Cameroonian President Paul Biya tops the list of African leaders with an annual salary of $620,976. Mr Biya is followed by Morocco’s King Mohammed and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, with an annual salary of $488,604 and $223,500. The data was data scoured from country websites and data from organisations such as the International Monetary Fund...
Here is why sleeping with your phone is dangerous to your health
Place the phone several feet away from your bed if you’re not going to switch it off. It has become a trend, especially for young people, to sleep with their phones next to them. And most times, beneath the pillow seems to be the ideal spot to keep the phone as it makes it easy...
Nape issues a stern warning to TCRA and Telecoms
The Minister of Information, Communication and Information Technology, Hon Nape Nnauye, has unleashed a stern warning against TCRA and Telecoms in Tanzania to stop sending texts to people without their prior consent. Hon Nape made those remarks in Dodoma, calling TCRA and telecoms in Tanzania to forge a unanimous plan to stop sending clients texts...
‘We are not leaving Ngorongoro’, Maasai committee affirms
The committee tasked to collect opinions of the Maasai’s living in Ngorongoro has submitted its draft report to the Prime Minister. Following the hitting debate amongst government leaders and the Maasai’s defiance of the government’s attempt to relocate them to the coastal district of Handeni in the Tanga region, the Prime Minister ordered the Maasai’s...
So why do men never forgive when they catch a cheating partner?
Men are famed for being unforgiving when they discover their partners cheating. And this is quite ironic, given how men are still believed to be the worse cheats of both genders. It needs to be said that women cheat, too. And there seems to be an increase nowadays in the number of cheating women. But...
Key points CHADEMA presented to President Samia
The acquisition of a new constitution, an independent electoral commission, the ban on rallies and scars for the 2020 general elections are among the issues carried by CHADEMA leaders to President Samia Suluhu when he met with CHADEMA and CCM leaders at the State House, Chamwino region. Dodoma May 20, 2022. According to a report...
Tanzania amongst top 10 African countries that smoke the most cannabis
Globally, the United States, Canada, Nigeria, and Australia rank the highest, with over 15% of the population over age 15 admitting to using the drug. In Africa, Nigeria has the highest number of people that smoke cannabis. A recent report on tobacco use from a public health campaign group and U.S. academics has found that...
DaBaby had to ‘pay the whole airport’ in Nigeria to make a flight
American rapper, DaBaby, says he had to pay the officials in a Nigerian airport to be able to fly out of the country. The rapper shared his experience with the officials at the Lagos airport on his Instagram story. “Boyyyy, I done had to pay the whole airport off to make this flight,” he wrote. DaBaby...
Why fuel shortages are spreading across Africa?
In Burundi, drivers are so desperate for fuel that they sleep on forecourts of petrol stations. Senegal has so little jet fuel that Air France’s flight from the capital, Dakar, to Paris has been stopping in the Canary Islands to fill up. Johannesburg has the same problem, which has caused United Airlines to cancel some...
Mchechu drags The Citizen to court for defamation, demands Tsh 3 billion in compensation
The Director-General of the National Housing Corporation, Mr Nehemia Mchechu, has dragged The Citizen to the high court for defamation. Mr Mchechu claims the Citizen, one of the leading Newspaper in Tanzania, has injured his reputation in Tanzania and international wise. The case hearing began last Friday in Dar es Salaam, presided by Judge Leila...