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📸: The prison officer. A prison officer who told an inmate "I'm literally praying to have your babies", in what the judge described as the most shocking case of its type he could remember, has been jailed. Charlotte Winstanley, now 27, began an intimate relationship with gang member Jabhari Blair, 30, shortly after starting her job at Lindholme Prison, near Doncaster. She was discovered to have smuggled various forbidden items for him, including a mobile phone through which they exchanged explicit photographs and footage. Winstanley has now been sentenced to two-and-a-half years at Sheffield Crown Court. The court was told how communications discovered between Winstanley and Blair revealed they referred to Mondays as their "date nights". She also boasted to a colleague that she was "having sex daily and it was the best sex she ever had". The court heard on Friday how messages uncovered between Winstanley and Blair included them saying how Mondays were...

By Brian Adams / 2 February 2026 : 09:55 ” No dish on the roof. No technician waiting somewhere between 8 a.m. and “maybe this afternoon”. Just… bars of signal where there shouldn’t be any. Outside, fields blurred past the window. Everyone was doing that same little ritual: tilt the phone, stretch the arm, curse the dead zone. One guy across the aisle muttered something about needing to send a file “before the tunnel kills me again”. Two minutes later, his video call came back to life like nothing had happened. Starlink’s new mobile satellite service doesn’t ask you to change your phone, or drill a single hole in your wall. It quietly hijacks a habit we already have, and flips the rules of coverage on their head. Starlink goes pocket-sized: what “no installation” really looks like Picture someone on a fishing boat, 40 kilometers off the coast, checking Instagram stories like they’re in downtown London. That’s the spirit of Starlink’s mobile satellite launch. The company is ...

Surgeons have been banned from practicing plastic surgery after a billionaire patient died during a penis enlargement procedure. Belgian-Israeli diamond dealer Ehud Arye Laniado, 65, died of a heart attack during the procedure to enlarge his penis at the Saint-Honore-Ponthieu aesthetic clinic in Paris. His star surgeon, known as Guy H, was known for operating on wealthy clients and he treated Ehud two to four times a year in procedures costing tens of thousands of euros. Wealthy Omega Diamonds owner Ehud would be operated on out of office hours. He had been having injections into his penis to make it appear larger. An investigation was swiftly opened into potential manslaughter chargers following his death, though it soon shifted to charges of failing to assist a person in danger, drug offences and practicing medicine without a licence. A Paris court on Wednesday suspended Guy H's licence and sentenced him to 15 months behind bars. His surgeon, who had been...

Wednesday 28-1-2026. The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Defence Council, sitting at the Land Force Headquarters, has elected ten representatives to the 12th Parliament. Those elected are Lt Gen Sam Okiding, Lt Gen James Mugira, Lt Gen Sam Kavuma, Maj Gen Henry Matsiko, Maj Gen James Kinalwa, Maj Gen Joseph Ssemwanga, Brig David Robert Gonyi, Col Sylvia Meeme, Col Christine Nekesa, and Col Night Ikiriza. The election was presided over by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF, H.E. Gen (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who chaired the Defence Council meeting convened specifically to elect the UPDF’s representatives to Parliament. In his address, President Museveni emphasised that successful political leadership is anchored in identifying and addressing the people’s real and solvable needs. “Political leadership which succeeds does so because leaders accurately identify solvable needs and then solve them,” he said. Reflecting on the just-concluded elections, Pres...

📸: The NUP Party Candidate Simon Kasirye fainted down on the floor this early morning around 2AM, 28-1-2026. Photo by Denis Edema. The National Unity Platform (NUP) flag bearer in the Jinja South Division mayoral race, Simon Kasirye has collapsed at Jinja City tally centre as he protested "inflated votes" for his opponent, Mr Faruwa Kitakule of the ruling National Resistance Movement - NRM  According to Kasirye, some of the declarations of results (DR) forms from some polling stations were forged in favour of the NRM candidate. Source: Daily Monitor.

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 📸: Uhuru Nelson addressing the media after his nomination on 22-10-2025 at Maracha District Electoral Commission Office. Photo by Osuta Yusuf. Following the recently concluded 15-1-2026 general election, the NRM party candidate for Maracha Constituency MP position, Uhuru Nelson emerged victorious after defeating the Incumbent MP Candidate Hon Oguzu Lee Denis, the FDC Party Candidate who has served the Constituency for two terms (10 years) from 2016 - 2021 and 2021 - 2026. The 26-years-old Uhuru Nelson won the hearts of the voters after promising them job opportunities through establishing a technical school, fight against corruption, women empowerment and establishing secondary schools with constructions currently ongoing in Oluffe, Obiba and Kijomoro Sub-county.  Uhuru Nelson was declared the winner of the 15-1-2026 general election after he garnered 13,696 votes, followed by Independent candidate Obeta M...

Tuesday 27-1-2026. 📸: The recovered guns. Photo by Uganda Police.  Security agencies have arrested five(05) suspects in connection with a series of aggravated robberies within the Kampala Metropolitan Policing area and recovered three firearms. The arrests were made during intelligence-led operations conducted between 24th and 27th January 2026 in Kiti A Zone, Kirinya Parish, Bweyogerere Division, Wakiso District . The suspects have been identified as; Amutuhairwe Robinson, a discharged former army personnel, Okello Daniel, guard working with Fortebet ,Kasango Arafat, Luyirika Joseph innocent and Alphonse Daniel. During the operation, officers recovered three guns and three magazines, among other exhibits. Following interrogation, the suspects confessed to their involvement in the murder of ASP Bagenda Emmanuel, the Officer-in-Charge of Ntawo. The incident occurred on 23rd November 2025 at about 10:00pm along the Ntawo–Nyenje Road, Ntawo Cell, Ntawo Ward, Mukono Cen...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 24-1-2026. In a tightly contested race to vote the directly elected Councilor for Yivu Sub-county to Maracha District Council to serve in the next five years (2026 - 2031), Hon Alema Dicky the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party Candidate has defeated Drileyo David the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party candidate during Thursday 22-1-2026 Local Council elections held Countrywide Hon Alema Dicky whose campaign manifesto focused on lobbying a Seed Secondary School, boreholes and piped water for Yivu Sub-county, won the heart of the people by getting 1,722 votes, defeating the UPC Party Candidate Drileyo David whose campaign manifesto focused on transparency, equality for all Sub-counties, accountability, roads, bridges and fighting corruption but he ended up getting 826 votes.  It should be noted that, the position for the Councilor for Yivu Sub-county to Maracha District Council stayed vacant for 2 years and 9 months after the Incumbent ...

📸: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Hon. Norbert Mao. Courtesy Photo. Fr Charles Onen, the incumbent Laroo-Pece Division Legislator, has conceded defeat to Norbert Mao, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in the just concluded Parliamentary elections. Mao, who is the Democratic Party President General, was announced the winner of the hotly contested Laroo-Pece Division parliamentary race in Gulu City by Mike Jjuko, the electoral commission Returning Officer on Friday afternoon. Mao polled 7,359 votes, defeating the incumbent Charles Onen, who garnered 5,562 votes. Onen says he has accepted the outcome of the results and wishes the victor success in his next five-year term in office serving the people of Laroo-Pece Division. Onen, however, says that while he has conceded the defeat, he still needs to assess why he lost, arguing that there were flaws in the electoral process, especially after the malfunctioning of the Biometric Voters Verification ...

In a remarkable development preceding the 2026 general elections, the Government Chief Whip, Hamson Obua, suffered a surprise defeat in the Ajuri County Alebtong District seat in Northern Uganda's Lango sub-region, losing to Samuel Okwir.  To take a way the shame of the whip loosing, electoral Commission has alleged called for vote recount to suggesting a by election on day one.  Despite running as the official candidate for the National Resistance Movement, Obua was ousted by Okwir, who successfully contested as an Independent candidate. Formerly a teacher, Samuel Okwir effectively positioned himself as a grassroots alternative, focusing on localized issues such as enhanced health services and direct community engagement, thereby distinguishing himself from Obua's emphasis on national parliamentary duties in Kampala.  Okwir's triumph is noteworthy, as he garnered substantial support from the NRM's traditional base, underscoring the growing influence of Inde...

📸: Robert Kasinante addressing a campaign rally recently. Courtesy Photo. Robert Kasibante, presidential candidate for the National Peasants Party (NPP), has filed an election petition with the Supreme Court challenging Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's victory in the recent presidential and parliamentary polls After securing 33,440 votes, thereby finishing sixth with 0.30% of the total votes cast, Kasibante is seeking court intervention to annul the election results, order a fresh presidential poll, and direct an audit of electoral processes.  The petition alleges widespread electoral irregularities, violence, and a perceived lack of neutrality on the part of the Electoral Commission.  📸: Copy of the Election Petition filed at Supreme Court of Uganda. Furthermore, concerns are raised regarding polling stations that were not officially gazetted, the conduct of security personnel, the use of biometric voter verification devices, and alleged instance...

Animal industry Minister Bright Rwamiram Kanyontore declared unopposed in the race for Isingiro North parliamentary seat. This follows the withdrawal of Alliance for National Transformation candidate Anthony Rutahwire from the contest under circumstances that remain unclear. Earlier, the Electoral Commission had disqualified other contenders, including Ankunda Best Anorld of the PFF and Ntanda Sharif, after determining that they had allegedly forged the signatures of their seconders, despite having initially been nominated.

Police in Gulu City are investigating a case of attempted murder of an Election Special Police Constable identified as Cpl George Komakech.   David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa West Police spokesperson says the incident occurred on Monday at Layibi A&B Cell, Pece-Laroo Division in Gulu City at around 02:45am.  It's alleged that on Sunday, Caneroma Immaculate, the segment commander of Aywee briefed 24 ESPCs who were on duty and thereafter cpl Komakech George was booked out to Layibi Center, Pece-Laroo Division in Gulu City for night patrol with 24 Election Special Police Constables.  On Monday as they were heading back to the station, they came across four men along the road of whom one ran away when the patrollers inquired where they were heading to. Cpl Komakech ran after him and when his colleagues followed him they found when he had already been stabbed with a knife.  The victim was rushed to Gulu Referral Hospital for medical assistance. Three people we...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 20-11-2025. 📸: The crowd that gathered to listen to Obeta Moses Drakua on Friday 19-12-2025 at Kijomoro primary school playground in Dranzipi Ward, Okokoro Town Council, Maracha District. Photo by Osuta Yusuf,  Our News Reporter.  The Maracha Constituency MP Candidate,  an NRM-leaning after the NRM party primary election, Obeta Moses Drakua who is contesting for the position of MP for Maracha Constituency, has pledged to end the politics of abuses and blackmail in Maracha by being the last to be the victim of such a bad politics in the political history of Maracha District. 📸: The campaign poster of Obeta Moses Drakua, Independent Candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election.  What you need to know; ⚫ In 2016 MP election campaign for Maracha Constituency Oguzu Lee Denis (FDC Party candidate) was blackmailed as a child with a lot of mucus in his nose unfortunately, he defeated the then Incumbent MP Hon Alex Onzim...

Friday, December 12, 2025 By Juliet Kigongo. What you need to know: Cultural cleansing allowed for man convicted of bestiality.  A 22-year-old man has been convicted and cautioned by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Pader District after pleading guilty to having sexual intercourse with a goat, a crime considered “against the order of nature” under Uganda’s Penal Code. Acting Chief Magistrate Martin Kirya cautioned Emmanuel Ocen at his own plea on the charge of carnal knowledge of a goat under section 134(b) of the Penal Code Act. Court records revealed that the incident occurred on October 1, 2025, at Abilin Nino Village, Angangura Sub-County, Pader District. Ocen gave a detailed confession before the court, admitting he had mistaken the animal for his girlfriend. “It is true; I had sexual intercourse with the goat thinking I was having sex with my girlfriend,” he told the court on Friday. Ocen explained that he worked for a local traditional healer, and a female visitor...

Story by Osuta Yusuf.    Maracha District. 14-12-2025. 📸: The poster of Independent Candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election, Obeta Moses Drakua. What You Need to Know: ⚫ Recent research for the 2024 / 2025 done by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) indicates that, 754 million adults worldwide remain illiterate, out of which, the 2024 National Population and Housing Census released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), shows approximately 11.9 million Ugandans are considered illiterate. The NRM-Leaning Independent MP Candidate Obeta Moses Drakua, who, in his campaign trails across the 8 Sub-counties of Maracha Constituency, keeps on campaigning and distributing the posters of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has pledged to establish Adult Literacy Learning Program (ALLP) if he is elected as the MP for Maracha Constituency in the upcoming 15-1-2026 general election. He emphasized this as one of his manifestos while addressing ...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 10-December-2025. Click here on the link to watch the whole fracas broadcasted Live on #Information_is_Power YouTube channel on Tuesday 9-December-2025. Courtesy Photo: Ofeku Gabriel, Maracha District NRM Party Chairperson. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party leadership in Maracha District has on Tuesday 9-Dec-2025 survived attack from angry youths in Okokoro Town Council over improper accountability stemming from the said 35m Shs facilitation monies that were given for mobilization towards President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s campaign in the district on 14-10-2025. The violence against the party leadership over lack of transparency and proper accountability, took place on Tuesday at Oribani Primary School playground in Anyafio cell, Poo Ward, Okokoro Town Council, Maracha Constituency during NRM Party structure campaigns for its flag Bearers for Local Council positions, Parliamentary and P...

Story by Osuta Yusuf.  Maracha District. 6-Dec-2025. 📸: Obeta Moses addressing the gathering in Ayivu B Ward, Ovujo Town Council in Maracha District. The NRM-Leaning Independent candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election has pledged to empower farmers in Maracha Constituency by allocating monies for farmers group as a seed capital. He made the remarks while campaigning for his MP bid  in Otravu Cell, Ayivu B Ward in Ovujo Town on Friday 5-December-2025. Obeta Moses Drakua who is also a farmer and was visited in 2023 by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over his wealth creation efforts through farming, advised the residents to embark on farming as one of the methods of alleviating them from poverty. 📸: The crowd which gathered to listen to Obeta Moses Drakua’s campaign manifesto. “I have seen and known our people going through lots of hunger and poverty over mainly three things; mindset, weather challenges and lack of support”, Obeta noted as he pro...

Maracha District.  5-December-2025. 📸: Residents gathered around the lake as they searched the missing body of the student. Photo by #Information_is_Power's news reporter.  This afternoon Friday 5-December-2025, a student from St Joseph Laboratory Training School in Maracha hospital, a one  Araku Denis drowned in Rokoze water body in Nyadri Sub-county and the  body has not been retrieved upto this night as the police and residents searched for it and in vain but they are expected to resume retrieving it tomorrow Saturday 6-December-2025. 📸: Photo of the deceased which we captured on his phone screen this night. Araku and his fellow students had  reportedly gone to pass time at water point after completing exams papers of today. Him and callagues got attracted to swimming at water body where he perished.  By press time, efforts to retrieve his body proved futile as the body remains invisible on water surface.  Rokoze water body...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 4-December-2025. 📸 : Hon Driwaru Jennifer being warmly welcomed with a dance. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. The Incumbent woman MP for Maracha District, Hon Driwaru Jennifer who was on Wednesday 3-December-2025 given a thunderous and exciting welcome by the voters in Awiziru Sub-county during her first round of the campaigns in all the 19 Sub-counties of Maracha District as she is also expected to repeat the second round of the rally to all the Sub-counties in the district as per her campaign campaign program submitted to the Electoral Commission, has pledged to lobby for the upgrade and maintenance of the road which starts from the main road to Curube health center and passes across to Okokoro Town Council via a stream river which also lacks a bridge. 📸: The Incumbent woman MP for Maracha District, Hon Driwaru Jennifer who is a staunch NRM party member, holds the NRM party flag as the official party c...