NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 11 – Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, are among several leaders who are attending the requiem mass of Beatrice Wambui Muturi.
Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka and opposition politicians are also present.
Beatrice Wambui Muturi who died aged 90 is Uhuru’s first cousin.
NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 11 – President William Ruto has launched a fresh attack on retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, dismissing his assessment of public opinion ahead of the 2027 General Election and telling him to seek advice from sober Kenyans rather than drunkards. The former President specifically appealed to Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Democratic Action Party of Kenya leader Eugene Wamalwa to put aside their individual ambitions.
By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA — Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has urged legal practitioners across the country to prioritise access to justice by extending legal services to indigent and vulnerable citizens who cannot afford legal representation. Earlier, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okunsanya, SAN, urged NBA-SPIDEL to intensify its advocacy for justice, democracy and development, particularly in protecting vulnerable citizens and improving access to justice.
But following the recent introduction of the contraflow traffic system for the service, the sector minister, Mahama Ayariga, has set a doubled target of 16,000 daily passenger journeys for the service, which is to be achieved by Christmas 2026. The Aayalolo contraflow service operates on major commuter routes linking Kasoa, Amasaman and Adentan to central Accra.
Nigerian-born American lawyer, Shirley U. Emehelu, has made history as the first immigrant to become Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Emehelu, who emigrated from Nigeria as a child, was appointed by Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Monday, becoming the fifth Lieutenant Governor of the state. A graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School, Emehelu also worked in private legal practice and served as a judicial clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Plus letters from Sheila Triggs and Stephen Smith A key lesson for the UK from the US midterm elections is that a different approach to managing the economy is essential if Labour hopes to retain power in two years’ time. Voters in the UK will judge Andy Burnham’s government just as harshly as American voters have judged Donald Trump if they too feel the economy is not working for them.
By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR Thousands of aggrieved local government workers in Cross River State on Tuesday protested at the Federal Secretariat in Calabar, rejecting the state government’s claim that 3,000 of them had been reinstated and describing the announcement as a “huge hoax”. Receiving the protesters at his office, the Public Complaints Commission’s Federal Commissioner for Cross River State, Dr Owa Egbara, commended them for their orderly conduct and said he had studied their petition.