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Panga-wielding Nateete robber arrested in Kyotera
17 maiThe police's flying squad has arrested the panga and hammer-wielding assailant, Ashraf Kiiza who attempted to violently rob Sam Turyamuhaki at Bashir Grain Millers in Nateete-Kutano, Kampala on Monday evening. Kiiza who has been on the run since was on Wednesday arrested while hiding away (...) -
Namutumba police boss Nankunda fined Shs 40m over arresting court servers
17 maiIganga Chief Magistrate's court has ordered Namutumba central police station criminal investigations department (CID) officer, Stella Nankunda to pay two court process servers Shs 40 million as compensation for unlawful arrest and subsequent detention. The court process servers are Michael (...) -
Businessman Mukesh Shukla remanded over Shs 222m fraud
17 maiNakawa Chief Magistrate's court has remanded businessman cum-politician, Mukesh Shukla to Luzira prison on charges of conspiracy to defraud a Pakistan national of more than Shs 221.8 million. Mukesh was on Wednesday arraigned before court presided over by chief magistrate Elias Kakooza and (...) -
Six children perish in Wakiso house fire
16 maiSix children aged between 2 and 16 years have perished in a fire at Mulanda B, Kisubi parish, Kajjansi town council, in Wakiso district. The fire whose cause isn't yet established razed the house of Bakita Ayang, a South Sudanese national on Wednesday morning. Locals alerted Kisubi police (...) -
Nigeria : govt probes speaker’s move to marry off 100 female orphans
16 maiNigeria's Federal ministry of Women Affairs says it is investigating a plan by a lawmaker in central Niger state to marry off some 100 female orphans of unknown ages later this month. Speaker of the Niger State Assembly Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji announced the mass wedding last week but called (...)