Election campaign kicks off in Nigeria

By Lauriane Noëlle Vofo Kana Updated at 0613 EAT on 0612 EAT The campaign for presidential and National Assembly seats officially kicked off Wednesday, Sept 28, in Nigeria. In accordance with Section 94(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, campaign in public by all political parties “commences 150 days before polling day [Editor’s note: Sept.28] and…

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NSSF Declares 9.65% interest affecting savers earnings.

A market analyst said the Fund’s interest rate for the year ending June 2022 “would do very well to match last year’s return” at the end of a particularly difficult market environment. “I will be pleasantly surprised if it clears the double-digit mark,” the analyst, who asked not to be identified in order to speak…

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Russian proxies in Ukraine claim victory in annexation votes

UN says it remains “fully committed” to Ukraine’s territorial integrity “within its internationally recognised borders”. Russian-installed officials in occupied regions of Ukraine have reported huge majorities in favour of becoming part of Russia after five days of voting in so-called “referendums” that Kyiv and its allies have condemned as illegitimate and a sham. Hastily arranged…

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Former CAR top rebel leader pleads not guilty as trial starts at ICC

By Jerry Omondi Mahamat Said Abdel Kani pleaded not guilty to all charges on Monday at the International Criminal Court (ICC) as his long-awaited trial started at The Hague. The former top-ranking rebel commander is accused of carrying out or ordering crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2013….

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Drought is killing Kenya’s endangered wildlife

Kenya’s worst drought in four decades has killed almost 2 percent of the world’s rarest zebra in three months, and 25 times more elephants than normal over the same period, Reuters reported. “It’s a serious threat to us,” said Andrew Letura, a monitoring officer at Grevy’s Zebra Trust (GZT). Letura said drought has killed about 40…

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Money lenders ‘disarmed’ by Court ruling

The High Court has ruled that it is illegal for unlicensed money lenders to charge interest on a loan. Justice Esta Nambayo on September 20 observed that money lenders without licences under the Microfinance Institutions and Money Lenders Act, 2016, cannot sue borrowers for breach of agreement. “The defendant’s conduct of lending money to the…

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Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Snowden

Former US security contractor Snowden is one of 75 foreign nationals listed by the decree as being granted Russian citizenship. President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former US security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader. Snowden is one of 75 foreign nationals granted Russian citizenship by the decree…

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KCCA Engages Leaders on Voluntary Provision of Land

By PCA/ KCCA Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has started engagements with community leaders and affected persons to voluntarily provide the right of way for the construction of 69.70km of roads in the city. Under the Kampala Roads Rehabilitation Project (KRRP), which is a $288m African Development Bank project, KCCA is to begin the rehabilitation…

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