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On Nairobi’s roads, traffic police officers have long acted like human operating systems—stepping into chaotic intersections, overriding traffic lights, waving matatus forward, stopping impatient motorists, and manually holding a city perpetually on the brink of gridlock together. The government now wants machines to take over. Treasury documents tabled in parliament show Kenya has allocated KES

Abuja, A disease surveillance officer in Sokoto State notices a rise in suspected cholera cases through a digital reporting system. The alert triggers a rapid response, helping to contain the spread before it grows. At a primary health centre in Kebbi State, a pregnant woman is able to deliver safely. The facility has trained staff

Upper Nile State – The Ministry of Health, together with WHO and partners, has officially launched the Minister’s Special Initiative on Maternal and Newborn Health in Maiwut, aimed at ensuring that mothers and newborns in hard-to-reach areas have access to basic emergency obstetric and newborn care services comparable to those available elsewhere in the country.

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….Warns security agencies against interfering with election process President Bola Tinubu has charged the leadership of the All Progressive Congress APC and all contestants in the party’s primaries to be fair to everyone and avoid do-or-die politics President Tinubu stated this in his message to the party, ahead of the nationwide primaries that will produce

Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation and presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged Nigerians to elect their next president based on competence, merit and experience rather than ethnic or regional considerations. Amaechi spoke on Thursday after submitting his presidential expression of interest and nomination forms at the ADC

Davido, Wizkid missing as Madonna, Shakira headline FIFA World Cup 2026 Halftime Show Nigeria’s biggest music stars, Davido and Wizkid, are notably absent from the headline lineup after FIFA and Global Citizen announced that Madonna, Shakira and BTS will co-headline the historic FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Halftime Show. The performance, curated by Chris Martin

The International Finance Corporation said it would immediately send a mission to Nigeria to explore scalable investment structures that could unlock private capital into sectors such as livestock, energy and housing Bayo Onanuga, Presidential Spokesman, in a statement, disclosed that Diop Makhtar, Managing director of the Corporation, announced this in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday, during

Nigeria’s drive to modernise tax administration and tighten digital compliance received a major boost as technology firm Upperlink Limited has been authorised by the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) as a System Integrator for the country’s national e-Invoicing platform. The approval positions Upperlink at the centre of Nigeria’s expanding electronic invoicing regime, which is expected to

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