A former Miss South Africa contestant hounded over a nationality row was crowned Miss Universe Nigeria on Saturday, capping a difficult few weeks for her. Born to a Nigerian father in South Africa, 23-year-old Chidimma Adetshina withdrew from the country’s competition “for the safety and wellbeing of my family and I” after a backlash that...
Moscow said yesterday it had thwarted a “massive” drone attack on western Russia and another targeting the capital. “Our defenders are repelling an attempted massive UAV attack on the territory of the Bryansk region” bordering Ukraine, regional governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said. At least 26 drones were “identified and destroyed” by the Russian military, without causing...
A polio vaccination campaign officially began yesterday in the Gaza Strip ,where the United Nations has announced “humanitarian pauses” to allow for large-scale inoculation, a health official told AFP. The campaign was announced after Gaza recorded its first polio case in a quarter of a century last month. It officially began yesterday at three health centres...
Paulina Ndalikokule NKURENKURU – A traditional dance competition organised by the International University of Management’s Nkurenkuru campus to entertain and showcase talent ended in chaos last Wednesday. The chaos erupted after an alleged bias during the judging and police had to be called in to restore order. Students and community members allegedly became disgruntled after...
The term slogan, as used in politics, is claimed to derive from the (Gaelic) Scottish term as Slaughhairm or slogome, which means battle cry or war cry. The term slogan was first used in English in 1589, Stanley. E, (2024). Voters’ behaviour has an impact on both the election method and outcome. As a result,...
EENHANA – Ohangwena regional governor Sebastian Ndeitunga has called for expedited development of Aquifer II to address the region’s drinking water shortages. Ndeitunga made these remarks during his State of the Region Address (Sora) at Eenhana on Wednesday, saying the aquifer, has the potential to provide water to people in and outside of the Ohangwena...
Zebaldt Ngaruka OHAMBO JATATE – Telecom Namibia and MTC customers have called for network expansion in the Omaheke region. The calls are from customers’ complaints in one of the less developed constituencies in the region. Most TN customers complained that the coverage by their service provider ends in the Gobabis area, leaving the other six...
Lahja Nashuuta Recent statistics show that young people constitute 71.1% of Namibia’s total population, with over 900 000 of them having registered to vote. Furthermore, young people represent 10% of the members of the National Assembly, while the National Council has less than 5% of its leaders under the age of 35. Despite these meagre...
Lahja Nashuuta With the Presidential and National Assembly elections fast approaching, the dust of factionalism is refusing to settle within one of Namibia’s oldest political parties, Swanu. The faction led by Evilastus Kaaronda on Saturday launched the party’s manifesto during the Omaheke regional conference in Gobabis. Meanwhile, Windhoek’s 8ste Laan branch, which is said to...
WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay council has suspended three of its councillors, following a special council meeting held on Thursday as per the standing rules of order, for a period of one month. This was announced by the town’s mayor and chairperson of the council, Trevino Forbes, at a media briefing on Friday. The...