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Uganda switches on internet but social media still blocked

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Uganda on Monday switched on the internet after it had shut it down on Jan. 13, fearing that it would…

Thai Police arrest Nigerian Cocaine smuggler

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

Police in Trinidad and Tobago have arrested a 40-year-old Nigerian national for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine into Thailand and…

Death toll from militias’ attack in Sudan’s state hits 83

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

The death toll from the armed militias’ attack in El Geneina, capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur State, jumped to…

President Al-Sisi pledges support for AfCFTA’s activities

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday reiterated his country’s support for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which commenced…

Putin risks clash with Biden, EU over detention of Navalny

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin risks some clash with the incoming Joe Biden administration and the West over the detention of…

Trump supporters virtually in no-show across U.S. capitols

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Few Donald Trump supporters who still believe his discredited claim that he won the 2020 election turned out on Sunday…

Barack Obama’s birthday message to Michelle will make you melt

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

It’s no secret that former president Barack Obama credits his wife Michelle Obama with being his biggest inspiration.

Pentagon: No red carpet for Trump on way out of White House

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

There will be no military-style sendoff for Donald Trump as he leaves the White House on Wednesday, as requested by…

Trump pardons for sale, aides make good bucks: NYT

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Associates of Trump have been raking in tens of thousands of dollars from wealthy felons seeking a pardon before he…

Gunmen kill 2 female Supreme Court judges

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said.

Obama, Bush’s pastor jailed 7 years for fraud

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

A Texas megachurch pastor and former spiritual adviser to Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush has been sentenced to…

France enforces 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Cities, towns and villages across France were practically empty overnight as residents and businesses observe a nationwide curfew to stem…

Biden on Day One plans to cancel Trump travel ban on Muslim countries

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Joe Biden plans to end Trump’s restriction on immigration to the U.S. from some Muslim-majority countries, in his first hours…

How U.S. billions keep Museveni in power: Reports

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

By Max Bearak Longtime Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni, who on Saturday won a sixth term as president with 60 percent…

Museveni floors Bobi Wine, wins 6th term as Uganda’s President

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni has won a 6th term as president, extending his 35 years in office.

Extra-terrestrial Aliens tried to contact Earth : Avi Loeb Harvard Professor

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Harvard Professor of astronomy Avi Loeb said extra-terrestrial aliens tried to contact human beings on Earth in 2017, when an…

Uganda election: Museveni extends lead over Bobi Wine

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has extended his lead in Thursday's polls, winning 62.7 percent of the votes cast after 51…

Bill Gates now biggest landowner in America

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

World's biggest philanthropist Bill Gates and one of the world's richest has earned a new title: he is the biggest…

Biden releases plans to vaccinate 100 million Americans

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, has outlined a plan to throw the weight of the federal government behind getting Americans vaccinated…

Bobi Wine’s home under siege by Uganda soldiers

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine's home under siege by soldiers. "We are in serious trouble", he tweeted Friday night

Trump out, but achievements speak for him

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The White House has released the achievements of outgoing US President, Donald Trump for the world to see.

China, ASEAN vow to further enhance ties

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

China and member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have pledged to further enhance their diplomatic relations, media…

One more WHO COVID-19 scientist enters China

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

One more scientist in a team commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO), to research the pandemic’s origins, has been…

Uganda Poll: Bobi Wine rejects results as President Museveni leads

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

Preliminary results released on Friday morning by the electoral commission show President Yoweri Museveni is currently in an early lead…

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine kills 13 in Norway, 29 have allergic reactions

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Norwegian Public Health Institute has updated its Covid-19 vaccination guidelines following the death of 13 people who received the Pfizer-BionTech…

UPDATED: Death toll in Indonesia earthquake hits 35

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The death toll from a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island on Friday has reached at least 35 people…

Earthquake hits Indonesia; 62 houses destroyed, 3 dead

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The National Disaster Management Agency said three people were killed and 24 others wounded after a 6.2-magnitude quake jolted Indonesia’s…

Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over eBook pricing

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Amazon.com Inc was slapped with a class-action lawsuit on Thursday accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating the prices of ebooks…

Updated: Biden unveils $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan for U.S.[Video]

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus package to jump-start the economy and speed up the…

Uganda Election: Bobi Wine alleges “widespread fraud and violence”

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Uganda Presidential Candidate Bobi Wine, with real name Robert Kyagulanyi, claimed there were "widespread fraud and violence" as counting gets…

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