Author: Menyatta Ronald

Arsenal is closely monitoring a potential move for Sporting CP defender Ousmane Diomande this summer. Diomande who hails from west Africa is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP. Mikel Arteta’s Gunners aren’t the only side in the race for the 19-year-old though, with rivals Manchester City and Newcastle United also eyeing a potential switch. The centre-back is believed to have a release clause in his contract with the Portuguese side that is about £68million. Martin Odegaard may not be willing to return to Arsenal this summerr. The 24 year old Norwegian…

The living probability of the Titanic Submarine seems to go in decimals as the fate of the five passengers who were on board diminishes comparably to the November 2019 Templar MV sinking in Uganda leaving scores dead. According to OceanGAte Expeditions a company that runs the tours informed Coastal Gurds that the submersible had only approximately 96 hours of oxygen left by that time which means it could now be depleted, officials fear the craft’s oxygen supply could have run out today morning. Constant search has been underway since Sunday when the submarine carrying 5 passengers vanished underwater while on…

Judiciary has come out and refuted widespread allegations pertaining the health of Uganda’s Chief Justice Owiny -Dollo’s health. Thursday morning several media prints were flooded with stories and speculations regarding the 67 year old health status reporting that he was “critically ill” and evacuated to specialized hospital abroad for better management. This has subsequently left many Ugandan’s worried of justice’s health given the fact that many people always flown abroad but do not take long to leave citizens weeping afterwards.  He was last seen in a public event while officiating at the launch of Mukono High Court on early last…

Manchester City has now joined the likes of Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, PSV, Ajax, Celtic and Inter as the only few treble winners across Europe out of the nine trebles in history. Pep Guardiola’s side thrashed Inter Milan 1-0 to also complete a historic treble having already won the Premier League and FA Cup this season with that one Rodri strike on 68th minute. Rodri hesitated not but rather fired a stunning shot from a Bernardo Silva cutback midway through the second half at the 40,000 capacity Ataturk Olympic Stadium to decide a game in which City were knocked…

Burna Boy became the first Afrobeat’s and an African Artis to perform at the UEFA Champion’s League Final ever. The Nigerian Grammy winner did his utmost performance in the face of thousands on the pre-match entertainment for City and Inter fans at the Atatürk on Saturday. Burna Boy and Brazilian singer Aniitta were in charge of keeping over 40,000 City and Inter fans entertained in the build-up to Saturday’s Champions League final in Istanbul. Those who did not get chance of watching the prestigious show live followed from live broadcast in over 200 countries globally as well as on the UEFA’s official Youtube and TikTok channels. The organisers UEFA anticipated…

It was a mouthwatering and thrilling clash at Wembley Stadium on Saturday in a FA Cup grand finale, Pep’s Manchester City emerged victorious over their cross-town rivals Manchester United with a 2-1 victory in the FA Cup final. Gundogan’s brace goals ensured City’s domestic double and brought them one step closer to an unprecedented triple trophy this season. Pep Guardiola, who has won 13 trophies in six years from 2016 to 2023 made an outstanding match tactics in a well planned 4-2-4-1 formation against Erik Ten Hag’s 4-2-3-1 tactics. Within just 12 seconds after startup, Ilkay Gundogan sensationally flew Manchester City…

Hundreds of thousands thronged Namugongo Martyrs shrines to commemorate immense contribution of 45 martyrs who were tortured to death under the orders of Kabaka Mwanga after they refused to denounce their faith between 1885- 1887. Both Anglican and catholic shrines were full to the brim with pilgrims all over the world who had travelled from within different corners of Uganda and world over to physically participate in this annual spiritual day. About 10 dioceses of Eastern Uganda led this year’s celebration at the Anglican site with angelic voices piping from a beautiful blue with yellow strips blend attire of 400…

As the saying goes, good things take time, and so it is needed when jotting a piece about distinguished people like Loukman Ali. Yes, the name may not sound familiar like your normal Ugandan names from the corners of the country such as Okello, Ssekajugo or Mugisha but rather Loukman Ali. The writer would rather call him “the Shorts-Man” hopefully he will not be mistaken to mean a short person that would land him into a stereotype trouble! But rather to mean his love for shorts compared to the colonial trousers. Now back to business, not so much was previously…

Unconfirmed numbers of Uganda’s army in Somalia are feared dead following deadly attack. Report reached Uganda’s capital that Al-Queda linked Jihadist militant Al-Shabab attacked a Ugandan army base in Bulo Mareer about 130kms off Mogadishu. The attack took place at around 5am on Friday morning getting Ugandan peace keeping troops off guard. Later on, during the day, the Al-Shabaab Mujahideen Terror Group released photographic images of the attack and a statement claiming they killed about 137 Ugandan army personnel, a number AU mission is yet to refute. They also released other photos showing captured UPDF personnel in UPDF-ATMIS (African Union…

Parliamentary Committee today started the probe on expired degrees saga following Tuesday directive by Deputy Speaker Rt.Hon.Thomas Tayebwa during the plenary sitting in response to the countrywide explosive concerns on expired courses offered in Universities and Higher Institutions of learning. This week, a controversy rose on the media regards to expired courses termed as expired degrees awarded and taught in different public and private universities and Higher institutions. This follows the rejection of a graduate programme application by the University of Britols due to an expired undergraduate degree from Makerere University. Though the courses are deemed expired, Makerere Vice Chancellor…