Death toll from DR Congo blast revised down to six

Authorities in DR Congo on Friday said six people died in a blast in the country's troubled east caused by a suspected bomb. The previous toll from the explosion on Thursday in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, had been put at eight dead.
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Bobi Wine calls on world leaders to cut ties with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni

More than 85% of Ugandans have seen no other president in their lifetime, because President Yoweri Museveni has always changed the constitution to stay in power, opposition leader Bobi Wine said at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy this week.
#bobiwine #yowerimuseveni #uganda

Nigeria's VP Osinbajo to seek ruling party ticket to run for president

Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo will seek the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) ticket to run for president next February, he said in a Twitter message on Monday, as he bids to succeed his boss Muhammadu Buhari in Africa's top oil producer.
#yemiosibanjo #nigeria #presidentialticket

Nigeria grants MTN licence for mobile money banking service

The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the licence for MTN's Mobile Money (MoMo) Payment Service Bank in the country, extending its services to wider banking operations, it was announced on Monday.
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Mandela’s Robben Island artworks will be sold this week – as an NFT set for R54,000

Nelson Mandela produced a series of five artworks, depicting his time spent incarcerated on Robben Island, in the early 2000s. The artworks and a handwritten motivation will now be minted and sold as non-fungible tokens or NFTs by the London-based auction house, Bonhams.
#nelsonmadela #nft

Buhari Writes Reps, Seeks Increase In Petrol Subsidy To ₦4 Trillion

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the House of Representatives to adjust the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to accommodate the projected N4 trillion for petroleum subsidy in 2022.
#petrol #muhammadubuhari

Tope Awotona, Founder of Calendly, Graces Forbes Billionaire List

On the cover of the 36th edition of Forbes’ Billionaires Issue this year is Nigeria-born Tope Awotona, the founder of Calendly, the scheduling app that is now worth $3 billion. Last year alone, Calendly made $100 million in revenue, double what it booked the previous year.
#topeawotona #calendly

More than half of public health issues in Africa linked to climate change: WHO

More than half of the 2 121 public health events recorded in the past two decades in Africa were climate-related, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report to mark World Health Day. Natural disasters had also spiked dramatically since 2010, with 70% of all-natural disasters occurring between 2017 and 2021.
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Ziroopay Raises $11.4M, Provides POS Solutions For Retailers In Nigeria

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