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Nigerian govt demands investigation into Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal’s death in Uganda

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Nigerian government has demanded a full autopsy and thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious de@th of Nigerian footballer, Abubakar Lawal in Uganda. In a press release signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Director of Media, Public Relations, and Protocols Unit at the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Tuesday, the Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM, Hon. […]

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Uganda may lose its only international airport to China over loan

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The Uganda government, on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent upon disbursement. The loan had a maturity period of 20 years including a seven-year grace period. It has now emerged that the deal signed with the Chinese lenders virtually […]

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