Tag: Uganda
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Commonwealth Games: Ugandan runner opens medal table for Africa
Ugandan runner, Victor Kiplangat has become the First African to win a gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth games in Birmingham, UK. The long-distance runner produced an impressive performance to give Uganda their first-ever Commonwealth Games marathon gold in Birmingham on Saturday.
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Without coach or any accompanying officials, Opeyori wins Gold at Africa Badminton Championship
Without a coach or any accompanying official, Nigeria’s sole entry at the All Africa Individual Badminton Championships in Kampala, Anuoluwapo Opeyori, secured unexpected Gold on Sunday.
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Cricket W/Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria lose to Uganda by 43 runs
Nigeria’s Senior Women’s Cricket team, playing in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup qualifiers in Botswana, on Saturday lost their third group B game to Uganda. Nigeria lost by 43 runs to their East African rivals at the Botswana Cricket Association oval, in Gaborone, after Uganda elected to bat by winning the toss.…
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D’Tigers to battle Uganda, Mali, Cape Verde in World Cup 2023 Qualifiers
Nigeria’s D’Tigers were on Tuesday handed a tough schedule as they were drawn alongside Cape Verde, Mali and Uganda in Group A of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. At the Qualifiers’ Draw Ceremony held at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in the Swiss city of Mies, Nigeria could not have asked for…
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D’Tigers crash out of AfroBasket after defeat to Uganda
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Tuesday ended their 2021 FIBA AfroBasket campaign on a sour note with a 68-80 loss to lowly-rated Uganda in Kigali, Rwanda. The Nigerian senior men’s basketball team who were the competition’s champions in 2015 had qualified for this Qualification to Quarter-Finals fixture by finishing second from Group C. But at the Kigali…
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Uganda to host more than 2,000 Afghan refugees
At least 500 refugees fleeing Afghanistan are scheduled to arrive in Kampala on Tuesday, a government official said. Esther Anyakun, minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness, and Refugees, told Xinhua by telephone that more refugees are expected into the east African country. “Most likely a total of 2,000 but tonight 500 are coming,” she…
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Uganda’s Museveni sworn in for sixth term
Uganda’s incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday to serve for the sixth five-year term in office. Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo swore in Museveni as the president of the East African country at Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital Kampala. “I Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni swear in the name of the Almighty…
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Museveni sworn in for sixth term as Ugandan president
Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni was sworn in Wednesday for his sixth term as president, as police surrounded the home of his main opposition rival who decried the inauguration as a “sham”. Museveni, who won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities, took the oath of office at a ceremony in Kampala broadcast on national television…
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Osinbajo arrives Uganda for Museveni’s sixth presidential inauguration
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Kampala, Uganda, to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of re-elected Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni. The event, which comes up on Wednesday at the Independence Grounds in Kampala, will be Museveni’s sixth inauguration as a democratically-elected leader. Museveni was declared winner of the January 14, 2021, election after defeating…