Uganda Army Launches De-Radicalisation Campaign

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2015 0

A spokesman for Uganda’s People’s Defense Forces says the army has launched a de-radicalization campaign in an effort to thwart recruitment drives by terrorist groups, including the Somali-based Islamist group al-Shabab.   Colonel Paddy Ankunda says the move came after the Allied Democratic Front – a terrorist group – began recruiting radical youths

Crime

Uganda Seeking Extradition of Rebel Leader from Tanzania

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2015 0

Uganda is seeking the extradition of the leader of an Islamist armed group responsible for the massacre of civilians in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a police spokesperson said on Thursday, according to dpa.   Police officials have been sent to facilitate the extradition of Jamil Mukulu from Tanzania, where he was arrested […]

Today In History

1977: Red Army Faction Trial Ends

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

In Stuttgart, West Ger-many, the lengthy trial of the leaders of the terrorist Baader-Meinhof Gang, also known as the Red Army Faction, ended with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe be-ing found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder. Each defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment, Germa-ny’s […]

Business Oil & Gas

 Uganda Uncertain of 2018 Oil Target

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

The Central Bank of Uganda said it remains uncertain whether the country will be able to produce its first commercial oil by 2018 as previously forecast due to a slump in global prices as well as the higher costs of developing its waxy reserves. The Bank was quoted in a report seen by Platts that […]

Sports

FIBA AfroBasket: Nigeria Draws Tunisia, Uganda in Group A

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

The draw for AfroBasket 2015 took place at the Carthage Acropolium in Tunisia’s capital city of Tunis over the weekend. The results of the draw are as follows: Group A: Tunisia; Uganda; Nigeria; Wild card 1 Group B:  Angola; Mozambique; Wild card 2; Morocco. Group C: Egypt; Gabon; Mali; Cameroon. Group D: Cote d’Ivoire; Cape […]