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Over 3200 trees were over the weekend by officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Police and residents of Kacyiru at the Police headquarters.
ANOTHER UPDF officer has been killed at a bar in Zana, south of Kampala just 12 days after the grisly murder of the former army commander, Maj. Gen. James Kazini.
President Barack Obama is finally raising the bar of engagement with corrupt regimes in the region. Kenya has 15 of its officials, including attorney general Wako, blocking political reforms, banned from stepping onto American soil.
THE global corruption watchdog, Transparency International, TI, has just released its yearly Corruption Perception Index for 2009. And what has made the headlines in the last few days is that Nigeria has slumped in the latest ranking. The country is placed 130 out of the 180 countries covered by the report.
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri has commended the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) for repositioning the country's tourism sector.
Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) has read the riot acts to advertisers who indulge in exposing advert copies with fraudulent claims without approval by the council.
The Customs Duty investigating team "B" operating in the eastern port has uncovered revenue loss up to the tune of N10 billion in its first week of its operations.
Two executives of the Australian banknote making firm, said to have paid bribe to win printing offer from a Nigerian, have been suspended over a police probe into alleged bribery and kickbacks, officials said.
A 65-year-old man is being held at Tororo Central Police Station over the defilement of a 15-year-old girl.
Mbarara and Kanungu district officials who mismanaged the National Agricultural Advisory Services cash have been quizzed by the Ministerial National Taskforce investigating the misuse of Naads funds.
Satirist Hilary Bainomugisha in his Dr Love Column made an apt summary that when you get any capital letters- CHOGM, NSSF, NFA, NAADS, URA, GAVI, GF, RRU- and add the word government, the result is corruption.
Ministers and government officials who fail to provide accountability for money given to them for Chogm activities should be arrested, MPs have resolved.
Police in Kampala is hunting for a man following the death of his son under unclear circumstances. The son, Hassan Bbaale, was in his mid 30s.
Police in Nasarawa State have nabbed a syndicate which specializes in cloning Automated Teller Machines (ATM) cards to withdraw money from the bank accounts of unsuspecting persons.
Some female foreigners who were promised marriage by a 23 year old Nigerian posing as Jerry Finger, a British expatriate have been allegedly defrauded of over $96,000 via internet scam.
A pressure group known as Unity Forum has called on the National Assembly to make laws that will prescribe the severest penalties for perpetrators of kidnappings and ritual killings in Nigeria.
The Ogun Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said its operatives intercepted a tanker carrying weeds suspected to be cannabis.
The police recently arraigned three persons before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly withdrawing N4.8 million from the bank account of one Dr. Bello Ghali.
Janet's (not real name) disdain for the sachet water, popularly known as 'pure water', possibly began right from her undergraduate days at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
WIFE of the general overseer of Christ Redemption Bible Church and national president of Redemption Virtuous Sisters, Pastor Martha Ogundare, has said it is time for Nigerians to have a rethink and seek the face of God for total cleansing from corruption and other problems afflicting the nation.
Things are turning nasty in Jalle Rogerstan.
An Abuja magistrate court Wednesday sentenced a 22-year-old burglar to six months imprisonment or to pay N12,000 as fine for stealing and attempting to rape his victim, a married woman.
Claims of sabotage, weak systems and negligence are to blame for the loss of more than Sh110 million by G4S Security firm in the last two months, investigation by the Sunday Nation has established.
Nine inmates have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of cholera at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
A Shamva man was last week sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping his 13-year-old cousin on four separate occasions.
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