The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) refuted claims that some of its personnel stole a portion of narcotics seized during a major multi-agency maritime security operation conducted on October 25, 2025. According to an official statement from KDF Strategic Communications, security teams intercepted a dhow off the Kenyan coast carrying 1,024 kilograms of methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth. The narcotics were offloaded and transported ashore under the supervision of a joint security unit. Reports later emerged alleging that certain KDF officers involved in the operation may have stolen and concealed part of the seized drugs for personal gain. KDF, however,…
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India has ordered all new smartphones to come pre-loaded with a state-run cybersecurity app, sparking privacy and surveillance concerns. Under the order – passed last week but made public on Monday – smartphone makers have 90 days to ensure all new devices come with the government’s Sanchar Saathi app, whose “functionalities cannot be disabled or restricted”. It says this is necessary to help citizens verify the authenticity of a handset and report the suspected misuse of telecom resources. The move – which comes in one of the world’s largest phone markets, with more than 1.2 billion mobile users – has…
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, resigned from his position with immediate effect for health reasons, the president’s office has said. The 63-year-old’s departure coincides with a period of heightened security challenges across Nigeria, with the government under pressure to deal with a spate of mass kidnappings. Last week, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that at least 402 people, mostly schoolchildren, had been kidnapped since mid-November. In the latest sign of the insecurity, gunmen abducted at least 20 people, including a Christian pastor, a Muslim bride and her bridesmaids, in two separate raids…
Pope Leo XIV led a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port explosion and demanded justice for its victims, as he wrapped up his three-day visit to Lebanon. He also met some relatives of the 218 people who were killed by the massive blast on 4 August 2020, which devastated a large part of the capital. Later, the Pope said he was “deeply moved” by his visit to the port and shared “the thirst for truth and justice, of so many families, of an entire country”. No-one has yet been held accountable for the disaster, which happened when…
A Zambian-American influencer and political vlogger has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for hate speech for making insulting remarks about Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian-born Ethel Chisono Edwards, who also holds US citizenship and works as an estate agent in New York, has a large following across various social media accounts. Known as “One Boss Lady”, she has become renowned for her rants about the president over the last two years. The 42-year-old was arrested at Zambia’s main airport three months ago after arriving to attend her grandmother’s funeral. She pleaded guilty in a magistrate’s court in the…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said she will recommend a travel ban on several countries which she claims are “flooding” the US with criminal activity. Writing on social media on Monday, Noem said she had met President Donald Trump and decided to suggest “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies”. Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) then shared Noem’s post on their respective official social media accounts. It is not yet clear which countries the proposed travel ban would impact, or when it could begin.…
Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, has been released from a US prison, according to online records of federal inmates, after he received a pardon from US President Donald Trump for drug charges. The records show Hernández was released from the high security facility of USP Hazelton in West Virginia on Monday. Hernández was found guilty in March 2024 of conspiring to import cocaine to the US, and of possessing machine guns. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. The US president said Hernández had been “treated very harshly and unfairly” in a social media post announcing…
Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has announced the removal of Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale as Senate Majority Chief Whip following a resolution by the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.# In an official communication to the Senators on Tuesday, Speaker Kingi confirmed receiving minutes of a meeting held by the UDA party on December 2, 2025, that resolved to remove Khalwale as the Majority Whip. The Speaker noted that the change met the minimum threshold required under law and has been effected forthwith. In Khalwale’s place, Speaker Kingi noted that Bungoma Senator David Wakoli Wafula would take over the office. “From…
Four people were arrested in South Korea for allegedly hacking more than 120,000 video cameras in homes and businesses and using the footage to make sexually exploitative materials for an overseas website. Police announced the arrests on Sunday, saying the accused exploited the Internet Protocol (IP) cameras’ vulnerabilities, such as simple passwords. A cheaper alternative to CCTV, IP cameras – otherwise known as home cameras – connect to a home internet network and are often installed for security or to monitor the safety of children and pets. Locations of cameras hacked in the country reportedly included private homes, karaoke rooms,…
Left-wing Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane has died in detention, five weeks after he was arrested, his lawyers and party have announced. Ekane, 74, was among the leaders of an opposition coalition who endorsed Issa Tchiroma Bakary in October’s presidential election. Tchiroma Bakary says he was the rightful winner of the poll, officially won by 92-year-old incumbent Paul Biya. Tchiroma Bakary has since fled to The Gambia. No official cause of Ekane’s death has been announced. His party has accused the authorities of denying him access to his medication – a charge the government has denied. According to a spokesman…
A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as top federal prosecutor for New Jersey – in a ruling that may affect scores of criminal cases in the state. The president handpicked Habba for the role of US attorney this year, but a district court rejected her nomination, so the Trump administration installed her in a role that allowed her to fill in on an acting basis. The appellate judges found on Monday that this tactic, which bypassed confirmation by the US Senate, violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.…
For a lot of businesses, marketing just feels like a slow grind. No matter how much time or energy they dedicate to it, they just can’t move the needle as much as they’d like. That’s where breakthrough marketing efforts come into the picture. All the best businesses and companies use these when they want to really start performing and go to the next level. But what constitutes a proper breakthrough method? What’s the right approach? That’s what we run through in this guide. By the end, you should have a better understanding of what you need to do: Breakthrough…
Order is the name of the game when it comes to productivity in any busy construction or project environment. This is where the concept of a site office is introduced. Today, you are going to take a closer look at why these offices are about more than just temporary shelters. 1. Central Hub for Communication The site office acts as a control point for all the team members, contractors, and clients; a place where they can all meet. Instead of scattering the team in different areas, this single point makes sure every conversation happens here, resulting in faster and clearer…
As the business scales, you are involved in more meetings and projects and non-stop decision-making. It’s tempting to try to keep juggling strategy, leadership and individual tasks all at once. Hiring a chief of staff is about making sure priorities are clear and helping the institution maximise its effectiveness. In this article, you will learn that hiring a chief of staff can improve your efficiency effectively. What a Chief of Staff Actually Does A chief of staff assists the CEO or senior leaders, almost like a second set of hands and eyes. Projects are managed, priorities are filtered, and everyone’s kept moving in the same…
US President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former investment manager David Gentile, who was just days into a seven-year prison sentence for fraud. Bureau of Prisons records show that Gentile was released on Wednesday, less than two weeks after he reported to prison. Gentile, the former chief executive and founder of GPB Capital, was convicted last year in what federal prosecutors described as a multi-year scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of private equity funds. He’s the latest in a string of white-collar criminals whose sentences Trump has commuted. Gentile was convicted in…