Zimbabwe’s government has banned “with immediate effect” police officers from using mobile phones while working. The ban is contained in a memo, ordering police officers to abandon their private communication gadgets while on duty. All officers are required to surrender their mobile phones to their supervisors once they get to their stations and only use […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. presidential election will take place on Nov. 5, but the winner of the razor-thin race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump may not be known for days after the polls close. As ballots are counted, one candidate may appear to be leading based on early returns, only for a […]
A Kenyan man was convicted Monday of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and slam it into a building, according to court records. He’s […]
A warrant of arrest was Tuesday issued against two women for skipping a court case where alongside others they are charged with an alleged offense of robbery with violence. They are also facing another charge of sexual assault on the accused person who is a woman and a Norwegian. The orders were issued by Kibera […]
President William Ruto has officially awarded a charter to the National Intelligence and Research University (NIRU), transitioning it from a constituent college of the National Defence University (NDU) to an independent institution dedicated to intelligence studies and security research. While presiding over the event, President Ruto said that NIRU will play a crucial role in […]
(AFP)-Hundreds of sex tapes involving a high-ranking Equatorial Guinean civil servant with other men’s wives have done the rounds on social media, prompting the authorities to attempt to curb their spread. In the videos, the married director of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Ebang Engonga, is seen in flagrante with various partners — […]
Two men from Eldoret who have been using Interior PS Raymond Omollo’s name and picture on WhatsApp to defraud members of the public have been detained, Dennis Kipchumba and Winstone Gilbert Pikei were arraigned in court on Monday where police sought for more days to detain them as they conclude investigations. Magistrate Dolphina Alego allowed […]
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), is currently at the centre of a major scandal after authorities discovered hundreds of explicit videos allegedly featuring him in compromising situations. The videos reportedly include encounters with high-profile individuals, such as his brother’s wife, his cousin, and the sister of the […]
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino says online activist and former journalist Scophine Aoko Otieno alias Maverick Aoko is safe. In a statement on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Babu said that he had been in constant communication with Aoko’s father, who has confirmed that she is fine. This follows weeks of speculations on the activist’s whereabouts […]
Over 200 staffers in Parliament have been ensnared in a crackdown on holders of fraudulent academic certificates. This extensive operation, initiated by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) more than a year ago, has uncovered a troubling trend of moral decay and graft within government employment. The Star has learned that the audit, which is currently […]
The tragic death of 47-year-old Lucy Wambui has raised serious concerns over the safety and regulation of cosmetic surgeries in Kenya. A postmortem examination by Chief Government Pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor revealed that Wambui underwent a “360-degree liposuction” and Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) at Omnicare Medical on October 16, 2024. Complications began soon after, with […]
