Tag: Uganda
Soldier Honoured For Emerging Best IT Student
Informatics Students’ Association, Abuja chapter has honoured Sgt. Jamilu Hassan, who emerged the best student of Bachelor of Information Technology…
2017 AFCON: Egypt beat Uganda 1-0 in second Group D match
Egypt scored a last-minute goal to secure the three points at stake when they beat Uganda 1-0 in a Day…
AFCON 2017: Ayew gives Ghana 1-0 victory over Uganda
Ghana’s Andre Ayew surpassed his father’s record by scoring the goal that beat Uganda 1-0 in their Group D match…
Uganda facing cash crisis ahead of Nations Cup
The Uganda Cranes are facing a financial crisis as they embark on their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign in…
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10 drown in Uganda after boat carrying football fans capsizes
Ten people drowned after an overloaded boat carrying football fans capsized on Lake Albert in north-western Uganda, police confirmed on…
Uganda hold Ghana in 2018 World Cup qualifier
Uganda held firm for a 0-0 draw in Ghana in the opening game of Group E in 2018 World Cup…
Museveni in early lead in Uganda election – Electoral Commission
Uganda’s incumbent president Yoweri Museveni took an early lead in the country’s election, preliminary results from the Electoral Commission showed…
Obasanjo calls for peaceful and transparent election in Uganda
As Commonwealth observers began deploying across Uganda, former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for a peace and transparency in…
El Rufai sponsors 30 female students on medical course to Uganda
The Kaduna Government led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai has awarded scholarship to 30 female students from the State to study…
GOtv Boxing Night: Uganda’s Kakembo vows to beat Skoro
Ugandan boxer, Edward Kakembo, has vowed to leave Nigeria with the African Boxing Union Featherweight title later this month. Kakembo…
More troubles for MTN as Uganda fine telco $622,000
It is not only in Nigeria that MTN has run foul of the rules. It is also in hot water…
Pope Francis shuns Nigeria set to visit Kenya, Uganda
Pope Francis will not visit Nigeria, the west African country hit by the incessant attack of Islamist sect, Boko Haram,…
Uganda president, Museveni seeks re-election after 3 decades in power
KAMPALA, (AP) — Uganda’s long-serving president on Friday declared his bid for re-election in 2016, saying the country needs him…
Child sacrifice for wealth, power, expected to rise in Uganda
Luweero (Uganda) (AFP) – Kanani and Sylvia, brother and sister aged nine and eight, were grazing the family cattle in…
Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria top countries for US adoptive parents
LONDON, May 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Families in Uganda have been bribed, tricked or coerced into giving up their…
Uganda beat Nigeria, spoil Enyeama 100-cap party
Nigeria goalkeeper and captain Vincent Enyeama had his 100-cap celebrations spoilt Wednesday as visiting Uganda turned party-poopers with a 1-0…
Eagles Camp Bubbles For Uganda Tie
Nigeria’s Super Eagles camp in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State is bubbling ahead of their international friendly against the Cranes of…
Ugandan slum girl turns chess champ
Phiona Mutesi stumbled upon chess as a famished nine-year-old foraging for food in the sprawling and impoverished slums of the…
Uganda’s LRA commander now detained in The Hague
A Ugandan commander of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army arrived at the International Criminal Court detention centre in The Hague…
Uganda’s LRA chief arrives at ICC prison in The Hague
A Ugandan commander of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army arrived at the International Criminal Court in The Hague Tuesday where…
US nabs top LRA rebel – Uganda army
A top commander of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel army has surrendered and is now in the custody…
Uganda puts returnee army general under house arrest
An outspoken Ugandan general who recently returned to the country after 18 months in self-imposed exile has been placed under…
Uganda maid handed 4-year jail term after toddler bashing
A Ugandan maid was jailed for four years Monday for abusing a toddler in a case that shocked the country…
Ugandan maid pleads guilty to baby torture
A Ugandan maid pleaded guilty Monday to torture of a baby, a case that has shocked the country after a…
Ton of ivory stolen from Uganda government vaults
Over a ton of elephant ivory seized from poachers in Uganda and worth over a million dollars has itself been…
Uganda suspends senior army officers over Somalia conduct, sex abuse
Uganda has suspended 15 of its senior military commanders over their conduct in Somalia including allegations of sexual exploitation, the…
Man dies from Ebola-like virus in Uganda
A hospital technician has died of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Kampala, the Ugandan government announced on Sunday. The man,…
Uganda’s Defence chief demands evidence over sexual exploitation
Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Katumba Wamala, on Friday asked for evidence on the recent allegations by the US…
Museveni blocked from Texas hotel over anti-gay law
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been blocked from staying at a hotel in Texas due to a campaign by gay…
Uganda carrying out anti-terrorism operation – US
Ugandan security forces are carrying out an operation against a “suspected terrorist cell” in the capital Kampala, the United States…