DEVELOPING: Several people are reported dead and scores injured after a fuel tanker overturned and caught fire at Kigogwa Town on Kampala-Bombo road in Kasangati, Wakiso District. Police said Tuesday that a multi-agency response team "swiftly responded to the scene" following the 3pm fire.At 3:00 PM today, October 22, 2024, a fuel tanker overturned and caught fire at Kigogwa Town along the Kampala-Bombo road in Kasangati, Wakiso District.Reports indicate several people...

Cameroon's 91-year-old President Paul Biya has been seen in public for the first time in six weeks, dispelling speculation about his ailing health. ?| President Paul Biya yesterday paid a rare surprise visit to his home country Cameroon. Biya who has been in power for 42 years, rules Cameroon from Switzerland and France. He last visited Cameroon on 2nd September 2024, very briefly, before returning to his comfortable, safer homes in...

More than 150 people, including children, were killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria.The crash took place on an expressway in Jigawa State. People then rushed to the vehicle to collect the fuel, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam said.Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, which lacks an efficient railway system to transport cargo.People often salvage fuel with...

NRM's Timbitwire Charged After Slapping Police Officer in Viral VideoMercy Timbitwire, a Public Relations Officer at the NRM Secretariat, appeared at Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court today facing multiple charges related to a viral incident last week where she was filmed slapping a traffic police officer. The prosecutors have opened two separate case files against her.In the first file, Timbitwire is charged with robbery involving two mobile phones worth 800,000 shillings...

Days after Uganda govt officials signed an agreement with fellow Saudi Arabia officials on how to release ugandans who are in captivity across the desert kingdom, now a Ugandan Kasumba Juma, 26 years and father of two is awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia after finding him guilty of carrying illegal drugs to the country.    Several sources have confirmed that Juma was lured by a lady only identified as Shamim...

According to the UPDF fifth infantry division spokesperson, Capt Edrin Mawanda, the incident happened  around midnight on Sunday when Private Bonny Ameny escaped from his place of work at Lokum detach and went to  Ngora East  village, Ngora Parish, Paimol sub county, Agago District where he shot five people.“Preliminary information indicates that Pte Amenoy Bonny, 45 had misunderstandings with his wife one Angom Betty who escaped from him. It's further...