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[Nile Post] President Museveni has expressed Uganda's support for a proposed regional oil refinery project following talks with Nigerian billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote on strengthening East Africa's energy and industrial cooperation.
[Premium Times] According to the statement, delays in the publication of recent budget implementation reports followed the extension and re-enactment of the 2025 budget, arguing that fiscal years are determined by law rather than fixed calendar timelines.
[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES reported how the demonstration erupted between noon and 1:00 p.m. at the border between Gwarzo Local Government Area in Kano State and Malumfashi Local Government Area in Katsina State.
[Premium Times] Anti-corruption activists say inactive companies are often used to secure public contracts while concealing politically exposed persons and ultimate beneficiaries.
[263Chat] Zimbabwe's public institutions risk falling behind in an era increasingly defined by transparency, stakeholder accountability and rapid technological disruption unless they abandon rigid leadership systems that stifle consultation and innovation, business and governance leaders have warned.
[Vanguard] The National Pension Commission, PenCom, has inaugurated a free healthcare initiative for retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, targeting pensioners earning less than N70,000 monthly.
[Namibian] The Ministry of Health and Social Services says national pharmaceutical stock levels currently stand at an estimated 60%, with several essential medicines still understocked or out of stock across public healthcare facilities.
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Felicien Kabuga, once among Rwanda’s richest businessmen and later accused of helping finance the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, has died in detention while awaiting further legal proceedings before a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague.
Terms like outbreak, epidemic, pandemic and public health emergency each describe a different level of spread, and they help determine how fast and how far the response goes.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has described food security as a “strategic intervention” as Ethiopia and the Dangote Group move ahead with plans for a major fertiliser plant in the country’s Somali region.
[Vanguard] The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned Nigerians against investing in unregistered online investment schemes being aggressively promoted on social media platforms, cautioning that many of them exhibit characteristics of Ponzi schemes.
[New Zimbabwe] The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has hailed the police and members of the public for their vigilance in the sustained fight against fake, substandard, unregistered and illegally manufactured medicines in the country.
[New Zimbabwe] The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) last month seized over 70 vehicles that were smuggled into the country without being declared.
[Premium Times] Ms Bakare-Odunuga is up against the incumbent, Desmond Elliot, who is seeking re-election to represent the state constituency for the fourth time in 2027.
[Vanguard] Nigeria's financial institutions are fighting to meet the deadline of June 10, 2026 set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for onboarding to a new cyber-security baseline.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has warned that the ongoing transport sector paralysis triggered by soaring fuel prices risks deepening pressure on Kenya's fragile economy, even as public outrage mounts over record pump prices.
[This Day] Africa's richest man and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed his commitment to boosting food security across Africa through large-scale fertiliser investments, declaring that the continent has the capacity to feed itself and become a net exporter of agricultural products.
[This Day] Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation (BoF), Dr. Tanimu Yakubu, yesterday defended the delayed publication of quarterly budget implementation reports, insisting that the countey's fiscal year is determined by law and not by the conventional January-to-December calendar cycle.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Chaos gripped Thika Road Monday morning after protesters lit tyres along sections of the road, forcing motorists to make abrupt U-turns and disrupting movement around the Githurai area.
[This Day] Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday, condemned the abduction of 87 students and teachers in Borno and Oyo States, declaring that the incidents had further strengthened the resolve of the National Assembly to fast-track the establishment of state police across the country.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ride-hailing boda boda operators abandoned digital apps on Monday and reverted to conventional roadside pick-ups as demand for two-wheel transport surged following a nationwide matatu strike triggered by soaring fuel prices.
