Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm two new heads for Nigeria’s oil and gas regulators after their predecessors abruptly quit, amid a high stakes clash between one agency and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Tinubu’s nominations follow the exit of Gbenga Komolafe, chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, and Farouk Ahmed, head of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. Dangote has accused Ahmed of allowing the entry of cut-price fuel imports that threaten local refineries, including his 650,000-barrel-per-day Lagos plant, Africa’s largest. Dangote on Wednesday submitted a petition against Ahmed with…

A gang raided a private home in Spring Valley area, Nairobi and held a family hostage for hours before robbing them of cash and valuables. The gang forced their way into the compound in Shanzu Gardens on Wednesday night as one member of the family was entering through the main gate, police said. The victim said three men wearing face masks and armed with pistols and rifles emerged and ordered those in the car to get out. They then led them to the house where they detained others who were present in a room before ransacking it for two hours.…

The Trump administration announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday during a nationally televised address by President Donald Trump, who made scant mention of foreign policy issues and did not speak about China or Taiwan at all. U.S.-Chinese tensions have ebbed and flowed during Trump’s second term, largely over trade and tariffs but also over China’s increasing aggressiveness toward Taiwan, which Beijing has said must reunify with the mainland.…

Two gold miners were killed after a shaft they were working on collapsed in Macalder, Migori County. Two others were seriously injured in the December 16, 2025 incident, police and locals said. The group was busy working on a shaft in the area when it collapsed and trapped them, police said. This is the latest such incident to happen in the area amid calls for safety of miners in general. Police said one of the deceased was a Tanzanian who was working at the site. The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. There has…

Children of slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner are speaking out for the first time after their deaths and the arrest of their brother, Nick. Jake and Romy Reiner said in a statement on Wednesday that they are experiencing “unimaginable pain” after the “horrific and devastating loss”. They did not directly address the allegations against their brother. Nick Reiner, 32, appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday and waived his right to enter a plea to two charges of first-degree murder. The couple were found dead on Sunday in their Los Angeles home. The…

Dan Bongino has said he will leave his role as the FBI’s deputy director in January. In a post on X, he thanked President Donald Trump, as well as the director of the FBI and the attorney general “for the opportunity to serve with purpose”. It comes after Trump said earlier on Wednesday that the former podcast host “did a great job” in office, and “wants to go back to his show”. Bongino, who was appointed to the role by Trump in February, was previously a New York City police officer and a US Secret Service agent assigned to protect…

At least 13 worshippers were abducted when gunmen attacked a church in Kogi state, central Nigeria, amid rising insecurity in the region, a state official said on Wednesday. Kogi Information Commissioner Kingsley Fanwo said the assault on First ECWA church, in the remote Ayetoro-Kiri community, on Sunday sparked a gunfight between the attackers and local hunters employed by the state as a first line of defence. Four of the attackers were killed and at least 10 others sustained wounds, Fanwo said, adding that security forces remained on the trail of the fleeing kidnappers. The attack is the latest in a…

A popular South African radio and club DJ was shot dead in the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, sending shockwaves across the nation grappling with entrenched crime. Warrick Stock, popularly known as DJ Warras, was gunned down in the city centre on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the 40-year-old media personality was approached by three suspects, one of whom opened fire on him before fleeing on foot. The motive of the shooting is unknown and no arrests have been made, police said. Stock was a well-known radio and TV presenter and a podcaster in South Africa. Fred Kekana, a local police chief,…

Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo died from blunt force trauma that caused severe injuries to chest and abdomen, an autopsy conducted on the body showed. A postmortem conducted on his body revealed he also had injuries in the spine and legs. The family pathologist Joseph Ndung’u and chief government pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor were present at the Lee Funeral Home when the exercise was conducted. Dr Ndung’u said Jirongo’s body had multiple injuries caused by blunt trauma. He he said the body had two fractures on the right hand and that there were fractures on the lower limbs (legs). “There…

At seven o’clock on a normal workday morning, everything should be running on autopilot. Systems boot up. Orders appear on dashboards. Drivers collect their routes and roll out. But on this particular morning, nothing works. The production system refuses to load. Orders confirmed the night before have vanished. Emails bounce back. Drivers stand idle in the yard, unable to access their digital route sheets. The problem does not start with a sophisticated hack. It begins with a familiar mistake — a single employee account compromised because the same password was reused across multiple platforms. When Safaricom Business leaders share this…

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs, working alongside other law enforcement agencies on Tuesday arrested seven Kenyan nationals following a routine immigration enforcement operation in Johannesburg targeting suspected violations of the country’s immigration laws. According to the Department, the operation was launched after intelligence reports indicated that several Kenyan nationals had recently entered South Africa on tourist visas but had unlawfully taken up employment at a centre processing applications by individuals described as “refugees” seeking entry to the United States. Officials said the employment occurred despite earlier work visa applications for Kenyan nationals having been lawfully declined. During the operation,…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives Wednesday grilled Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo in connection with allegations of corruption and economic crimes. Nyaribo had been summoned to EACC. “The Commission is amenable to your request to reschedule Governor’s interview and statement recording. Subsequently, the interview has been rescheduled to 17th December 2025 at 10:00 am, to be held at our Nairobi Integrity Centre offices located at Jakaya Kikwete/Valley road Junction,” read part of the summons dated December 8, 2025. Nyaribo appeared at the EACC Headquarters Integrity Center in Nairobi in the company of his lawyers for interview and statement recording…

The younger brother of a 17-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted and strangled to death by her uncle has narrated to the court a chilling account of how he witnessed the incident. In his testimony as the first prosecution witness before Justice John Onyiengo at the Garissa High Court, the minor explained that the incident occurred on the night of November 16, 2025, at Borehole 5 in Fafi Sub-County, Garissa County. The accused a community health volunteer, has pleaded not guilty to murdering his victim at around midnight on 16th November 2025. The witness told Principal Prosecution Counsel Bernard…

The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport, Davis Chirchir witnessed the signing of an addendum to the commercial contract for the construction of the Naivasha–Kisumu Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Phase 2B, marking a key milestone in the revival of the long-awaited project. The addendum was signed by Kenya Railways Managing Director Philip Mainga and Yu Xiao Dong, representing China Communications Construction Company. According to CS Chirchir, the revised agreement aligns with Cabinet approval to finance the project through alternative funding mechanisms, notably the securitization of a portion of the Railway Development Fund. He said the move reflects the government’s commitment…

A man surrendered to the local police officials and confessed he had killed his girlfriend following an altercation in Sondu, Kericho County. He told police he had argued with the woman in his house before he strangled her. She died in the house. Police accompanied the suspect to the said scene of crime and found the body of Sharon Chepkirui, 25, lying dead on a sofa set. The police had to break into the house where they found the body of the woman with a scarf tied around her neck. The woman had visited the man at his house on…