A West Virginia man convicted of filming an infant being sexually abused will likely spend life in prison. Kanawha Circuit Judge Tera Salango sentenced Richard Smith II, 41, on Wednesday to serve between 205 and 775 years behind bars. Smith was convicted last month of 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, four counts of sexual…
Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho has been branded “stupid” by his lawyer after being banged up for using a fake passport. Adolfo Marin insisted the former Barcelona and AC Milan star had no idea he was doing anything wrong by trying to enter Paraguay with a dodgy passport. In an interview with Brazilian newspaper Folha de…
Over 100 cows have lost their eye sight in Kakamba sub county in Isingiro district, cattle keepers have confirmed. Benon Mutakirwa Rugaju, the chairperson Kakamba Dairy Cooperative Society which brings together 150 dairy farmers in Kakamba sub county confirmed to this website that their cows are going blind and they suspect fake drugs is the…
The deputy commander of the Land Forces, Maj Gen Sam Kavuma, has said the locust invasion has been contained. Over the last month, desert locusts have entered Uganda from Kenya, spreading across several districts in Teso, Karamoja, Lango, Acholi and West Nile sub-regions. However, Gen Kavuma, who is the UPDF focal person in the fight…
Uganda Police in Rukiga District is investigating circumstances where a police officer is allegedly accused of shooting a UPDF soldier. Sgt David Mperize who was shot in the leg, is attached to the 2nd Division in Mbarara District. According to sources, he is alleged to have been shot by Constable Alex Twongyeirwe attached to Kamwezi…
Uganda Police has arrested eleven people suspected to be behind the throwing of bottles at Bebe Cool during Cindy’s Boom Party concert over the weekend at Lugogo Cricket Oval. “The suspects were arrested by our covert officers that were within the crowd. They are detained at Jinja Road Police Station,” Police spokesman Fred Enanga said…
Gen. Muhoozi Keinerugaba has expressed disappointment over police’s failure to arrest revelers who threw bottles at musician Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool during a music concert. He said he expects police to arrest culprits next time. On Saturday evening, Bebe Cool was pelted with bottles by angry revelers while performing on stage at a music…
It has been a while since Old Trafford reverberated like this at the final whistle and it has been a while since Manchester United have had a player to pin their hopes on like Bruno Fernandes. Maybe Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s hyperbole about the Portuguese international being a mix of Paul Scholes and Juan Sebastian Veron is…
At least two people have been killed and several others severely injured in a land fight involving family members in Aloc ‘A’ Village, Aromo Sub- County Lira District. The dead have been identified as Ketty Akwero, 41 and her 2-year old daughter, Dolly Akullo. They were killed on Friday night. It is alleged that Akwero…
Uganda’s ministry of health on Sunday said at least 22 foreign nationals would return to their home countries amid rising fears of the spread of coronavirus. Uganda is hosting the Uganda –Europe Business forum starting tomorrow (March 9) to March 10. “Yesterday, we received 22 passengers from the Category 1 countries who were identified by…
