Three Hours Late and It's Black Smoke
The first day of the papal conclave ended without a new pope, as black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 9:01pm local time—nearly three hours after...
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Have Bobi Wine and Mpuuga Crossed the Rubicon?
Just days after a choreographed public appearance meant to foster reconciliation, opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine, and former National Unity...
Over 5,000 Faithful Join Cardinals in Prayer Ahead of Pope Election at Vatican
In a deeply reverent Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff held on the morning of 7 May at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the...
‘Bang the Twins’ Slur Tears Apart Ssemakadde Girls
Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde’s public reckoning over his troubled ties with twin sisters Yvonne Babirye and Cynthia Nakato has taken another sordi...
From Gaza to Juba, Cardinals Urge Faithful to Pray as World Grows Numb to Endless Wars
As the world reels from unrelenting violence in Gaza, a stalemated war in Ukraine, and worsening instability in South Sudan—despite one of the most dramatic papal...
Absa Enhances its Digital Offering With Instant Loans, Online Account Opening
Absa Bank Uganda today unveiled two new digital innovations, digi loans and online account opening, aimed at meeting the growing demand for fast, convenient, and paperles...
Smuggled to Dust: URA Destroys Over 100 Tonnes of Unstamped Goods in Nakasongola
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has destroyed more than 100 tons of goods found without Digital Tax Stamps (DTS), intensifying its crackdown on tax evasion and substan...
2025 Stanbic National Schools Championship Bootcamp Kicks Off
For the next seven days, over 150 schools are participating in the highly demanding, but exciting boot camp stage of the annual Stanbic National Schools Championship (NSC...
Refugee Women in West Nile Camps Equipped With Financial Literacy Skills
Stanbic Bank Uganda has through its Stanbic for Her initiative, has partnered with UN Women to launch a transformative programme in the West Nile region, targeting both r...
Ukraine drone attack shuts Moscow airports, says Russia
BBC | Russia says Ukraine has launched an overnight drone attack targeting Moscow for the second night in a row.All four of the capital's major airports were closed for s...