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[Vanguard] Nigerians living in the United Kingdom have expressed frustration over persistent difficulties in renewing international passports and obtaining new ones for their children, alleging that the process has become increasingly cumbersome despite recent reforms by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

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[Shabelle] Narok, Kenya -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in the southwestern town of Narok to discuss regional security and deepen bilateral ties, officials said.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Ministry of Youth and Sports on Sunday hosted the newly appointed United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative to Somalia, Judicaël Elidje, as both sides pledged to deepen cooperation on youth development and women's sports.

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[This Day] The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has described conflict-related sexual violence as a major threat to Nigeria's peace, security and sustainable development, warning that women and children are increasingly becoming targets of insecurity across the country.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Assembly has begun a leadership transition after its former speaker, Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur (Madobe), formally handed over duties following his election as leader of South West State, officials said Saturday.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Heavy rains that lasted for several hours have flooded parts of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, disrupting transport and slowing down movement across the city, residents and officials said Saturday.

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[Scrolla] · TFG says weak consumer spending, poor overseas sales and excess stock pushed profits down by 33.5% in the past year.

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[SNA] Baku, June 21, 2026 (SUNA) -- Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has secured a new humanitarian grant worth US$7 million on the sidelines of the Islamic Development Bank Group's Annual Meetings in Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of government efforts to mobilize international support to address the humanitarian consequences of the war.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The fight against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is gathering pace with the arrival of another batch of vaccines and the acceleration of provincial vaccinations.

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[State Department] President Bola Tinubu congratulates the Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe (Agbogidi), on his 85th birthday.

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[Premium Times] The report said the bandits operated around the Niger-Kwara-Kogi axis before the military offensive.

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[SNA] Madani, June 20, 2026 (SUNA) -- Al-Gezira State Wali Al-Tahir Ibrahim Al-Khair inspected at the Anti-Smuggling Directorate headquarters in Madani on Saturday a major seizure carried out by a joint force comprising the Anti-Smuggling Directorate, Military Intelligence, and the General Intelligence Service in northern Al-Gezira.

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[Premium Times] From the capital, Ado Ekiti, to rural councils such as Moba and Ekiti East, Mr Oyebanji maintained commanding leads, leaving the opposition without a single local government area.

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[This Day] The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State winner of yesterday's governorship election in the state.

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[This Day] Africa's richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that he would rather be remembered for helping to industrialise Africa than for the size of his fortune, suggesting that his actual wealth may be significantly higher than estimates by global wealth trackers.

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[Leadership] A Fulani socio-cultural group, the Concerned Fulani People of Nigeria, has called on President Bola Tinubu and Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, to caution Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, over what it described as inflammatory remarks directed at Fulani communities in Oyo State.

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[Leadership] The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) has impounded 278 commercial motorcycles during a weeklong enforcement operation targeting operators flouting the state's ban on commercial motorcycle activities on highways and other restricted routes.

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[Leadership] No fewer than 842 people were killed and 279 others abducted in 156 violent incidents recorded across Nigeria in May 2026, according to fresh data from Nextier's Nigeria Violent Conflicts Database.

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[Nyasa Times] Malawi's political world was rocked to its core last night after Babu Khamisa, a senior figure in the Malawi Congress Party's powerful National Executive Committee, quit the party without warning -- only to surface hours later at a DPP rally, grinning alongside his former comrades.

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[Leadership] The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) have introduced stricter compliance measures requiring telecommunications companies to obtain regulatory approval before effecting significant changes in their ownership structure.

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[Daily Maverick] With a looming 30 June deadline, the police are on alert as protests against undocumented migrants grow, reflecting deep-seated concerns over jobs and crime in South Africa.