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A group of Ugandan doctors have taken a knee before President Yoweri Museveni asking him to run for a seventh term. The doctors representing the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) had attended a patriotism symposium in the capital, Kampala, when they were led by their leader to kneel before the president. …

A vital train link between the Nigerian capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna is due to reopen on Monday, nine months after it was suspended. Last March gunmen mined the track, forcing a train with more than 360 passengers to stop. At least eight passengers were killed and …

Gunmen attacked the central mosque in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria, injuring 11 worshipers as they were performing their morning prayers. “We were jolted from our sleep by gunshots followed by loud cries from people inside the mosque,” a resident said. According to him, after the invaders left many residents thronged …

Two brothers were arrested by Nigeria’s Ogun State Police Command in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while trying to escape with stolen Toyota car to Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, explained that the suspects, who worked at a car wash, stole the car from a customer who took …

Two children abandoned by their mothers were rescued by the Lagos State Police Command in the Marina area of the state. Marina’s patrol team saw the two underage boys on the highway about to be run over by high-speed vehicles. The children were identified as five-year-old and three-year-old. “The boys …

Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a commercial bus driver and his 18 passengers in Ochadamu, the Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. The bus driver was conveying the passengers to their destinations in Abuja when the gunmen laid a siege to the vehicle and abducted the driver and the 18 …

Two students of Community Secondary School, in Mile Diobu, Port Harcourt, were arrested for indulging in erotic acts in a secluded classroom in the school premises and two others for sharing the video. The students were filmed by their classmate without their knowledge. The video of the erotic scene was …

Brazilian football legend Pelé on Thursday expressed his thanks for all the messages of support received after he was hospitalized for a “routine visit” related to his cancer treatment. “Dear friends, I am in the hospital for my monthly visit. It always warms the heart to receive positive messages like …

South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party plans to table a motion in parliament calling for an early election, as President Cyril Ramaphosa grapples with a scandal that has the potential to cost him his function. Accused of covering up a $4 million theft from his farm in 2020, including …

Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan early next year, the Vatican said on Thursday, after having to cancel a scheduled trip to the two countries in July because of health problems., Reuters reported The Vatican said Francis would go to Congo from Jan. 31 …