•Nigeria’s defender Semi Ajayi (R) celebrates his goal with teammates against Tanzania, yesterday A dominant but wasteful Super Eagles beat Tanzania 2-1 to begin their campaign at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Semi Ajayi and Ademola Lookman scored one goal apiece to give the Super Eagles all three points at stake yesterday, re...
•Nigeria’s Super Eagles The Super Eagles will kick off their campaign at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) against Tanzania today, aiming to build on their silver-medal finish at the last edition of the competition. Nigeria are in Group C alongside the Taifa Stars, Uganda’s Cranes, and the Eagles of Tunisia, but will start […...
Tanzania’s football federation has fired its national team coach Hemed Suleiman just a month before the African Cup of Nations finals in Morocco, it said late yesterday. Hemed has been replaced by Argentinian Miguel Gamondi, who will take interim charge of the Taifa Stars for the competition that runs from December 21 to January 18, […]...
•President Hassan Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is to be inaugurated today with the internet still blocked after election protests in which the opposition says hundreds were killed by security forces. The electoral commission says Hassan won 98 percent of the vote, reports AFP. But the main opposition party, Chadema, which was barred...
•Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s 98-percent election victory is a “mockery of the democratic process”, a spokesman for the main opposition party Chadema told our correspondent yesterday. “We are calling for the intervention by a credible body to oversee another fresh election,” said John Kitoka...
•A Tanzanian police officer stops a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town yesterday during presidential elections Years of pent-up anger in Tanzania over state violence and the erosion of democracy are being unleashed in election unrest, an Amnesty International expert ...
•President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania Tanzania’s general election has been overshadowed by widespread unrest, internet shutdowns, and a heavy security crackdown, raising serious concerns about the credibility and transparency of the electoral process. With over 37 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots yesterday, the atm...
•Bliss Gospel singer Moses Bliss has expressed disappointment over his recent cancelled visit to Tanzania, which was scheduled for yesterday, Friday, October 3, 2025. Bliss was billed to perform at a concert in Tanzania, which drew over 60,000 people. In a statement on Instagram, he said despite weeks of preparation and assurance from the orga...
•A local market in Dar es Salaam The Tanzanian government has issued a new directive barring Nigerians, and other non-citizens, from participating in a wide range of small and medium-scale business activities across the country. The move, announced yesterday, is aimed at protecting local entrepreneurs and addressing rising concerns over unempl...
•Priscilla Ojo The grand finale of the wedding of Priscilla, daughter of Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, dubbed #JP2025, to Tanzanian singer, Juma Jux, and described in many quarters as a show of love, fashion, opulence and culture of two countries, just held in Tanzania. It was a Pan-African celebration, a cultural bridge between East and [&hel...

