Prison Warder arrested in connection with Sim Swap fraud, 10,000 sim cards recovered

By George Juma,

A Prison Warder  based at the Prison Headquarters is among three arrested over the suspicion of irregular SIM swap and SIM Card registration. The ...

OPINION: More must be done to protect women and girls from cyber bullying

By Guest Writer,

Governments and social media companies have been challenged to do more than lip service to fight increased cyber-bullying cases and ensure that online...

Online Harassment

Cop Nancy Njeri to remain in custody for 14 days, injured lawyer still at KNH

By Enock Muswii,

Cop Nancy Njeri will remain in custody for 14 days as investigations continue into the case involving a lawyer whose hands were slashed using a machet...

nancy njeri , Onesmus masaku

New Nollywood film ‘Oloture’ sheds light on human trafficking in Nigeria

By CNN,

Dressed in a transparent and colorful blouse, a sex worker in Lagos, the commercial center of Nigeria jumps out the window of a room at a party to avo...

Netflix , oloture

Creators of gene ‘scissors’ clinch Nobel as women sweep chemistry

By Reuters,

Two scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for creating genetic ‘scissors’ that can rewrite the code of life, contributing ...

Charpentier , Doudna , Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Cheptegei, Gidey demolish world records in Valencia

By Reuters,

Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei smashed the men’s 10,000 metres world record on Wednesday at the Valencia World Record Day, crossing the line in a stunning...

Joshua Cheptegei , Letesenbet Gidey , Valencia , World record

Akumu drops Zambia hint

By Jacob Icia,

Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Anthony Agay Akumu says Harambee  Stars should expect power-play and switch-ball approach from their opponents Chipolopolo, ...

Anthony ''Teddy'Akumu , Friendly , Harambee Stars , Zambia

Mwendwa upbeat FKF polls will go on as planned

By Jacob Icia,

Football Kenya Federation president Nick Mwendwa is adamant elections will proceed as planned despite legitimacy questions subjected to it by his bigg...

FKF , Nick Mwendwa

Bhang worth Ksh.23M nabbed in Juja, 5 arrested

By Moses Ngige,

Police in Juja, Kiambu County have arrested Martin Mungai who was in possession of 900 kilograms of bhang estimated to be worth around Ksh. 23 million...

Juja farm

Court orders NMG to pull down ‘COVID-19 millionaires’ exposé from social media platforms

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court in Nairobi has directed the Nation Media Group (NMG) to pull down an investigative report dubbed 'COVID-19 millionaires' from all its s...

COVID-19 millionaires , KEMSA

SWILA: Government continued ban on contact-sports a slap on the face

By Isaac Swila,

@ISAACSWILA The much touted sports return guidelines are eventually here with us after Sports Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Amina Mohamed announced...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Amina Mohamed

FinCEN files: 53 Kenyan banks, individuals made illicit transactions worth Ksh.6 trillion

By Faizal Ahmed,

About 53 Kenyan companies and individuals have been named as being part of a global team that involves terrorist networks and drug cartels that moved ...

FinCEN files , ICIJ , US Department of Treasury

Three arrested for growing bhang at a mjengo site in Thika

By Moses Ngige,

Police in Thika have arrested three middle-aged men at a construction site in Ngoingwa Estate. The three are reported to have been growing bhang, o...

bhang

US Ambassador to China stepping down as tensions with Beijing rise

By CNN,

Terry Branstad will be stepping down as United States Ambassador to China after more than three years in Beijing, a source confirmed to CNN Monday. ...

china , Terry Branstad , US

These three women stood up to Europe’s longest-serving dictator, here’s what happened to them

By CNN,

Five weeks have passed since Belarus learned the results of its presidential election, in which the country's Central Election Commission announced t...

Belarus , Maria Kolesnikova , President Alexander Lukashenko , Svetlana Tikhanovskaya , Veronika Tsepkalo

SWILA: Olunga is Kenya’s football jewel, let’s show him some love

By Isaac Swila,

Sports editor By demeanor he comes across as an ordinary folk; no show-off; no bling bling, no razzmatazz…but make no mistake, on the pitch, he sti...

afcon , FC Girona , GOR MAHIA , Harambee Stars , IF Djurgarden , Kashiwa Reysol , kenya , Michael Olunga

NACADA moves to support Conjestina Achieng’s treatment

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya’s former boxing champion, Conjestina Achieng, is responding well to treatment following her admission to Mediva Wellness Centre, a rehabilitat...

Conjestina Achieng , NACADA

Mary Mbewe wins top editorial leadership award for Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

WAN-IFRA Women in News will on Tuesday name Mary Mbewe, Executive Editor of the Daily Nation in Zambia as the 2020 WIN Editorial Leadership Award Laur...

Mary Mbewe , Women in news

Bloggers, social media users with huge following to be ‘monitored by the state’- Ugandan gov’t orders

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ugandan Communication Commission has asked social media users and bloggers with a large following to 'register for monitoring by the state'. Th...

Ugandan communication commision

Nyamweya and co. dismiss FKF election preps, hint at plans for own poll

By Jacob Icia,

Aspirants that abstained from presenting their nomination papers for the upcoming Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections have dismissed the exercis...

FKF , Nicholas Musonye , Sam Nyamweya , Twaha Mbarak