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Oct222021 by Ronald KabuubiNo Comments

Queen ‘spent a night in hospital after cancelling Northern Irish trip’

Africa, Breaking News, East Africa, Europe, USA

The Queen spent the night in hospital for tests just hours after dramatically cancelling an official trip to Northern Ireland to mark the 100th anniversary of the partition of the island. Royal doctors ordered Her Majesty, 95, to rest and advised her to miss a trip to the province, sparking speculation about the reason for the eleventh-hour cancellation. It is understood the trip to the private King Edward VII’s Hospital in London on Wednesday afternoon was expected to be for some ‘preliminary investigations’, and that the overnight stay was for practical reasons. For these reasons, as well as in order to protect the Queen’s medical privacy, the visit was not announced by Buckingham Palace at the time. The Palace said that the monarch was discharged yesterday morning and returned ...

Oct172021 by Ronald KabuubiNo Comments

Killer plotted attack on Tory MP for a week

East Africa, Europe

The killer of Tory MP Sir David Amess planned the murderous assault more than a week in advance, security sources have told The Mail on Sunday. As police continued to question a 25-year-old British man of Somalian descent last night, sources revealed that the attacker had booked an appointment at Sir David’s constituency surgery before stabbing the politician 17 times. The suspect was named last night as Ali Harbi Ali, the son of a former communications adviser to the prime minister of Somalia. Harbi Ali Kullane, confirmed that his son was in police custody following the stabbing and said he was ‘traumatised’ by the arrest. Ali may have lived in Sir David’s Southend West constituency in Essex in the past, but his most recent residence is believed to be in London, where officers have...

Oct152021 by Ronald KabuubiNo Comments

‘Focus on development agenda for Northern Uganda’

Africa, Uganda

Uganda,Kampala: Members of the Greater North Parliamentary Forum have been urged to focus their legislative agenda on the most pressing issues that affect their region. Speaker Jacob Oulanyah who was meeting members of the forum on Wednesday, 13 October asked them to avoid the temptation of focusing on national issues while forgetting their own plight. “Let us come down to the greater North issues; mixing up things is what always brings us down,” said Oulanyah. He asked the MPs to take interest in discussions such as the renewal of the northern region based NUSAF programme whose funding expired two years ago. “We have big funding gaps; for the last two years, there hasn’t been funding for NUSAF but even then, it has been running on US$100 million for a period of five years. What i...

Oct102021 by Ronald KabuubiNo Comments

Newcastle now considering ‘fantastic’ manager who Sir Alex Ferguson loves, says Liam Kennedy

Africa, Sports

Newcastle United are now considering hiring Eddie Howe as a replacement for Steve Bruce, says Liam Kennedy. © Provided by Transfer Tavern Eddie Howe claps to the fans The Lowdown: Bruce set for the axe As per Kennedy, Bruce now looks set to be axed by the St. James’ Park faithful after the takeover by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium officially went through. His position will be one of the first things addressed by the new owners, and although no rash decision is set to be taken, it is recognised that his position has become very precarious in recent times. The Latest: Howe considered Writing in his latest piece for Newcastle World, Kennedy has revealed that Howe is now being considered for the manager’s job once Bruce departs. He has been out of work since lea...