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According to reports, Police in Nairobi arrested and assaulted paramedics during live coverage on CNN. The paramedics, who had identified themselves, were apprehended amidst ongoing protests against the controversial Finance Bill 2024.
Human RightsPolitics

‘7 Days of Rage’: Kenya’s Gen Z Protesters Declare #TotalShutDown Over Tax Hikes

Kenya’s Generation Z has declared a week-long protest to express their undying determination to oppose the Finance Bill 2024 despite passing its second...

Kenya Police Freed Journalist Arrested For Reposting Senator Orwoba's Number On X
Human RightsPolitics

Kenyan Police Release Journalist Arrested for Sharing Senator Orwoba’s Number on X

The Kamkunji Police Division in Kenya has released a Nairobi-based journalist, Edgar Wabwire, who was arrested for reposting the number of a House...

Outrage As Kenya Police Shoots Protester, Rex Kanyike During Anti-Finance Bill Protest
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Outrage As Kenya Police Shoots Protester, Rex Kanyike During Anti-Finance Bill Protest

Nairobi Police have shot a protester following the nationwide Anti-Finance protest led by Gen Z on Thursday night while heading home. The now-deceased...

Kenya's Finance Bill Passes Second Reading Despite Public Outcry
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Kenya’s Finance Bill Passes Second Reading Amidst Nationwide Protest

The contentious Finance Bill has passed a second reading in Kenya’s Parliament on Thursday amidst nationwide protest, leading to the arrest of over...

Kenyan Youth Set For Another Protest Over Finance Tax Bill
PoliticsWorld

Young Kenyans Set For Another Protest Over Finance Tax Bill

In a protest dubbed “occupy parliament”, young Kenyans are set for another protest against the Finance Bill, which has called for more taxation...

Nigeria's Oil Field, OML 29 Shuts Down Due To Pipeline Leak
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Nigeria’s Oil Field, OML 29 Shuts Down Due To Pipeline Leak

The Nembe Creek oil field in Bayelsa State, which produces about 150,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), has been shut down...

Deploy All Marines In Middle East, North Africa To The Pacific, says Trump Adviser
PoliticsSecurity

Deploy All Marines In Middle East, North Africa To The Pacific – Trump’s Adviser

Donald Trump’s top national security adviser, Robert C. O’Brien, has urged the Pentagon to deploy the “entire” Marine Corps in the Middle East...

Russian President Putin Visits North Korea's Kim Jong Un Amid Sanctions
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Russian President Putin Visits North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Amid Sanctions

On Wednesday, Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, paid a friendly visit to North Korea’s President, Kim Jong Un, amid the ongoing sanctions on both...

Tinubu To Present N6.6trn Supplementary Budget To Nat'l Assembly Upon Resumption
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Tinubu To Present N6.6trn Supplementary Budget To Nat’l Assembly Upon Resumption

President Bola Tinubu is set to present a sum of N6.6 trillion supplementary budget to the National Assembly for approval upon its return...

Rivers Crisis Youth Protesters Remove Wike's Statue in Obio-Akpor LGA
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Rivers Crisis: Youth Protesters Dismantle Wike’s Statue in Obio-Akpor

In a dramatic turn of events, the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State took a new twist as protesting youth, in a bold...

Fouani Brothers Rescue: I Am Unaware Of Any Ransom Payment - Lagos Police Spokesperson, Ben Hundeyin
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Fouani Brothers Rescue: I Am Unaware Of Any Ransom Payment – Lagos Police Spokesperson, Ben Hundeyin

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it has rescued the 3 abducted Fouani brothers, their assistant, and a boat captain. It...

Nigeria's FG Launches Bill Gates-Funded GMO Seeds, Names It TELA Maize Variety
HealthPolitics

Nigeria’s FG Launches Bill Gates-Funded GMO Maize Variety, Names It TELA Maize

Nigeria’s federal government has launched the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) maize variety named TELA, stating it is an effort to strengthen and boost...