Uganda Election - The internet remained down in Uganda for a third day as vote counting for the presidential election continued, with provisional results from 24 percent of polling stations giving President Yoweri Museveni an early lead of 65 per cent while Bobbi Wine trailed with 27 percent. Opposition leader...

US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1tn for households, with direct payments of $1,400 to all Americans. The relief proposal includes $415bn to fight the virus and $440bn...

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey says that banning United States President Donald Trump from Twitter for last week’s violence at the US Capitol was the “right decision” but said it sets a dangerous precedent. San Francisco-based Twitter last week removed Trump’s account, which had 88 million followers, citing the risk of...

Telegram said it surpassed 500 million monthly active users, in the first week of January. This comes amidst Facebook owned WhatsApp receiving massive backlash for its recent privacy policy. Telegram has continued to grow with 25 million new users joining Telegram in the last 72 hours alone, it added. These new...

2020 SSCE results - The National Examinations Council has released the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination results. This was disclosed by the Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma while speaking at the NECO headquarters in Minna, Niger State. The registrar said four schools in Adamawa State, two each in Kaduna, Katsina and...

Schools’ resumption date - The PTF on COVID-19 has said schools will still resume on January 18 unless the Ministry of Education makes a contrary announcement. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has stated that schools in the country will still resume on January 18 till the Ministry of Education...

Nigerian activist, former presidential candidate, and Sahara Reporters’ publisher, Omoyele Sowore had been granted bail by a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja in the sum of N20m. Four other activists, who were arrested with Sowore on New Year’s Eve in Abuja for holding a protest against bad governance, were...

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, reportedly lost a whooping $900million on Friday, January 8, after his company, Dangote Industries Limited, emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his wealth fell from $18.4billion on Thursday to $17.5billion on Friday,...