UGANDAN FORCES ARREST LAWYER OF OPPOSITION FIGURE FACING TREASON CHARGES, PARTY SAYS. (PHOTO).

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 Ugandan forces arrest lawyer of opposition figure facing treason charges, party says Ugandan security forces have arrested Erias Lukwago, a senior opposition figure ‌and lawyer representing detained People’s Front for Freedom party leader Kizza Besigye, who is on trial for treason, the PFF said on Monday. Lukwago, formerly the mayor of the Ugandan capital Kampala, represents ​Besigye also in a related case, where he sued the country's military chief ​Muhoozi Kainerugaba for repeatedly threatening his life on social media. Kainerugaba ⁠is the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. Lukwago was picked up at his ​home, the PFF party said in a post on the X platform, Reuters reported. "We wish to ​inform the general public ... that our executive chairman, counsel Erias Lukwago has been abducted by state operatives and taken to an unknown destination," PFF said. Uganda's biggest opposition figure, pop singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine, who is ​in exile in the Unit...

COLLECTING TRANSPORT FARE FOR DATES, WITHOUT SHOWING UP IS PUNISHABLE, POLICE WARN WOMEN.(PHOTO).


 Collecting transport fare for dates, without showing up is punishable, Police warn women


The Rivers State Police Command has warned against the rising trend of women collecting transport fare from men and failing to turn up for meetings, describing it as a criminal offence.


The caution follows a viral video in which the Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, on Wednesday in a video on X said the practice amounted to fraud and could attract punishment under the law.


“Why will you collect money from man without going to see him. It is an offence, a punishable offence.


“It is obtaining money under false pretence. 419,” she explained.


Iringe-Koko stressed that such actions fall under the category of obtaining by false pretence, noting that offenders could be arrested and prosecuted if complaints are lodged with the police.


She further urged members of the public to avoid deceitful financial dealings.

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