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In the spirit of the holidays, DStv, Multichoice’s direct broadcast satellite service, is upgrading its South African active decoder subscribers to higher-tier packages at no extra cost. This means that users who are on the Compact Plus, Compact, Family, and Access subscription plans will automatically be upgraded to the next tier.  DStv Compact Plus and

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Uganda is taking bold steps to integrate health service delivery for communicable diseases (CDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), addressing the growing double burden of disease in the country. Speaking at the three-day National Annual Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases and 19th Joint Scientific Health Conference, Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero emphasized the urgency

Banjul, The Gambia – The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Health, has successfully concluded a highly impactful nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) Vaccination, Vitamin A Supplementation, and Deworming Campaign, reaching over 352,000 children, an impressive 91.8% coverage of the targeted 385,720 children aged 9 to 59 months. Supported by the World Health Organization (WHO)

Nigeria’s government is rolling out an ambitious strategy to coordinate fiscal and monetary policies in a bid to double the size of its economy and bring inflation back to single digits within two years. The Disinflation and Growth Acceleration Strategy (DGAS), unveiled by Doris Uzoka-Anite, minister of state for Finance at the Central Bank of

The debate over Nigeria’s low health budget is no longer new, but experts say that the real issue lies in how effectively the country manages its existing resources. In 2025, Nigeria allocated N2.48 trillion to healthcare, a 58.5 percent increase from the previous year, accounting for just 5.18 percent of the national budget, far below

Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Diezani Allison-Madueke speaks at a media briefing on a new gas price regime in the capital of Abuja May 27, 2010.Nigeria's state power company will pay energy companies, such as Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil more for their gas to encourage investment and boost supply capacity, the oil minister said on

There was tension in Abuja on Tuesday over the alleged illegal acquisition of land by some military officers, leading to a confrontation between Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and a military officer on duty at the Gaduwa District, Abuja. BusinessDay findings reveal that since assuming office in August 2023, Wike

Six directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence have been abducted by bandits along the Kabba–Lokoja highway in Kogi state. The officials were said to be travelling from Lagos to Abuja on Monday for a directorate-level promotion examination when they were attacked. Security sources described the incident as a “well-coordinated ambush” by heavily armed men.

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