Author: Umoja Editor

In the wake of tension at Parliament where every MP is suspicious of being arrested over corruption that is alleged to have circumvented the FY2024/25 budget, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Legislators not to hide from attending the reading of the 2024/25 budget, due to fear of arrest, saying Parliament will stand by all its people including the three MPs arrested over corruption until they are pronounced guilty. The Speaker however clarified that, this decision should not be viewed as Parliament condoning corruption in Parliament and the country at large. He made the remarks…

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Former LCV Chairman of Amudat district found in Karamoja sub region has been convicted and sentenced to a jail term for stealing a government vehicle and selling it off in spare parts. Credit: East News Francis Kiyonga Adamson was sentenced today, Thursday, 13th June, 2024 by the Grade One Magistrates’ Court in Matuga to 23 months and 14 days in jail. Court also sentenced Kiyonga to an additional fine of Shs80M to be paid to Amudat district within six months of completing his custodial sentence. Kiyonga was charged in 2021 with stealing and selling spare parts of a government vehicle,…

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ABDUCTORS are demanding N20 million ransom for Ezekiel Paul, the retired school principal they kidnapped Sunday in his residence in Ikot Abasi Akpan, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State Paul was picked up from his home near the Community Civic Centre at 7 am while preparing to attend Mass at the St. Pius’ Church Parish. Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Command, ASP Timfon John, confirmed yesterday: “The police are aware and strategic efforts are ongoing” towards rescuing yet another victim of resurgent kidnaps in Akwa Ibom. A source narrated, “Akparawa Ezekiel Paul was kidnapped on Sunday…

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A female student has reportedly murdered her newborn baby in the Federal University Dutse (FUD) school hostel in Jigawa State. The student reportedly gave birth in a toilet in the hostel on Monday, June 10, after which she allegedly threw her baby from the top floor of a three-storey building. A video from the scene shows the body of the newborn lying on concrete where it landed. Two students are seen trying to wrap the baby and the discarded placenta in a towel. Students are seen watching the baby while condemning the mother. Another video shows a mammoth crowd of…

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So heartbreaking, A Nigerian bride has shared her experience with blindness which struck her 36 hours to her wedding. She sadly lost her sight after a pharmacist prescribed the wrong eye drop for her and asked her to use it at night. The next day, the bride identified as @explorraa on the TikTok app said she woke up blind with her pupils dilated. At a point, her eyes began to tear up due to light rays and she was rushed back to the pharmacist who gave her the eye drop. They however met another pharmacist on duty who expressed shock…

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Residents of Aoli Village, Agwiciri Parish, Inomo Sub County were engulfed in deep astonishment on Monday after a 28 years old man walked naked for nearly five kilometers from the trading center to his home after losing all the clothes he had donned on to fellow card game players which he had used as a guarantee for the game. Robin Ebong, 28, according to local residents, first staked his trouser, but after losing the game, again staked the shirt, vest and other belongings including underwears to his fellow card game players at the trading center. Ebong reportedly didn’t have money,…

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A piece of sad news coming from Kasoa reports that a young guy named Adam Nana has stabbed his girlfriend to death. According to sources, Nana’s girlfriend caught him cheating red-handed and attacked him with a knife. Nana who is stronger than his girlfriend grabbed the knife from her after being stabbed over 3 times and did the same to her It has also been reported that the deceased’s friend is the one who gossiped to her that her guy was cheating on her with another lady. The deceased is reported to have ordered a motorcycle to take her to…

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Hon. Henry Quartey who is the Interior Minister has declared that June 17th, 2024 should be observed as a public holiday in the country. This is because Sunday, June 16, 2024, is Eid-Ul-Adha, a legally recognized public holiday. Consequently, the nation has also proclaimed Monday, June 17, 2024, as a holiday. A Statement on the Ministry’s website reads: “The general public is hereby informed that Sunday, 16th June 2024 marks Eid-Ul-Adha which is a Statutory Public Holiday. However, in view of the fact that 16th June, 2024 falls on a Sunday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana,…

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By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard  Wednesday 12th June, 2024 In the Wednesday Shilloh Service at Karimero Souls Redemption Ministries (KSRM) Church Brother Charles Mukundane, the Overseer of the Ministry cited for the congregation important lessons that we may delve from the scripture in Luke 15: 1-10. This scripture talks about the story Pharisees and tax collector. He zeroed on verse 7, that says; …. In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 respectable people who do not need to repent. And here he posed, like Jesus, who surely…

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Police in Serere district are actively investigating the circumstances under which an 18 year old girl was murdered by a yet to be identified man in the district. Credit; East News The shocking case of suspected murder by strangulation has left the community in Sapiri Cell, Kangodo Ward, Ocaapa Town Council, Serere District in shock. The deceased identified as Scovia Apio was a senior three student of Homeward Secondary School in Serere district. Edison Obukulem, the acting East Kyoga Police Spokesperson says that preliminary findings indicate that the deceased received death threats from her boyfriend, a one Philip Ajotu on…

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