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[Daily Trust] Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have neutralised an armed bandit and arrested eight criminal suspects in coordinated security operations across Benue and Nasarawa states.

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[Daily Trust] The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned chairmen and finance directors of the six Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils over alleged financial infractions amounting to over N100 billion.

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[Daily Trust] The Taminu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cannot choose a leadership for the party.

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[Daily Trust] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction loyal to Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said the party's national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, will be reopened on Monday.

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[Premium Times] The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Felix Omatsola Ogbe, an engineer made the pledge on Thursday when the new Secretary General of APPO, Farid Ghezali paid him a courtesy visit at the Board's Abuja liaison office

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[Premium Times] Lawmakers said an audit conducted by the Auditor-General for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils uncovered irregularities across the six councils of the territory.

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[Shabelle] Beledweyne -- The Somali National Army (SNA) has carried out planned security operations in eastern parts of the Hiraan region, driving out Al-Shabaab militants as part of ongoing efforts to restore stability, the military said.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has announced the killing of a senior Al-Shabaab commander responsible for finance operations in the Banadir region.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The Council of Ministers of the Federal Government of Somalia held a meeting to discuss the worsening drought affecting large parts of the country and issued a national appeal to the Somali people and the international community.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), with support from international partners, has carried out a targeted operation that destroyed major Al-Shabaab facilities in the Arabow area near the town of Bu'aale in the Middle Juba region, authorities said.

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[Shabelle] Kismayo -- Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam met with United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) special operations officers deployed in the Jubaland region, praising their role in strengthening security and combating the Al-Shabaab militant group, his office said.

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[Shabelle] Cairo -- Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdulsalam Ali, held formal consultations in Cairo with Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, highlighting the depth of the strategic relationship between the two countries, officials said.

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[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- "US pressure has forced the M23 to withdraw from Uvira," local sources in the second largest city in South Kivu, which has been contested in recent weeks between Congolese armed forces and pro-Rwandan rebels, told Fides (see Fides, 29/12/2025).

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The 10-month programme could potentially open the door to financial support from the Fund.

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With Koko Networks shutting down its bioethanol fuel distribution system across Kenya, more than 3,000 Koko fuel points now stand idle, cutting off fuel access for over 1.5 million households that relied on the pay-as-you-go cooking system.

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For the first time in about five years, Malawi has managed to accumulate sufficient fuel stocks to last the country for 15 days. The government now wants to increase that number to 30 days - but the fuel shortage crisis is not yet over.

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Film-maker Akinola Davies Jr says he wanted to explore the depiction of father-son relationships.

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In a Dakar fishing village, a surf academy run by Black Girls Surf swaps waves for school, helping 20 girls return to education.

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[Africa Check] Altered image used to claim that Kenyan president's son bought an expensive car worth millions

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[Africa Check] Scam alert: fake advert claims Nigeria's food and drug regulator Nafdac is hiring

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[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Contrary to online claims, Nigeria's Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says undergraduates can register for the 2026 exam without terminating their current admission.