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King Oyo. ( All photos by NILE POST) PML DAILY The death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has brought to an end one of the most unusual royal stories in Uganda. For more than three decades, King Oyo was the face of Tooro Kingdom. He became king […]

File photo: People are vaccinated against Ebola in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 13, 2019. /CFP CGTN Africa An Egyptian pharmaceutical company is developing a potential vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) battles its largest outbreak of the virus. Minapharm […]

A man walks past a sign displaying the ambient temperature of 49 degrees Celsius in Tunis, Tunisia, August 24, 2026. /CFP CGTN Africa Tunisia’s National Institute of Meteorology (INM) on Wednesday issued a high heat alert for all regions except the western province of Kasserine, warning of extreme temperatures and […]

King Oyo URN The Tooro Kingdom has announced the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, hours after the palace dismissed social media reports of his purported death and confirmed that the monarch was in critical condition. In a statement issued shortly after 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, Tooro […]

The suspect arriving at Kiboga Chief Magistrate’s court earlier. Photo by Daily Monitor.  URN Prosecution of Prison Warder Moses Anguyo for the alleged murder of four people in Kiboga District is set to begin today, before the High Court sitting at Kiboga. Anguyo is accused of killing four people, including a […]

Some of the LC1 and LC2 Chairpersons of Arua Central Division taking their oath of allegiance during their swearing in ceremony organized by Arua Central Division in Arua City (All photos by Onzoma Albert). By Onzoma Albert Arua City The newly sworn in 50 Local Council 1 and 6 Local […]

Kabugo Deo, Arua district Chief Administrative Officer holding a copy of the approved district budget during the handover ceremony recently. By Dramadri Federick Arua city Arua District Local Government has returned approximately four billion shillings to the Consolidated Fund after failing to spend the money allocated for the 2025/2026 financial […]

BBC Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for “desertion”, including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021. Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite army unit which Doumbouya once commanded. When he overthrew […]

NILE POST Uganda has taken a step towards establishing a local currency printing facility following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Uganda Security Printing Company (USPC) and Germany-based K&B Banknote Solutions. The MoU provides a framework for technical, security, feasibility and commercial assessments that will guide the […]

By Morish Dramadri Arua city Dealers in hardware shops in Arua City have declined to comply with a directive by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) requiring them to undertake mandatory weighing of cement in the presence of their customers, arguing that their products meet the standard weights indicated […]