Herbert Wigwe: Nigerian finance guru who led buyout of Moi-linked bank
Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe, the chief executive of Access Holdings, died aged 57 in a helicopter crash on Friday, February 9, 2024 in California.
Eliud Kipchoge: Have fickle Kenyan fans fallen out of love with the Marathon superstar?
Some people have suggested that it is probably time for the 39-year-old athlete to seriously consider hanging up his spikes or risk soiling his mercurial legacy.
Cut from the same cloth: Baton passes from Lawrence to Edwin Sifuna
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has taken over the mantle from his fallen paternal uncle, who was one of the most vibrant MPs the country has ever had.
Liberia’s George Weah scores big for democracy as he concedes poll defeat
Outgoing Liberian President George Oppong Weah has, at the age of 57, already excelled on two major fronts and there is still plenty of time ahead for him to further showcase his excellence.
How Raila and Rachel Ruto stole the show during King Charles’s visit
Two people stole the show during King Charles’s just-ended four-day State visit to Kenya. And they were not the two Heads of State, the British monarch or President William Ruto.
Love blown out as saxophonist Hugh Masekela son and Lupita disengage
Hugh Masekela’s son has blown out a candle of love, and with it potentially massive celebrations in two nations.
Ngugi cremation a contradiction of African pride
The swift cremation in the United States of the top Kenyan writer and scholar, Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is perhaps the biggest contradiction in…
Aga Khan IV: Final chapter for iconic father of East African journalism
His Highness the Aga Khan. (Photo: Courtesy) The biggest and most successful media house in East and Central Africa was the brainchild of a…
Why Ruto would relish Raila’s political exit for top AU job
Azimio coalition flag bearer and ODM party leader Raila Odinga is charting a new course away from national politics in Kenya.
City’s Simmers Club fate sealed as owner Murunga exits stage forever
The man behind the simple joint that attracted hordes fans of the Congolese Lingala music was a former MP for Kimilili in Bungoma County, Suleiman Kasuti Murunga.