Dangote completes Nigeria’s longest concrete road
Makamba Online The Dangote Group has completed Nigeria’s longest rigid pavement located in Kogi State. It is the first of its kind, top engineers say....
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Ugandan opposition party says it will challenge presidential election result
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party said on Sunday that it was preparing to challenge President Yoweri Museveni’s election victory and condemned what it called...
Uganda’s Museveni heads for election win, rival alleges fraud
Long-time leader Yoweri Museveni was heading for a resounding win in Uganda’s presidential election with nearly all votes counted on Saturday, although his main rival...
Indonesian plane crashes after take-off with 62 aboard
A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. The plane was on a domestic flight...
Top Ugandan rights lawyer arrested
Nicholas Opiyo, a human rights lawyer and founder of Chapter Four Uganda, a Ugandan-based rights organisation, has been held by the police since Tuesday. Since...
Bodies of 20 migrants retrieved off Tunisia – ministry
Tunisia’s coastguard on Thursday retrieved the bodies of 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after their boat capsized at sea, a spokesperson for the defence ministry...
Alibaba being investigated by China over monopoly tactics
Agence France-Presse Chinese tech giant Alibaba is being investigated by regulators over monopolistic practices. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) made the announcement on...
Omah Lay: How I was treated in Uganda
Nigerian singer, Omah Lay, has described his ordeal in Uganda as the toughest period of his life, saying he was treated like a common thief....
Jerry Rawlings was an emblem of freedom, hope and inspiration – Commonwealth chief
File Photo The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland, has described late former President Jerry John Rawlings, as “an emblem of freedom, hope and...
EKEDC donates medical equipment to LUTH, LASUTH
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has donated ventilators to two tertiary health institutions in Lagos – the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and the...