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Access Bank Plc and KCB Group Plc have officially announced the completion of the sale of National Bank of Kenya Limited to Access Bank Plc, marking the conclusion of a transaction initiated in March 2024. The acquisition, according to Access Bank’s statement on Friday, followed the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, solidifying the bank’s […]
Continue ReadingThe United States won the XXXIII edition of the Olympic Games on Sunday in Paris, but it was just by the skin of their teeth. They topped the 2024 Games medals table by winning 40 gold medals after the final of the last event of the Games was decided on Sunday. But they only finished […]
Continue ReadingKabiyesi, the message which I bring you today is the message of all the women who have left their stalls, their homes and children, their farms, and petty affairs to come and visit you today. They are the suffering crowd who are gathered on your front lawn… they are all the womanhood of Egba, and […]
Continue ReadingKenya’s Anti-Narcotic Unit (ANU) detectives have arrested a Nigerian national allegedly found with 200g of cocaine in Mombasa, Kenya. The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in a statement on Thursday, May 9, 2024, said the suspect, Victor Chinenye Ikonne, was arrested at an apartment as the crackdown on drug traffickers continues in the country. “The […]
Continue ReadingA male Nigerian national who was caught on CCTV camera assaulting a Kenyan woman who was confined to a wheelchair in Nairobi has been deported from Kenya. In the footage that went viral on April 26, 2024, the Nigerian man identified as John Nwankwo Noko, is seen clobbering a helpless Ms. Pauline in the head […]
Continue ReadingIt is always very embarrassing to read stories of Nigerians who go abroad to give the county a bad name. Nigeria became known as a country of internet scammers and fraudsters not because all Nigerians deserve to be so labelled, but when a few bad eggs behave wrongly in other countries, it is every Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingKenyan Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter confirmed the development to Punch on Sunday night. Punch […]
Continue ReadingFormer presidential candidate on the platform of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Nigerian general elections, on Sunday January 7, joined other notable and respected African voices like Prof. P. L. O Lumumba from Kenya, Dr. Arikana from Zimbabwe, and a host of others, at The Convention tagged: “Igniting The Voices of Africa,” organized by […]
Continue ReadingKenyan authorities have exhumed at least 21 bodies as part of an investigation into a cult whose followers are believed to have starved themselves to death. At least three dead children were among those found in graves in Shakahola forest in the coastal town of Malindi, Agence France-Presse reported. A police source told AFP that 21 bodies […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has ordered the Nigerian government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya. The Court presided over by Justice E. N Anyadike, […]
Continue ReadingOn August 9, the people of Kenya went to the polls to elect a new President, the incumbent President, Uhuru Kenyatta having completed the constitutional two terms in office. There were elections at other levels -governorship, parliamentary and at county levels but the main focus was the Presidential election with four main candidates: Deputy President, […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya, Wafula Chebukati, on Monday declared the deputy president, William Ruto, winner of the country’s presidential election. Ruto polled 50.49 per cent of the total votes cast (7,176,141) to defeat his closest rival, ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who got 48.85 per cent (6,942,930), in a tight race […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body. Director, Media & […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. His return Friday March 4 afternoon goes contrary to the plan contained in an earlier press statement from the presidency where it was stated that the President would proceed to London for a medical check-up after his […]
Continue ReadingSix people have been confirmed dead and two others are in critical condition, after a police officer went on a killing spree in Kabete, Nairobi county, Kenya. In the incident that occurred at 3am, on Tuesday, December 7, Constable Benson Imbasi, who later committed suicide by turning the gun on himself, had first killed his wife by […]
Continue ReadingKenyan athlete, Agnes Tirop has been stabbed to death in her home in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County on Wednesday. A two-time World Championship bronze medallist, Agnes, was allegedly stabbed by her husband. A statement released by Athletics Kenya confirming the incident said, “We are this afternoon distraught to learn about the untimely death of World […]
Continue ReadingRemains of the Kenyan policewoman, Caroline Kangogo, who had been on the run after two gruesome murders were found at her parents’ home in Anin, Elgeyo Marakwet. Rift Valley Regional Police Commissioner, George Natembeya on Friday, July 16, confirmed the shocking conclusion to the story of a killer policewoman who made headlines after killing two […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives have launched investigations into the mysterious death of two Nigerian men who lost their lives during a night party hosted at Skyhorse Apartment in Kilimani, Nairobi, Kenya. Going by a report from the police, one of the men died after jumping from the 7th floor of the apartment under unclear circumstances while the […]
Continue ReadingBrother to the embattled leader of the Nigeria-proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has disclosed how they spoke while he was in Kenya shortly before “he went missing.” Kingsley Kanu, the brother, disclosed that Nnamdi had taken a walk and that he was without his documents when he was arrested. The UK Guardian […]
Continue ReadingThe Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that Nnamdi Kanu was arrested by the Kenyan Government before he was handed over to the Department of State Services (DSS). The counsel stated this while giving an update of the case on Friday evening on Twitter. Ejiofor wrote, “My client, Mazi Nnamdi […]
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