Tanzania’s second President Hassan Mwinyi dies aged 98

Tanzania’s second President Ali Hassan Mwinyi Thursday died at the age of 98. News of Mwinyi’s death was announced by President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Mwinyi served as President of Tanzania between 1985 and 1995. He succeeded the founding president, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. He had been in and out of hospital with a chest illness since […]

Death toll from the January 16 explosion in Ibadan rises to 5 persons

The death toll from the explosion that rocked Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Tuesday, January 16, has risen to five. The state government in a new update yesterday, said two more bodies have been recovered, over the earlier three announced by Governor Seyi Makinde. Fatai Owoseni, the Special Adviser on Security Matters to the […]