By Philip Buda Ladu South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has summoned the Governor of Eastern Equatoria State, Louis Lobong Lojore along with the Commissioner of Magwi County and the Administrators of Nimule town Council to appear in his office to explain how the incident of cattle raiding in Mugali[Read More…]

By Matia Samuel Timatio The Governor of Western Equatoria State and his Deputy Dr. Gaaniko Kennedy are in dispute over firing Mr. Peter Simon Sarawasi, the state minister for Housing, Land and Public Utility was suspended for selling plots within Yambio Municipality and Ministry’s assets. The Deputy Governor refuted the[Read More…]

By John Sylvester The Directorate of Nationality, Passport and Immigration in Western Equatoria State has launched a one-week’s mobile office in Mundri West County on Thursday to help in issuing National ID cards (nationality certificates) to the citizens. Speaking during the official launch, the deputy head of delegation, Major Julius[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) and residences of Malakia in Juba yesterday disagreed on land use; an issue which they described as a longtime problem starting from the 1980’s. Speaking in an exclusive interview with No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper, Amna Ramadan Juma Wani Kumuri a[Read More…]

By James Innocent Ali His Grace Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, the Catholic Archbishop of Juba and His Eminence Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, the Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum Sudan arrived at the Catholic Diocese of Yei of Central Equatoria State yesterday ahead of the consecration and installation of the second Bishop[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Elegu, the boarder points that links South Sudan to Uganda has been reopened after a brief closure due to the escalated insecurity between cattle herders and residents of Mugali some days ago. The border point was tentatively closed on Thursday following the killing of two police[Read More…]

Consumers: Protect yourselves from counterfeits, nobody else will Trade, which literally means the buying and selling of goods and services is a free operation besides the actual use of monetary exchange to do the actual purchasing, but who is in charge of stopping fake commodities in the market?. The issue[Read More…]

#PressUnit The Governor of Unity State, Dr. Joseph Manytuil Wejang on Thursday 12 May, 2022 met with International Diplomatic Corps and Head of Missions in the Country on the issue pertaining security and the implementation of revitalized peace agreement. The delegates comprised UNMISS’ Deputy Representative, RJMEC, and Ambassadors of Egypt,[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit with deep sorrow has extended his message of condolence to the family and the population of the United Arab Emirates for the untimely death of their late President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In a statement seen by No.1[Read More…]

By Staff Writer   Safety fears after gang robbers who intruded into a neighborhood’s house in Gudele block nine (9) at around 8:00 pm on Wednesday evening, shot a ten-year-old boy at the abdominal side while trying to escape to a close neighbor’s house. The boy was shot with a[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Board of Directors for South Sudan Football Association yesterday held a meeting at the general football headquarters to brainstorm on a crucial agenda related to the ongoing football developments in the country. The meeting discussed in length the preparations of both men’s and women’s national[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu The Chinese Ambassador to South Sudan Hua Ning has refuted concerns raised by the South Sudan National Chamber of Commerce that the Chinese Embassy in Juba denied visas to South Sudanese businessmen to travel to China for business trips. Lado Lukak, the Deputy Chairperson of the[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David A Civil Society activist has cautioned the silence of politicians over deliberating on the proposal made by the Minister of Public Service towards increasing civil servants’ salaries to 20,000 South Sudanese Pounds a month. This came following the lack of seriousness that politicians have developed amid[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Clutch of South Sudanese merchants along Juba-Yei Road yesterday elevated concerns as the security situation worsened along the highway creating difficulties towards transfer of goods and passengers to states. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper yesterday, Geofrey Stephen, a driver who has been accessing Juba-Yei and[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo Two police personnel were reported dead during a police patrol when they fell into an ambush of armed cattle herders who had caused insecurity in Nimule earlier on Thursday. The police’s spokesperson in Nimule David Kasmiro said that one of the police personnel was shot dead by[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Specialist at the Ministry of General Education and Instruction said that Primary Examinations papers have not yet been marked due to lack of money provided by the government.  This came following the opening of schools minus completion of marking of the primary leaving exam papers resulting[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu The Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) in collaboration with the National Ministry of Peace Building with support from the Chinese Embassy in Juba on Thursday launched a peace program for dissemination of positive peace messages dabbed as “My Peace Program.” The “My Peace Program”[Read More…]

By Matia Samuel Timatio The Governor of Western Equatoria State, Alfred Futuyo Karaba suspended his state minister of housing, land and public utilities in the State on Wednesday evening. The suspension of the minister came after he was accused of selling the ministry’s assets and plots in Yambio Municipality under[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The women parliamentary caucus has demanded the government to stand firm in supporting plans of implementation for good solidarity among women in the country. This came on Thursday during the inauguration ceremony of the new members of parliament who were women nominated candidates from the three greater[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Women Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) was commended for holding parties’ signatory to the Revitalized Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) accountable to commit themselves to the implementation of the peace agreement. This came on Thursday during the inauguration ceremony of the new Members[Read More…]