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17 Jun '26
Hull City could face a shock points deduction immediately after earning promotion to the Premier League. The Tigers clawed their way into the Championship top six on the final day of the season, but weren’t expected to challenge for promotion to the big time.Having beaten Millwall in the
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17 Jun '26
Violence erupted in Kidongole Sub-County, Bukedea District, after residents confronted an attempted exhumation of a grave, leaving a grandmother critically injured and triggering a police investigation. The incident occurred in Kanyanga village, where the community of about 200 people reportedly
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17 Jun '26
Kampala High Court judge has awarded journalist Pidson Kareire Shs30 million in damages after ruling that his constitutional rights were violated through unlawful detention, torture, and denial of access to legal representation, family members, and medical care..The decision, delivered by
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17 Jun '26
Senior Four student of New Life Secondary School in Luwero Town Council has died after allegedly being severely beaten by a teacher, while another student remains admitted to the hospital following the same incident. The deceased has been identified as 16-year-old Nicholas Nakibinge, while the id
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17 Jun '26
Ugandan TV presenter Angella Kabagambe, a familiar face to viewers across western Uganda through her previous work on TV West, has died. Angella Kabagambe also worked with the Uganda Catholic Television (UCTV).News of Kabagambe’s death emerged on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, triggering an o
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17 Jun '26
The Anti-Corruption Division resumed hearing the corruption case involving former Permanent Secretary, Geraldine Ssali, and her co-accused. Ssali and five co-accused were charged with the alleged fraudulent payment of 3.4 billion shillings meant for compensation of Buyaka Growers Cooperative Soci
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17 Jun '26
Elizabeth Nyasuna, who worked as Team Leader at Stanbic Bank’s Entebbe branch, has been awarded Shs 40 million by the court after the bank unlawfully dismissed her over a suspicious Shs 75 million cash withdrawal in 2012.Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana of the Industrial Court said Stanbic
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17 Jun '26
Lawyer and former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been remanded to Luzira (Murchison Bay) Prison after appearing before court on charges of misprision of treason.His lawyers were led by Medard Ssegona Lubega. The others include Proscovia Kinihira, Samuel Muyizzi, Muhammed Nsereko, Mat
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17 Jun '26
Uganda's €2.7bn ($3.1bn) Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project could be under threat, with Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba proclaiming on June 16 that the contract awarded to Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi had been “cancelled”.There has been no confirmation or denial from the
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16 Jun '26
nation Media Correspondent for Greater Bushenyi district, Hillary Twinamastiko is nursing injuries after he was allegedly assaulted by the at Kashenshero Police Station in Mitooma district. Twinamastiko was alleges that he was following a story about a viral social media video by Allan Hillary As