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[Daily Trust] The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed March 6, 2025, for judgement in a case filed against the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector-General of Police by 4,449 police officers.

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[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA -- Ethiopia's decision to allow foreign banks to operate in the country for the first time in 50plus years is a big step and marks a significant shift in its economic policy, so said an Economist.

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[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- George Wade, a notorious alleged armed robber and rape suspect with a history of evading justice, has been arrested again, this time for armed robbery, theft, and sexual assault against two young women. On December 17, 2024, the Monrovia City Court ordered his remand to the Monrovia Central Prison.

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[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia has been doing all its best to make air transport modern and confortable for travellers as much as since long back. Of the myriads of activities it has been undertakings along this line, it has recently launched an airline named 'Air Congo' via working in collaboration with the government of Congo Democratic Republic. As to the information secured from Ethiopian airlines, Ari Congo commenced its function using two 737 Boeing and it would fly through seven airports of the skies of Democratic

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[New Times] The decision by a French court to uphold the life sentence of Philippe Hategekimana, alias Biguma, for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi is a significant step towards justice.

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[Ethiopian Herald] MESERET BEHAILU -- The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration (MoTRI) has revealed that the floating exchange rate reform is yielding significant outcomes, with improving the quality of export products being a key future focus area.

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In 2010, Olowookere and his accomplice, Morakinyo Sunday, were accused of breaking into the home of a police officer armed with a wooden gun and a sword, escaping only with poultry.

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[Daily Trust] Many children are feared to have died yesterday in a stampede during an end-of-the-year carnival in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

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Struggling to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, France spared time to point a finger at Comoros, saying the small Indian Ocean nation was the source of illegal immigration troubling the French department

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[Daily Trust] There are at least 10 million migrants currently residing in Nigeria, the Federal Government has said.

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[This Day] Targeting inflation at 15 percent, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday presented a N49.7 trillion budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year before a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, with the defence and security sectors getting the highest allocation of N4.91trillion.

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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, Dec. 19 -- President Kaïs Saied, during a meeting with members of the Cabinet at the Carthage Palace on Wednesday afternoon, stressed the need for each official, regardless of the position they hold, to be imbued with the hopes of the Tunisian people, to feel their aspirations and to seek urgent solutions and overcome the difficulties faced by citizens.

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[This Day] The federal government yesterday disclosed that over 13 million Nigerians will benefit from the takeoff of the $750 million of Nigeria's Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) programme, an initiative backed by the World Bank.

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[This Day] The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dangyadi, yesterday, said the federal government would not tolerate unhealthy labour practices, including child labour and irregular labour migration.

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[This Day] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said the country's $42.01 billion external reserves could finance importation of goods and services for more than nine months in 2025.

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[This Day] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described the N47.9 trillion 2025 federal government's Appropriation Bill presented by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly as anti-people, which if implemented could plunge the nation deeper into the abyss of insecurity, poverty and hopelessness.

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A new year signifies new beginnings. Everyone is refreshed and ready to tackle new opportunities. With financial year-ends just around the corner, this is an

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[GroundUp] The Office of the Chief Justice has published its reserved judgments list, but only for the first two terms of 2024

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[New Zimbabwe] Former Harare Mayor Hebert Gomba has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare the contamination of Lake Chivero a state of national disaster, in order to solve the whole array of challenges caused by the water poisoning.

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[New Zimbabwe] FOR the second consecutive month, the government has failed to pay its employees, including teachers, their meagre salaries on time exacerbating suffering among the working class.

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[New Zimbabwe] The Health Law Policy (HLPC) working together with the Institute for Young Women's Development (IYWD) is pushing for amendment of the abortion law in Zimbabwe to create a safe abortion environment for women and girls.