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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o has cited the delay in enacting the Government Additional Allocations Bill and underperformance in the collection of own-source revenue as key challenges hindering the effective budget execution by the 47 county governments.

[Vanguard] Abuja -- The family of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has called for sanctions against Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, and Justice Binta Nyako, accusing them of blatant disobedience to court orders and undermining the rule of law.

[Vanguard] THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has lamented that its members are passing through excruciating pains as a result of the alleged "humongous tax deductions" on various goods and services.

[RFI] Twenty years ago, French photographer Yves Monteil was driving in Senegal when he passed a military cemetery in Thiaroye, in the suburbs of Dakar. Friends told him it was the burial site of Senegalese soldiers massacred by the French army during the Second World War, shot for demanding unpaid wages. The story stuck with Monteil, and in 2020 he picked up his camera and began digging into the archives.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the brutal killing of medical doctor, author and black consciousness intellectual Dr Gomolemo Mokae.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed condolences to the family, friends and fellow activists of Gqeberha-based whistleblower and gender activist Pamela Mabini.

[SAnews.gov.za] After the recovery of more than 3 000MW of generation capacity and the replenishment of sufficient emergency reserves, Eskom suspended loadshedding on Sunday at 10am.

[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, will lead an intergovernmental engagement with all municipalities in the North West province do discuss electricity challenges and introduce effective interventions.

[Nyasa Times] For 66 long years, the families of the martyrs, those who were gunned down in cold blood by British forces in the name of colonial order, have lived in the shadows of a history that never acknowledged their pain. Presidents came and went, speeches were made, promises were spoken, but nothing was done--until now.

[New Zimbabwe] POLICE have identified four victims of the deadly cargo truck accident in Mutare that rammed into other vehicles before ploughing into roadside pedestrians following a suspected mechanical fault.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has hit out at his critics over his donations to churches.

[Vanguard] Many yet-to-be-identified persons were reportedly injured in multiple auto crashes along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by NASFAT Roundabout, with attendant chaotic traffic congestion.

[Leadership] Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has said he is still a bonafide member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

[Daily Trust] Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed reports that he had left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud hosted an iftar event on Saturday to honor Somali women leaders on International Women's Day, praising their vital role in the fight against Al-Shabaab and the nation's democratic progress.

[RFI] Pot en Ciel Kreol is an artisanal cannery based on France's Réunion Island. Combining local agriculture with the ancient technique of lacto-fermentation, the company aims to preserve the island's rich biodiversity and promote better health for its inhabitants.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Detectives from Eldama Ravine Police Station apprehended two individuals suspected of smuggling ethanol following a operation in Benonin area along Makutano Road.

[Vanguard] Pandamonium erupted in the Awada area of the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, following the alleged invasion of the office of Awada Central Landlords Association by a combined team of Special Anti-Touting Squad, SASA and Agunechemba Squad who allegedly abducted a lady clerk and two Vigilante operatives attached to the Awada Central landlords association.

[Premium Times] A tanker explosion in Karamin Rami on Tuesday left seven persons dead, one injured, and many farmlands destroyed.

[Premium Times] Children of Blood and Bone is being produced by Lucasfilm, the studio behind Star Wars and will be released in 2027.