Geminia Insurance has signed a one-year, Sh5 million partnership with the Nation Media Group (NMG) that will see the two institutions deliver newspapers to schools for free.

The freshly-revamped Nation Media Group Football Club is among teams that have confirmed their participation in next month’s Standard Chartered Trophy.

The tournament’s winners will bag a trip to 18-time English Premier League champions Liverpool’s Anfield ground for a global tournament sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank who are also Liverpool’s shirt sponsors.

Nation Media Group FC dramatically rallied from behind to settle to a 3-3 draw with Coast Media FC in a thrilling friendly match at Uwanja wa Mbuzi ground in Mombasa on Saturday. Coast Media looked destined for a 3-2 victory before NMG striker Eric Isinta struck with a right-footed volley with three minutes to the final whistle, giving substitute goalkeeper Chigo Machilla no chance to ensure the teams share the spoils.

Nation Media Group stole the limelight at the inaugural Photojournalism Association of Kenya (PAK) awards gala at the Laico Regency, Nairobi, on Sunday night.

NMG’S Daily Nation scooped the highly coveted Photo Desk of the Year award as well as four in the other eight categories.
Nation’s Evans Habil won the news category with his iconic photo of Nasa principal Raila Odinga being whisked away by his bodyguards after police fired teargas at anti-iebc protesters outside Anniversary Towers.

Women still have a long road ahead in achieving gender equality, in spite of the significant gains they have made.

Whereas it is clear that girls are now outperforming boys in the classrooms — as was evident in the KCPE 2017 results where 22 out of the top 35 students were girls — women are still lagging behind in two very crucial areas; the corporate world and politics.