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[Capital FM] Long before the crash that claimed the life of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo, the Nakuru-Naivasha Highway carried a reputation that motorists spoke of in wary tones. It is a road of movement and momentum -- trucks grinding up the escarpment, buses racing to beat dawn, private cars weaving through the Rift Valley -- but also a road of tragedy, where a single mistake can turn fatal within seconds.

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[Leadership] In observance of World Human Rights Day, the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), Sahara Deck, Abuja Municipal, visited the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in New Kuchingoro, Abuja, distributing essential supplies and calling for long-term solutions for the camp's residents.

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[Leadership] In a fresh onslaught against bandits in the eastern senatorial district of Sokoto State, the combined security operatives have neutralized a notorious bandit, Kachalla Na'Allah, in Isa local government area of the state.

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[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has advised Benue State people, especially the youths, not to allow politicians use them as thugs, even as the Tiv Day celebration in Gboko local government area e turned bloody.

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[Leadership] As Northern Elders Forum, African Democratic Congress demand termination

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[This Day] Africa stands at a historic inflection point. In the next 25 years, another one billion people will be added to our continent's population, making Africa home to one in four human beings on earth. Yet the structure of most African economies today is almost exactly the same as it was at independence six decades ago: overwhelmingly primary-commodity dependent, minimally industrialised, and dangerously vulnerable. The question before us is no longer whether Africa needs structural economic transformation.

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[Leadership] The director-general, World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the 16th Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Muhammadu Sanusi II, deputy director/co-founder, EiE Nigeria, Mrs Yemi Adamolekun, among others, have charged Nigerians, particularly the youth, to unite against bad governance by speaking up to correct societal ills in the country.

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[This Day] President Bola Tinubu has tasked leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take decisive and collective action against unconstitutional changes of government.

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[This Day] President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, yesterday, doubled down on his criticism of the regulator of the Nigerian downstream oil sector, calling for an investigation and prosecution of Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, over alleged economic sabotage and undermining of domestic refining in the country.

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[GroundUp] Two interventions show what can and what can't be done

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[This Day] Opposition leaders yesterday raised fresh alarm over what they described as a coordinated assault on Nigeria's multiparty democracy, accusing the President Bola Tinubu administration of using anti-graft and security institutions to intimidate political rivals and forcing opposition governors into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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[GroundUp] Alfred Nevhutanda, who used Lottery money meant for good causes to buy houses for himself, argues that the Lottery does not deal with public money

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[Nile Post] President Museveni has met a delegation of investors from the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who expressed interest in boosting Uganda's cargo transport sector through the construction of an inland port.

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[Nile Post] President Museveni has promised to support salon operators across the country with a revolving fund of Shs85 billion to boost their businesses.

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[Leadership] The Presidency, on Sunday, pushed back strongly against allegations by opposition politicians that President Bola Tinubu was undermining multi-party democracy and weaponising anti-corruption agencies, describing the claims as subterfuge, scapegoating and a desperate search for cheap political gains.

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[Afreximbank] Cairo, Egypt - 14 December 2025: Hassan Allam Construction, a subsidiary of Hassan Allam Holding, has been awarded a landmark USD 250 million contract for the construction of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) African Trade Centre, which will also host its new headquarters building, to be located in the New Capital of Egypt.

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[New Times] Rwanda produces most of the food it needs, yet more than half of what is consumed is imported. This stark contradiction is seen in the recent published by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).

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A two-decade old legal judgement should mean they are benefitting but they say they remain poor.

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[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- A decade of constitutional engineering, regional destabilization, and cross-border repression under President Patrice Talon made rupture inevitable. Stability in West Africa now depends on recognizing that the real threat to Benin did not begin in the barracks.

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[Leadership] The Nigerian military aircraft C-130 carrying 11 soldiers that made emergency landing in Burkina Faso over technical challenge, have remained detained by the authorities in Ouagadougou seven days after.

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[Premium Times] Abuja -- West African leaders adopt measures to reduce cost of air travel across the region.