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...
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...
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...
The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has approved a salary increase proposal, including a minimum of 23.3% for public servants. The proposals presented to the White House are a continuation of the session of Hon. The Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, recently in the Dodoma region and received expert information...
Eternal life, in heaven or through reincarnation on Earth, is promised by many faiths. For a simple reason: it eases the fear of death. The idea of living forever has other devotees, too. It is now pursued by a motley crew of fringe scientists, cultish groups and tech billionaires, united by a conviction that a...
Over 4500 NGO licences are vulnerable to being revoked following the violation of the country’s laws and regulations. Deputy Secretary-General of Minister of Gender and Social Welfare Mr Amon Mpanju has ordered NGOs whose licences are immanent to termination to provide tangible justification not to revoke their licences. Many NGOs have failed to submit their...
National Insitute for Medical Research (NIMR) has revealed intentions to produce vaccines in Tanzania to fight diseases and mitigate vaccine dependency, including COVID-19 vaccines. Prof Yunus Mgaya, NIMR Executive Director, made those remarks in Kilimanjaro when he toured Kibong’oto Infectious Disease Hospital in Siha District to supervise the ongoing construction of the modern laboratory. Professor...
PM, Kassim Majaliwa, has directed students brought back home from Ukraine after the surge of war due to Russia’s invasion should visit the Tanzania Commission of Universities (TCU) for evaluation to be enrolled in other universities in Tanzania to proceed with their education. Prime Minister made those remarks at the Parliament in Dodoma yesterday while...
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) Karagwe Diocese Bishop Benson Bagonza has said that CHADEMA’s decision to suck 19 members, including the former CHADEMA women’s wing (BAWACHA), has to be respected by National Electoral Committee, Political Parties Registrar and the parliament. CHADEMA looks forward to sending an official letter to the speaker, Dr Tulia Akson,...
While the New Constitution debate dominated the debates and speeches of various leaders in the CHADEMA General Assembly, a Ugandan opposition politician who was an official guest at the council said the new constitution alone could not solve the problem. Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform party leader, has said...