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[Premium Times] With the latest win, Tyla becomes the first artiste to claim the title twice since the category was created.

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[This Day] The World Bank yesterday put its total ongoing, approved development projects and lending operations in the country at over $16 billion spread across several interventions including education, health, social protection, energy, and infrastructure among others.

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[This Day] Three subsidiaries of Dangote Industries Limited - Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Dangote Fertiliser Plant, and Dangote Cement Plc - have scaled up their Gas Sales and Purchase Agreements (GSPAs) with subsidiaries of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Nigerian Gas Marketing Limited and NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company Limited (NGIC).

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A commercial flight landed in the Sudanese capital on Sunday for the second time since a devastating war broke out in the north-eastern African country nearly three years ago.

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[Spotlight Initiative] GANTA, Liberia - Community radio stations are a key way of raising awareness about sexual and gender-based violence, and how to prevent and report it. Meet Ruth Jeffrey and Emmanuel S. Woleh, two radio station programmers who are making waves in Liberia.

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[Vanguard] President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Fela Anikulapo Kuti as an eternal icon after the legendary Nigerian musician received the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award, marking him as the first African recipient.

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[Vanguard] Nigeria's oil exports will fall by 225,000 barrels per day in February following the shutdown of the Bonga FPSO for scheduled turnaround maintenance.

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[SNA] Khartoum, Feb. 1, 2026 (SUNA) - Federal Minister of Health, Professor Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, met today in Khartoum with the Minister of Health of White Nile State, Dr. Al-Zain Saad Adam. The meeting was attended by the Undersecretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Ali Babiker Sidahmed, and several health sector leaders.

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[SNA] Khartoum, Feb. 1, 2026 (SUNA) - The Khartoum State Ministry of Health announced the full operation of 41 hospitals and 243 health centres across the state's seven localities and issued urgent directives to reactivate specialized hospitals as part of its 2026 health plan.

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[Premium Times] President Bola Tinubu has paid tribute to late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti following his posthumous recognition with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy.

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[Premium Times] His children, Yeni, Kunle, Shalewa and Femi Kuti accepted the award on their father's behalf at the ceremony.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Somali government has ordered aircraft carrying security personnel for the presidents of Puntland and Jubaland to return to their home cities, escalating tensions ahead of national consultations on elections and constitutional reform.

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[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has delivered essential supplies to individuals and communities affected by the recent floods across Limpopo.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's House of the People and Upper House have suspended two lawmakers from attending joint parliamentary sessions after they were accused of disrupting a combined sitting held at the House of the People headquarters (Villa Hargaisa) on January 28, 2026.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Higher Education and Training is in the process of conducting a sector-wide workshop on international relations, which is aimed at strengthening coherence and strategic alignment across the higher education and training sector.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's Minister of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation, Ali Hoosh, a member of the federal government's dialogue committee, met with representatives from the Somalia Future Council and a wide range of community stakeholders.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Social Development has urgently deployed Deputy Minister Ganief Hendricks to Mpumalanga to assist an elderly woman heading a household of five, including two grandchildren, following the recent floods.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali National Army (SNA) forces carried out a meticulously planned operation on Sunday in Aboorey, Hiiraan region, targeting Al-Shabaab militants who had been conducting attacks and plotting explosive devices in the area.

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[Shabelle] Cairo -- The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Somalia in Egypt has officially dismissed circulating reports on social media claiming that Egyptian entry visas for Somali citizens have been suspended.

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[Premium Times] According to the minister, before 29 May 2023, about 27 states in the country could not pay salaries to their workers.