Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The sons of former Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Diogo Jota will accompany the mascots when the Portuguese’s two former sides meet at Anfield on Saturday. Dinis and Duarte, two of Jota’s three children, will join the matchday mascots on the pitch before kick-off. Jota, 28, was killed in a car crash in Spain in July, alongside his 25-year-old brother Andre Silva. The Portugal winger joined Liverpool in 2020 after three seasons with Wolves. Saturday’s Premier League fixture at 15:00 GMT is the first time that the two teams have met since Jota’s death. In his programme notes before Liverpool’s…

A US judge has temporarily blocked the detention of British social media campaigner Imran Ahmed, who took legal action against the US government over having his visa removed. The Center for Countering Digital Hate founder was among five people denied US visas after the Trump administration accused them of seeking to “coerce” tech platforms into censoring free speech. The move brought a backlash from European leaders defending the work of organisations monitoring online content. Mr Ahmed, a US permanent resident, had warned that being detained and possibly deported would tear him away from his American wife and child. Praising the…

A Malaysia court has convicted former prime minister Najib Razak for abuse of power and money laundering, in his second major trial for a multi-billion-dollar state funds scandal. Najib, 72, was accused of misappropriating nearly 2.3 billion Malaysian ringgit ($569m; £422m) from the nation’s sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). On Friday afternoon a judge found him guilty in four charges of abuse of power and 21 charges of money laundering. His sentence is still pending. The former PM is already in jail after he was convicted years ago in another case related to 1MDB. Friday’s verdict comes after…

A bus accident in eastern Mexico left at least 10 people dead and another 32 injured, authorities in the state of Veracruz said Thursday. The crash occurred on Christmas Eve in the town of Zontecomatlan, while the vehicle traveled from Mexico City to the village of Chicontepec. “At this stage we have confirmed nine adults and one child dead,” the Zontecomatlan mayor’s office said in a statement. The municipality also released a list of 32 people injured, and the hospitals to which they were admitted. Fatal road accidents, often involving buses or trucks, are common in Mexico. They are often…

Two revelers were killed in a fight in a bar in Nambale, Busia County. The incident happened on Christmas Day in the Nasira area and in Pumzika bar. A group of revelers were in the bar when a fight broke out. This left Evans Omulako, 28 and Fredrick Wanjala, 28 dead. The other revelers, who were about ten, escaped with injuries. Police said they are yet to establish what prompted the fight. The victims were rushed to a local hospital where they were pronounced dead while being attended to. The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy as…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a prison warden was found dead after a suspected suicide at the Nyeri GK Medium Prison, Kingongo. The incident happened on Christmas Eve and saw constable Francis Njuguna Chomba, 31 hang himself, police and prisons officials said. His body was found hanging on a roof truss with a nylon string tied around his neck. The motive was not established. He was found dead by a relative on Wednesday evening at the staff quarters Block A. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The officer had not shown any signs of stress…

A man surrendered to police after he had hacked and killed his wife in a domestic fight in Emusonga village, Kakamega County. The man told police he quarreled with the wife identified as Diana Ngala, 30 before he picked up a mattock which he used to hack her fatally. The incident happened on Christmas Day. The two had been quarreling in their house before it went physical and fatal. The man then walked to the nearby police station where he surrendered and confessed to the murder. He led police to the scene where the body was found lying in a…

A 40-year-old man died after jumping from the fifth floor of a house in a suicide mission in Drive Inn area, Nairobi. Police identified him as Nicholas Okello. He is said to have climbed to the roof top of an apartment and leapt off to his death. The motive of the incident was not established. The incident happened on Christmas Eve. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Elsewhere in Wanguru, Mwea, Kirinyaga County, one Humphrey Mwai, 47 was found dead outside his house after a suspected murder. The incident happened in Matandara village in Mathangauta sub…

The husband of a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) female officer who was murdered in her house in Migori is among three suspects arrested for questioning over the incident. Police revisited the scene on Christmas Day and recovered what they termed as key exhibits in the murder. The motive of the murder remains undisclosed. The team recovered a black sweat pants, a grey sweater, grey sport shoes and a navy blue cap suspected to be the attire worn by the husband of the deceased. Officers also visited the shop of the husband to the deceased located at Cool Plaza and recovered…

Standard Group senior videographer Rashid Mukoya Idi died after a short illness, his family confirmed. Idi passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2025 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nairobi, his family and employer said. His colleagues said he on Wednesday complained he was not feeling well. His wife asked him to go to hospital but he said he would self medicate. The wife left for work and on coming back she found him on the floor struggling to breathe and sweating profusely. “She called for help to dash him to hospital and he was taken straight to ICU…

President Donald Trump said Thursday he had ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria, who he has accused of persecuting Christians in the country. In a post on social media, Trump said he’d directed a “powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,” who he said had been killing innocent Christians. US Africa Command said it conducted the strikes in Sokoto state, which borders Niger to the north, “in coordination with Nigerian authorities.” AFRICOM’s initial assessment is that “multiple ISIS terrorists were killed in the ISIS camps,” according to a news release. In another…

The longtime host of the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz performance said he canceled Wednesday’s concert following the board of trustees’ move to rename the facility for both the 35th president and President Donald Trump. “I did choose to cancel our Kennedy Center Christmas Eve Jazz Jam when I saw the name change happening last Friday,” Chuck Redd, a drummer and vibraphonist, said in a statement to CNN. The cancelation marks the latest backlash after the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted last week to rename the facility the “Trump Kennedy…

One of China’s most popular short-video and streaming platforms was flooded with porn and violent content earlier this week, sparking outrage and bafflement in a nation where the internet is tightly controlled. Kuaishou, a major rival of TikTok’s Chinese version Douyin, suffered a cyberattack around 10 p.m. on Monday that unleashed thousands of vulgar and violent videos on its livestreaming service for about 90 minutes, shocking hundreds of millions of users across China. “What happened to Kauishou? The moment I scroll into a livestream, it’s nothing but porn,” one user said on popular Chinese social media Weibo. “Kuaishou has gone…

Congressional Republicans have yet to break the record for most retirements in a single year, but some say it’s only a matter of time before widespread frustration with the current state of Washington leads to a tipping point as many in the party head for the exits. The 10 House Republicans seeking gubernatorial offices in their states this election cycle is the most who have run from either party in the available data compiled by CNN dating back to 1974. From Arizona to Florida to South Carolina, an increasing number of GOP lawmakers feel like they can better implement President…

A 41-year-old bouncer was shot dead following an altercation with a reveler at an entertainment spot in Machakos Town. The incident in the early hours of Christmas Day dawn police said. The assailant identified as Kennedy Mutie is a licensed gun holder. He was arrested later on and detained for grilling, police said. The bouncer identified as Dominic Munuve Mutisya, 41 died on the spot outside the Jamrest Bar and Restaurant. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Machakos Town Sub-County Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Nzyoka Singi said they are holding the suspect. He said…