KARIWA – The world’s biggest nuclear power plant was restarted yesterday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents. The governor of Niigata province, where the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant is located, approved its resumption last month, although public opinion remains sharply divided. After receiving the...
Kaiveterue Virere OPUWO – The Kunene governor’s office has called on interested youth across the region to apply for a beekeeping training programme aimed at promoting entrepreneurship, income generation and local economic development. Senior private secretary in the Office of the Governor Alpha Uzera told Nampa on Tuesday that the training, initially planned to take...
Lissony Njembo Former NBC Omurari FM presenter, Uzeraije Kapika Tjaverua, best known for hosting popular morning talk show ‘Ketuute’ is a man relishing his new role and armed to deliver. Tjaverua is the new Okakarara constituency councillor. Trading the microphone and pen for political office, Tjaverua says his experience in the media industry motivated him...
NARA – The gunman charged with killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty yesterday and jailed for life, as the judge declared the broad-daylight assassination “despicable and extremely malicious.” The shooting more than three years ago forced a reckoning in a country with little experience of gun violence, and ignited scrutiny of...
Joseph Kaula OKONGO – President Netumbo Nandi- Ndaitwah convened leaders from Zambezi, Kavango East and West, Ohangwena, Oshana, Omusati, Oshikoto, and Kunene regions to deliberate on the 2026 work agenda recently while on her festive season retreat. The meeting took place on Sunday at the President’s residence in Onheleiwa, Okongo constituency, Ohangwena region. The President...
KATIMA MULILO – Eleven suspects have been arrested after they reportedly assaulted a 58-year-old man during a land dispute at Kanono in the Zambezi region on Sunday. According to Namibian Police Force (NamPol) spokesperson and head of community policing Kisco Sitali, the incident began when a 39-year-old man confronted the 58-year-old man to question why...
Lylie Joel NKURENKURU – The Namibian National Teachers Union (Nantu) Kavango West regional leadership has commended the region’s outstanding performance in the 2025 Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) and Advanced Subsidiary (NSSCAS) level examinations. The union’s regional chairperson Daniel Lyambezi, in an interview with Nampa on Thursday, highlighted the region’s three years of consistent...
Gabriel Jesus has admitted Viktor Gyokeres is not in an “easy” position, and said no player can guarantee their starting place, following the goal-shy striker’s difficult start to life at Arsenal. Jesus, who spent 11 months out following surgery on a ruptured cruciate ligament, could be handed his first Champions League start since December 2024...
Adolf Kaure Health executive director Penda Ithindi said the ministry is still managing the second outbreak of cholera in Namibia. The outbreak was declared in the Grootfontein district during November 2025. This follows the first outbreak in the Kunene region declared in August 2025. “Regarding the status of this current outbreak in Grootfontein, as of...
Mohamed Salah has returned to Liverpool after the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) duty with Egypt and will be assessed before the squad fly to Marseille for tonight’s Champions League match. Press Association understands the forward is back on Merseyside a month after he departed with his future seemingly in doubt after becoming embroiled in...