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A Nigerian woman identified as Tolu Joseph has shared her miserable experience that lasted for a period of over 20 years. She confessed that she bed-wetted for more than two decades. During her interview with BBC News Pidgin, she said that she tried all sorts of mythical acts to make sure that she stops bed-wetting, but all that was in ...

Amid raising hunger levels, the world population is expected to grow to an exponential 8 billion people this year. The announcement came from the United Nations ahead of today’s World Population Day. In 2011, the global population peaked the 7billion mark and in 2021 it stood at 7.9 billion people. There’s an expectation that it will grow further to around ...

NUP Spokesperson, Joel Ssenyonyi, has said they have now changed tactics to front unity above anything as a force for change. Joel says NUP was not at all short of candidates to parade for Soroti but they saw it right to stand with their FDC counterpart. In any case, Ssenyonyi says he is sure of their victory unless otherwise. “We ...

Reports coming in from Karamoja indicate that so far hunger has claimed 70 lives in the sub-region. This is because of the ongoing drought season in Karamoja. The local authorities are calling upon the government and humanitarian agencies to come to their rescue and supply the locals with food as the drought season continues. Butaleja is also having the same ...

Ramathan Ggoobi, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Finance has asked procurement entities to encourage local contractors through reserving 30% of the civil works for them. He made these remarks on Friday at Hotel Africana as he opened the 6th Annual Procurement Summit 2022. The Institute of Procurement Professionals of Uganda (IPPU) organized the summit under the theme, “Procurement ...