By Yien Gattuor Mead The Governor of Unity State, Dr. Joseph Manytuil presided over the swearing in of State Advisor for Gender, Child, Social Welfare and 17 lawmakers at the State General Secretariat, in Bentiu. He directed the State official to enhance socioeconomic development and welfare of the citizens in[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu President Salva Kiir Mayardit received a Roadmap that will guide the country in its transition towards the end of the interim period and pave way for the country to conduct a Peaceful and Democratic Elections as required by the agreement. This news development was disclosed by[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The National Examination Council (NEC) released the long-awaited Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) Examination results for academics year 2021, with boys outperforming girls. Male candidates have performed the best with passing percentage of 90.1 percent compared to the female candidates with passing percent of 86.8 for[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Government of South Sudan and the Republic of Kenya are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the fields of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) these coming weeks to boost digital transformation initiative between the two countries. This was disclosed to the Media at[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei An activist and the Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), Mr. Edmund Yakani urged President Salva Kiir Mayardit to avail political leadership in protecting National Revenue Authority (NRA) from interference with its functions.  The activist added that there should be political leadership[Read More…]

By Taban Henry A civil society activist said the public and citizens’ difference in opinions over the river dredging matters should be viewed as healthy dialogue for better public governance practices. In a statement extended to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper, Mr. Edmund Yakani the Executive Director of Community Empowerment for[Read More…]

By Martha John Savio-Kitgum Uganda Islamic religious leaders in Kitgum District of Uganda’s Northern region are calling on the Muslims community to effectively preach and spread Islamic faith and word of Allah without fear. Panddowng Cell Aswan Mosque leader, Ustaz Mr.Sadik Okello told this reporter via phone, Friday morning that[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny has urged the water resource management experts and members of the public to stickily base their on arguments and interest where the country tackles the issue of Nile waters and its tributaries.  First VP made the remarks yesterday[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper has commemorated the Second year of existence in the print media fraternity on Thursday 14th July amid the hardening economic bits and challenging environment. The paper was launched on the 14th July 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic, where many were skeptical, it[Read More…]

By Martha John Savio/Kitgum Uganda A two-day inter-secondary school athletic competition in Kitgum District ended yesterday, morning; a single girl school, YY Okot Memorial Girls Secondary School emerged the champion with 198 marks that put them in position one, and Reverent Jabuloni Memorial College Isoke came second with 118 marks.[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang Thousands of residents in Unity State’s capital Bentiu town on Thursday strolled at Naam River in all directions for manual dredging exercise, as they clear waterweeds and mud that slows water flow. According to the frustrated residents of Bentiu who are affected by flood, they took[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Governor of Central Equatoria State has cautioned parents over auctioning their daughters for pre-matured marriages exempting them from attaining their education at a premature age. Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony made the statement amid rampant cases of giving out young girls by their parents for marriages[Read More…]

By Taban Henry President Salva Kiir Mayardit has cautioned transparency within the National Revenue Authority (NRA) in executing its mandate of collecting the non-oil revenue in the country. The President said openness is the biggest challenge facing smooth running of Revenue Authority as it struggles towards performing its task to[Read More…]

By James Innocent Nonviolence Peace Force, a community-based organization in collaboration with Yei River County Youth Association has organized a four-day peace conference for youth from all six counties of Central Equatoria State. The participants in the workshop included church leaders, community leaders and government officials. The conference brought up[Read More…]

By Yien Gattuor Mead  Hundreds of protesters reportedly stormed the field office of SPOC oil Consortium Company at Tharjiak oilfields in Koch County of Unity State. The demonstrators protested over failure of SPOC to deliver required services to communities in the oil producing State, despite their promise last year. One[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Eastern Equatoria State Parliamentarians at the National Assembly yesterday demanded for immediate investigation and apprehension of perpetrators who murdered innocent souls in cold blood, and leave many displaced. This week, two civilians were reportedly murdered by unknown killer who were believed to have blasted into livestock[Read More…]

Yien Gattuor Mead The Governor of Unity State, Dr. Joseph Manytuil Wejang met with a visiting delegation from the United Kingdom led by Corin Robertson who is the Director General for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean to explore avenues to mitigate devastating floods in the State. The delegation was[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The Minister of Presidential Affairs, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin said the national government did not talk or agreed on the resumption of century-old ‘Jonglei Canal project’ as perceive by public. Dr. Marial said people have gone ahead speaking about digging of Jonglei Canal, but as the[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The Reconstituted National Legislative Assembly on Wednesday issued a statement warning individuals who politicizes or see matter of national disasters with tribal lens. The Deputy Speaker at reconstituted national legislative assembly, Rt Hon. Oyet Nathaniel Pierino said, as parliament they will not condone issues of national[Read More…]