School fee side hustles just got put on notice as the government moves to wipe out every charge hiding inside Universal Primary Education.
Free UPE enforcement push
The government vowed zero fees in Universal Primary Education schools.
John Chrysostom Muyingo said no child should pay anything.
The directive came during the 2026 Senior One placement launch.
Officials want full compliance across all UPE institutions.
Hidden charges under scrutiny
The Equal Opportunities Commission flagged rising unofficial costs in 2023.
The report showed publicly funded schools still billing parents.
Capitation gaps pushed schools to invent lunch and exam levies.
The government declared the practice must end immediately.
Secondary expansion and seed...
Stolen sugarcane pipelines just got wrecked after roadside weighbridges were shut down for turning theft into clean cash.
Weighbridges shut in Masindi and Bunyoro
The government pulled down roadside weighbridges in Masindi and Bunyoro.
Investigators found they were key hubs for stolen cane sales.
The police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs ran a joint probe.
Trade Commissioner David Kiiza said closures followed a ministerial order.
How the cane theft racket worked
Officials described weigh sites as main deal spots.
Thieves cut mature cane from estates and outgrower fields at night.
Drivers hauled the harvest to roadside scales for paperwork.
Documents made the stolen crop look legit to buyers.
Kinyara Sugar Ltd diversion case...
Score gaps lit up the 2025 UCE results as girls grabbed language subjects and boys flexed in the lab-heavy papers.
Gender split in subject performance
Uganda National Examinations Board released the 2025 UCE breakdown.
Dan Odongo said patterns between boys and girls stayed consistent.
Female candidates topped English Language and Christian Religious Education.
Male students led the mathematics and core science subjects.
Science and large entry dominance
Results placed boys ahead in the Exceptional and Outstanding bands.
Mathematics showed a stronger male share at the top tiers.
Physics, Chemistry, and Biology leaned toward higher male proportions.
History and Political Education saw slightly fewer girls at peak levels.
Prison...
Courtroom drama just got messier as a US1.82 million fight spills into public mudslinging and both sides start yelling about who is twisting the narrative.
Debt clash between Vela and Shah
Former National Social Security Authority chairman Robin Vela blasted Jayesh Shah over alleged spin tactics.
The dispute centers on Vela’s company and Al Shams Global.
Wrangle involves a claimed US1.82 million obligation.
Vela said the case is still being handled in court.
Claims about payments and totals
According to Vela, Jayesh Shah advanced USD$985 000 in four tranches.
Repayments reportedly reached USD$430 000 already.
Court documents show Shah is chasing another USD$1.182 million.
Vela argued that no judge has confirmed any debt award...
Fresh US paperwork just rebooted stalled gas deals and shoved Trinidad and Tobago back into the Venezuela energy game under Washington’s watch.
New US licences reset energy play
The Trinidad and Tobago government snagged two US general licences for Venezuela-linked energy work.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar pitched the move as a tighter US partnership.
Her statement on X framed it as a Caribbean energy hub flex.
Officials said compliance with US law will guide every step.
Payment rules and tight guardrails
Licence terms route taxes and royalties through US-directed foreign funds.
Petróleos de Venezuela SA appears only via controlled payment channels.
Treasury guidance blocks debt swaps, gold deals, and state-backed crypto...
A mounting cash squeeze just wiped Stabroek News off the map, shrinking Guyana's media space in real time.
Stabroek News shuts down in Guyana
Stabroek News, founded in the 1960s, is closing shop.
Isabelle and Brendan de Caires confirmed the pull-the-plug call.
Their statement framed it as a gut-wrenching choice.
Guyana just lost one of its daily papers.
Unpaid state ads and cash strain
Over the past year, the Department of Public Information racked up GUY$80 million in unpaid ads.
That bill equals roughly US$320,000 owed to the paper.
Repeated requests to settle the tab went nowhere.
Shareholders said the arrears choked off operating cash.
Broadcast ambitions blocked
Attempts to snag a radio license kept getting rejected.
Despite...
Momentum from the Lagos edition just kicked off a continent-wide campaign push, and Abidjan is the next big stop on the road to AFRIMA's 10th outing.
Road to the 10th AFRIMA
The International Committee of AFRIMA started prep after Lagos hosted the 9th edition.
The African Union Commission teamed up for city-to-city outreach.
Dar es Salaam hosted a recent media parley stop.
Abidjan gets the next session on February 17, 2026.
Abidjan parley lineup
The International Committee of AFRIMA is staging the Abidjan gathering.
Didi B is slated to pull up as a 9th winner.
Milo and Team Paiya are also billed.
DJ Moh Green and Morijah round out expected guests.
Why the engagement push matters
The International Committee of AFRIMA wants tighter...
A new platform just stepped into the spotlight to spotlight Black screen talent worldwide and call out the gaps the industry still keeps dodging.
Platform launch and mission
Black On Screen rolls out as a global media hub.
Folarin Aremu co-founded the outlet and set the tone.
Aremu says the idea grew from missing long-term coverage.
Mission centers Black creators shaping worldwide film stories.
Content scope across industries
Black On Screen plans red carpet and festival coverage.
Exclusive interviews and industry breakdowns are on deck.
Features will spotlight rising and established names.
Coverage stretches from Nollywood sets to Hollywood premieres.
Industry context and bigger goals
Black On Screen arrives during rising...
A massive spike in approved movies just flipped the January scoreboard, and unclassified YouTube uploads are about to get yanked.
January approvals jump hard
The National Film and Video Censors Board cleared 102 films for January 2026.
December 2025 only had 39 titles pass review.
That gap works out to a 161.5 percent surge.
Ogbonna Onwumere ties the move to NFVCB's legal duties.
Language split tells the story
The National Film and Video Censors Board logged 86 English films.
Igbo Productions grabbed eight approvals from the board.
Yoruba and Hausa entries each pulled three slots.
Hindi titles picked up two green lights.
Ratings skew older fast
The National Film and Video Censors Board placed 64 films at 15.
Another 27 landed in...
