Tanzania’s president has said her country’s East African neighbours are facing a foreign currency reserve crisis. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tanzania had received requests to offer guarantees for their fuel imports. She made the remarks on Wednesday while discussing Tanzania’s economic footing. Quote Message: We have [foreign currency] reserves …

The UN Security Council has extended sanctions and an arms embargo against Sudan by a year. The 15-member council voted to renew the mandate of the panel of experts charged with monitoring and implementing the sanctions and embargo until 12 March next year. Thirteen countries voted in favour of the …

An accident has occurred at the PWD area of Lagos state. Report indicate that a passenger train crushed a Lagos State Government staff bus around 7am on Thursday. An unspecified number of people have been reported dead and many injured. Spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Taofiq Adebayo, …

Newly-appointed Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton has reportedly rejected a one-year contract offer by the Ghana Football Association, Original FM reports. According to the Accra-based station, Chris Hughton has been offered a one-year deal which he outrightly rejected. The report indicates that the former Brighton and Hove Albion coach is demanding a three-year deal as he believes …

Ugandan police have declared the Entebbe Expressway safe after a bomb scare earlier Wednesday morning. “Update! Entebbe Expressway now open for public use,” the police tweeted after the bomb squad was sent to investigate an object suspected to be an explosive. Ugandans woke up to a terror scare on the …

Manchester City defender, Kyle Walker is being investigated by the police in Cheshire, United Kingdom after a video captured him allegedly misconducting himself at a club. Kyle Walker is under investigation after he was caught on camera allegedly ‘exposing himself’ and fondling a woman’s breast in a club. Kyle Walker …

An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba, Lagos State remanded a teenager for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl during the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. Magistrate Mrs B. O. Osusanmi remanded the defendant Tosin Oloyede on Wednesday,  March 8, at the Special Correctional Centre for Boys in …

Some football fans on social media, specifically Twitter have mocked Paris Saint-German superstar, Lionel Messi for going 8 years without winning a UEFA Champions League trophy. After leading Argentina to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, many believed the football icon will be motivated to end his long …

The United Nations says about 100,000 people have fled into Ethiopia from the self-declared republic of Somaliland in the past month. Many others are internally displaced following fighting in the disputed city of Las Anod which has killed more than 200 people. The UN said the refugees have gathered in …

A passenger train derailed Tuesday (Mar. 7) north of Cairo, killing at least 2 people and injuring a further 16, Egyptian authorities said. At least 20 ambulances were dispatched to the scene and the injured transferred to nearby hospitals. A ministry statement said “the injured were in a stable condition.” …