A third day of digging pulled one body from a pancaked apartment tower. Rescue teams working at the site of a collapsed fourteen-story building in Nairobi's South C area recovered a single victim on Sunday, confirming at least one death after the structure fell early Friday morning. Assistant Inspector General Duncan Ochieng, the operations commander, stated the search is about sixty-five percent complete, with hopes of locating a second body.
The multi-agency response includes crews from the National Disaster Management Unit, Kenya Red Cross, Nairobi County, and police. Authorities have already questioned the developer and county officials, learning that the units had been sold to buyers. Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku emphasized the...
Kenya just ended a 24-year trade shield for its sugar industry. The country formally exited the COMESA Sugar Safeguard regime after the protection lapsed, signaling a major shift for its long-troubled sugar sector. Government officials and the Kenya Sugar Board stated the move reflects confidence in the industry's restructuring, arguing it is now better managed and ready to compete within the regional Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
The safeguard, extended eight times since 2001, was designed to give the sector time to reform. Authorities claim benchmarks were met, including tariff-rate quotas and investments in productivity. The focus now moves to competitiveness and value addition, with millers encouraged to adopt...
A wrong-way crash at an intersection killed six people. A head-on collision between a sedan and a minibus taxi on the R26 outside Fouriesburg in South Africa's Free State left three people dead in each vehicle, with twenty-one others injured. Police said the driver of a white Kia sedan, a twenty-one-year-old man, failed to stop at an intersection and hit a white Mercedes-Benz minibus traveling from Ficksburg to Tshwane.
Emergency crews worked overnight after the Saturday incident. The sedan carried five people total, with two survivors taken to the hospital in serious condition. The taxi had twenty-two occupants, including the driver, with nineteen injured passengers transported to medical facilities in Bethlehem and Bohlokong...
The new tax code dropped, giving a break to the little guy and tightening the screws on big money. President Bola Tinubu's 2025 tax reforms are now active, restructuring Nigeria's system with an ₦800,000 annual income exemption for low earners and new progressive bands hitting a 25% rate for incomes over ₦50 million. The laws introduce a Rent Relief deduction, replace old levies with a 4% Development Levy for larger companies, and enforce strict digital compliance via the Nigeria Revenue Service, or NRS, with hefty penalties for non-filers.
For personal taxes, the old flat relief is gone. Anyone making under roughly sixty-seven thousand naira monthly pays nothing. Those above that face tiered rates. The abolished Consolidated Relief...
A top lawyer says Nigeria's military could crush terrorists if funded properly, but thieves stole the gear money. Human rights attorney Femi Falana, speaking in Ilawe Ekiti, argued that a well-equipped and motivated Nigerian armed forces could defeat terrorism and banditry without foreign help. He lamented that rag-tag criminal groups often appear better armed than soldiers due to massive corruption, where funds for weapons procurement were looted by known figures.
Falana pointed to specific court cases, like a service chief charged with stealing over twenty-two billion naira who was freed on a jurisdictional technicality, and a former governor accused of taking nearly seven billion naira from a national security advisor's office who...
A cop is begging the police chief to save her from her boss. Police Inspector Alonge Bridget from the Sabo Division in Yaba, Lagos, has petitioned Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun, accusing senior officer Josephine Okeme of repeated assault, threats, and harassment. She claims Okeme, the Divisional Traffic Officer, first hit her in the chest in February 2025, causing an illness that required medical care, then slapped her without reason in November 2025 at the Divisional Crime Branch, injuring her hand.
Alonge alleges the abuse followed her off duty, with Okeme allegedly stalking her to bus stops, hurling public insults, and telling bus conductors not to pick her up. She initially reported this to area commanders and was briefly...
A governor is pushing to finish a key road project while his 2027 campaign kicks off early. Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, represented by Deputy Sam Ode, reaffirmed his commitment to completing the Awajir-Oju road construction during the launch of a political support group for himself and President Bola Tinubu. He emphasized delivering all campaign promises and announced a future town hall with Oju residents to pinpoint more community projects.
Governor Alia praised High Chief Francis Alochu Ikpobu, founder of the Alochu Foundation and the new support group, calling him a humble advocate for community welfare. The event drew major figures like Och’Idoma monarch Eliagwu Odogbo and APC representatives, who all commended Alochu's...
A Nigerian activist just called for the entire UN to be dismantled. Former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore demanded that serious nations withdraw from the United Nations, labeling it an ineffective organization of jokers in a post on X. He specifically urged a boycott of the next UN General Assembly, arguing the body has outlived its purpose by failing to stop global oppression, aggression, and mass suffering.
His comments came amid news of the United States capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. US President Donald Trump announced the arrest, stating Maduro was flown to America to face drug-related charges. Sowore's critique frames the UN as a hollow institution that has lost all legitimacy and utility in confronting...
People are bracing for another cholera nightmare because they have no clean water. Residents in Apiapumtet and other parts of Obubra Local Government Area, Cross River State, are sounding the alarm over a potential outbreak, directly linking it to a severe lack of safe water sources. This area is a known hotspot, recording roughly 638 suspected cholera cases and 17 deaths between 2022 and 2023. Former Commissioner Castro Ezama stated that over sixty communities in Obubra lack clean water, forcing people to travel huge distances daily, a situation he calls particularly severe.
Youth leader Francis Obeng from Ochon community warned that the current water sources are dangerous and have already cost lives. He noted that only a few wealthy...
