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Heavy rains have hit northeastern South Africa since late last year, killing at least 30 people in the two affected provinces. The South African Weather Service kept parts of the region on maximum alert Friday, warning of “more torrential rains causing widespread flooding.”

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country for 40 years, had an early lead Friday in a tense presidential election marred by an internet shutdown, voting delays and opposition allegations of “massive ballot stuffing” and detentions by security forces.

Members of a newly formed Palestinian technocratic committee to be involved in the running of Gaza during the second phase of the ceasefire deal met in Cairo on Friday.

An agribusiness technology firm focused on strengthening transparency, trust and trade across agricultural value chains globally – Agrolinking, has unveiled AgTrail, a digital food traceability platform The post Firm unveils Agtrail platform to support farmers on EUDR compliance appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

By Peter Egwuatu The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced new minimum capital requirements for operators in Nigeria’s capital market, raising thresholds for stockbrokers, dealers, fund managers, issuing houses, and digital asset companies. In a circular released on Friday, the Commission unveiled a revised capital framework to replace the 2015 structure, giving operators until […] The post SEC raises capital base for market operators, gives 18 months to comply appeared first on Vanguard News.

Police in the Ugandan capital of Kampala lobbed tear gas at protesters and put out fires lit after the Ugandan electoral commission announced early results showing incumbent president Yoweri Museveni leading a presidential ballot.

Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan.

Under the revised approach, the NBS linked the old CPI series to a rebased and reweighted index using the full year of 2024 as the reference period. The post IMF welcomes Nigeria’s December inflation easing, backs new CPI methodology appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

A new digital payments platform, SpendEase, has entered the African financial technology market, targeting cross-border transactions among Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. The post Firm enters African payments market with multi-country, cross-border platform appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

The planned cash distribution translates into a total payout of N22.5 billion, marking a 5.9 per cent increase over what it paid shareholders for the 2024 financial year. The post Geregu Power plans N22.5 billion dividend appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.