Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian authorities on Thursday ordered the closure of all universities by Feb. 22 ahead of the country’s forthcoming general elections starting Feb. 25. The National Universities Commission (NUC), Nigeria’s regulatory agency for universities, said in a statement that the directive followed an order by Minister of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Wandegeya are investigating the sudden death of 59-year old Rosette Najjuma, at Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga’s Christian Life Church in Bwaise, Kampala during prayer services. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Public Relations of Officer of the Kampala Metropolitan Police explains that the late Najjuma from …
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Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a reported outbreak of fall armyworms in Ibulanku and Namalemba sub-counties in Bugweri district. According to residents, the worms are feasting on the green vegetation unsparingly leaving them in losses. Joel Isabirye, a resident of Namalemba trading center, says that prior to the …
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Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday expressed Russia’s support for Sudan’s efforts to resolve the country’s political crisis without foreign dictations. “We support Sudan’s efforts to achieve stability. We support the national dialogue among the Sudanese away from foreign dictations,” Lavrov told a …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocese has embarked on the construction of a one-kilometer-perimeter wall to protect Nakanyonyi church land from encroachment, the outgoing Bishop, James William Ssebaggala has revealed. The Diocese owns 426 acres of land in Nakanyonyi village, Nakifuma-Naggalama town council in Mukono district. The land is …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted a cotton factory belonging to East Acholi Cooperative Union-EACU in Kitgum municipality. The incident occurred on Thursday when the fire started from within the factory. Henry Komakech, the Secretary Manager of EACU, said the cause of the fire is not yet known, …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A group of House Democrats filed a resolution on Thursday, seeking to expel Republican lawmaker George Santos from the U.S. Congress. “We gave him plenty of time to resign, and he has chosen not to do so,” U.S. Congressman Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, told reporters. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students are struggling to pass science subjects. According to the 2022 UCE results released on Thursday, there was a general improvement in the performance of physics, chemistry, and mathematics but overall, students are still struggling to pass the four compulsory science subjects. “There is an …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima Sugar Limited has utilized six out of the nine square miles that they leased from the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom. The company leased close to 22 square miles of the contested Bugoma central forest reserve land from the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom for sugarcane growing for 99 …
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Ankara, Türkiye | Xinhua | Rescue teams continued to spare no effort to search for more survivors trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings on Thursday, though hopes faded quickly on the 4th day after two massive earthquakes jolted Türkiye. The death toll from the devastating earthquakes climbed to 17,134 in Türkiye, …
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