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Kenya’s Court of Appeal struck down criminal penalties for publishing “false information” online, a decision that weakens a cybercrime law rights groups say has been used to arrest bloggers, journalists, and social media users since 2018. In a ruling delivered in Nairobi on Friday, a three-judge bench invalidated Sections 22 and 23 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, saying the provisions were vague and infringed constitutional protections for freedom of expression and media freedom.  The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE), Article 19 Eastern Africa, the Kenya Union of Journalists, and other civil society groups filed the case in the…

President Tinubu has appointed 65 Ambassadors. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the deployment of 65 ambassadors to represent Nigeria in various countries and international missions, including the United Nations. The list, which includes 31 non-career ambassadors and 34 career diplomats, was made public on Friday in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Among the notable political figures on the list are former presidential spokesman Reno Omokri, who has been posted to Mexico City, and former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, who will serve as Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany.…

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 March 2026 – BDMS Wellness Clinic, the preventive healthcare center under Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDMS), is spearheading a defining new chapter in Thailand’s national development strategy through strategic partnerships with public and private sectors both locally and internationally — including collaboration with the Global Wellness Institute (GWI), the preeminent global research and advisory organization dedicated to advancing the wellness economy, widely recognized for its data-driven industry intelligence, economic impact reports, and policy guidance shaping wellness markets worldwide. Together with global biotechnology pioneers including Illumina, Abbott, Straumann Group, and…

In many communities across Zamfara State, the fasting season is a time of reflection, faith, and shared sacrifice. But for thousands of families facing economic hardship, it can also be a period of increased strain. This year, relief came in a tangible, heartfelt, and memorable form. TMDK Group, through its coordinated community outreach initiative, distributed 7,000 bags of rice and 10,000 bags of maize flour to residents within the Talata Mafara LGA in Zamfara State. The distribution was designed to support vulnerable households during the fasting season, ensuring that families could observe the period with dignity and reduced financial pressure…

President Donald Trump The US had claimed that its current invasion of Iran is over nuclear talks, but these fell apart given the contradictory statements by Trump and leading members of his administration. These include claims that the talks were stalling, which was a lie, to claims that Iran had developed a nuclear capacity to strike US. The lie in the latter is in the fact that the same US claimed in June, 2025 that it had destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme. The on-going invasion of Iran by the United States (US) and Israel, coupled with the zeal of the European…

News » Premier League news » Manchester United newsMarch 6, 2026 20:11 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Man Utd duo to return vs Villa? Manchester United are set to receive a double injury boost ahead of the Premier League clash against Aston Villa at Old Trafford this month. The Red Devils were recently on a seven-match unbeaten streak before a disappointing loss to Newcastle United at St James’ Park on Sunday.Lisandro Martinez was sidelined for a third-straight game with a calf problem, but he is poised to return against the Villans on the 15th of March.The centre-back could be reinstated in the starting XI…

Nigerian football fans have turned to dark humour on social media platform X to mock the country’s persistent electricity crisis, joking that even if the Super Eagles make it to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, many Nigerians will have no power to watch the matches, Saturday PUNCH reports. The jokes come against the backdrop of a worsening national grid situation. Nigeria’s electricity generation dropped below the 4,000 megawatt threshold in recent weeks due to persistent gas supply shortages affecting thermal power plants, with the Nigerian Independent System Operator recording just 3,940.53 megawatts as of one Thursday morning. The grid collapsed…

Popular afrobeats singer, Ahmed Ololade, better known as Asake, has melted the hearts of people after a video of him gifting his father, Fatai Odunsi, fondly known as Malo, a 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado jeep, valued at about N130m on Friday, March 6, 2026. Earlier in the week, Asake had gifted his mother a new Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon G63, said to be worth about N311m. Although fans initially questioned his motive for gifting his mother a new car without doing the same for his father, Asake and his father remained silent, letting their actions speak amid the heated debates that…

“At a time of tensions both globally and regionally, it is in everyone’s interest to secure lasting peace and security in Colombia,” said Miroslav Jenča, delivering his quarterly briefing. He said the coming year “undoubtedly provides a window to advance peace as a strategic national objective, and for Colombia and its partners to engage constructively through dialogue to address shared challenges,” particularly in the border area with Venezuela “where cooperation on all sides is essential.”  Switch in focus Mr. Jenča also heads the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, and he reported on re-organization outlined in Council resolution 2798 (2025), adopted last October. The resolution extended the Mission’s mandate for a year…

At the funeral, a woman clutched a photograph of smiling pupils—perhaps her own daughters, now dead. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights demanded a “prompt, impartial and thorough investigation” into what it called a “horrific” attack. Iran is in mourning. One hundred and sixty-five schoolgirls and staff were killed in a strike during the U.S.–Israel war, their small coffins draped in the national flag and borne on trucks through grieving streets. I read all these on Al Jazeera! What kind of people spend their days and nights designing, manufacturing and storing weapons that mass-kill innocent…