Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1714 EAT on Wednesday 1 March 2023. Provisional results from Nigeria’s disputed presidential election over the weekend showed Bola Tinubu from the ruling party in the lead, a Reuters tally of votes in 25 of the country’s 36 states showed on Tuesday. Electoral commission results from the states showed…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1703 EAT on Wednesday 1 March 2023. Interviews with parents have painted the broadest picture yet of the pain many go through to get their children admitted to senior one or senior five classes in prestigious schools. Many claimed that schools have orchestrated a scheme of placement buying and…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1633 EAT on Wednesday 1 March 2023. The public accounts committee of parliament has directed the arrest and prosecution of two teachers from the Buhweju and Isingiro districts who are accused of forgery. One of the teachers, Abert Ariyo Tibijuka is accused of forging an appointment letter from the…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1108 EAT on Tuesday 28th February 2023. The United States has asked Mexico to extradite a powerful son of jailed druglord Joaquin Guzman, better known as El Chapo, who is accused of drugs crimes, a Mexican government spokesperson has said. Ovidio Guzman,  captured in January, has allegedly helped to…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 10:00 EAT on Tuesday 28th February 2023. Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the UN agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct as “an…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0952 EAT on Tuesday 28th February. The director of public prosecutions (DPP) is seeking a constitutional amendment that will provide a window for the extension of the 48-hour rule before which a suspect can be produced before court. DPP Jane Frances Abodo says that the proposed amendment is for…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0940 EAT on Tuesday 28th February 2023. A team of Ugandan experts has concluded a due diligence tour of the Turkish firm, Yapı Merkezi Holding A.Ş that has been contacted by the government to construct the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The tour was aimed at determining the financial strength and…

Updated at 2256 EAT on Sunday 26th February 2023. Nigerians are still voting in a national election in a few parts of the country where technical and other glitches prevented voting from taking place as scheduled on Saturday. Vote counting was already under way in other places during the historically tight race between three frontrunners…