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  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    KNEC shuts down fake KJSEA school rankings and fake aggregates

    Kenya's exam board is basically telling schools to knock it off with the bogus report cards circulating after junior high assessment results dropped. Institutions have been pushing out fake analyses with aggregate scores and school rankings, even though the competency-based system literally does...
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    Asake and Wizkid link up for Real Vol. 1 EP this December

    Wizkid and Asake are dropping a joint EP called Real Vol. 1 before the year ends, and the announcement came through during an Apple Music session where both artists confirmed the project. The two have a history working together on tracks like MMS from Asake's Lungu Boy album, which landed a...
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    Kenya holds fuel prices steady despite global oil shifts

    Kenya kept fuel prices flat for another month after the energy regulator said gas stations can keep charging what they've been charging since mid-November. Nairobi drivers are still paying 184.52 shillings per liter for super petrol, 171.47 for diesel, and 154.78 for kerosene through...
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    KNEC slaps schools for faking new junior exam rankings

    Kenya's exam board is telling schools to cut it out with the fake report cards they keep sending to parents about junior high test scores. Education officials are mad because institutions keep dropping phony league tables and average scores, even though the new system literally does not work...
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    Eastern Cape hands tractors, sewing machines to rural co-ops

    Some official in the Eastern Cape named Nonceba Kontsiwe just dropped farming gear and sewing equipment on cooperatives around Matatiele to get people making more food and clothes. The handout covered two mini tractors, 30 industrial sewing machines, a pottery wheel, and some slab roller thing...
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    SA condemns Sydney beach terror attack on Jewish community

    South Africa sent condolences to Australia after some psycho opened fire at Bondi Beach and hit 11 people during a Hanukkah celebration. Officials labeled the shooting as terrorism aimed at Jewish folks who were just trying to light candles, and Pretoria made it clear they think attacking people...
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    Manamela moves to axe three private colleges over compliance failures

    South Africa's education boss Buti Manamela is about to yank the licenses from three private colleges after they ghosted the government on paperwork for way too long. City Varsity, Damelin, and ICESA City Campus blew past multiple deadlines to hand over their financial records and tax docs, and...
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    Matric paper leak traced to DBE insiders, two suspended

    South Africa's education minister dropped the hammer on two government workers after they got caught leaking matric exam papers to high schoolers around Pretoria. Siviwe Gwarube said the whole thing got busted when markers noticed some kids were writing answers that matched the official grading...
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    SASSA demands your own number for R370 grant apps

    South Africa's welfare office is telling people who want that COVID relief money to stop using borrowed phone numbers when they apply for the grant. SASSA dropped a notice saying applicants need to register with their actual cell digits and real bank info, or the system will basically ghost them...
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    Shettima reps Tinubu at Army HQ’s terror strategy powwow

    Nigeria's second-in-command flew into Lagos to show up at the army's yearly get-together, and the state's top guy, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, met Kashim Shettima at the airport before military brass took over hosting duties. Defense Minister Christopher Musa and other service chiefs rolled through...
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    Ex-US captain claims Nigeria’s kidnappings are big business

    Some retired US Army guy named Bish Johnson went on Nigerian TV and basically said the quiet part out loud about why the country keeps dealing with kidnappers and bandits. He thinks people inside the government are getting paid off for this whole mess, and the crime stuff is organized like a...
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    Kaduna to honor late Sheikh with interfaith harmony foundation

    Kaduna's governor is putting together a foundation to keep alive the peacemaking legacy of Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, who passed away recently. Uba Sani showed up at the cleric's family house in Bauchi with like 30 people to pay respects, and he's getting a committee together with relatives and...
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    Ramaphosa calls for unity at Reconciliation Day site of old rift

    South Africa's president is heading to the Ncome Museum in KwaZulu-Natal to give a speech about bringing people together. Cyril Ramaphosa will talk at the spot where a massive fight went down between Voortrekker settlers and Zulu warriors way back in 1838, and the government picked this location...
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    ANC bets its caucus won’t flip on Ntuli no-confidence vote

    The ruling party in KwaZulu-Natal thinks its legislators will stay loyal when they vote on whether to boot out Premier Thami Ntuli. The MK Party needs 41 votes out of 80 to win, and they've got 39 locked down right now. ANC deputy convenor Siboniso Duma said his crew of 14 members won't flip...
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    Presidency locks up interim corruption report, calls leaks reckless

    South Africa's government is keeping the work-in-progress version of an anti-corruption investigation under wraps for now. Vincent Magwenya from the presidential office said they're only releasing the finished product when everything wraps up, and President Cyril Ramaphosa is getting a...
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    Prophet says Abacha’s ghost haunts Aso Rock, demands apology

    A church leader in Nigeria is pushing for government officials to say sorry to the Abacha family, claiming it would fix the country's security problems. Prophet Haruna Musa, who runs Kingdom Dominion Outreach Ministry International in Jos, told reporters that past and present Nigerian leaders...
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    Umahi - Biafra dream fades, roads pave unity

    Works minister David Umahi says the whole Biafra separatist vibe is dead because Tinubu finally started throwing infrastructure cash at the southeast after decades of getting ignored by previous administrations. The former Ebube governor claims federal road projects and development attention...
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    Lai Mohammed denies live bullets at Lekki toll gate

    Ex-info minister Lai Mohammed hopped on TV to claim army brass told him troops only got blank ammo when they rolled up to Lekki toll gate during the 2020 EndSARS chaos. The guy says he stayed glued to phone calls with defense chiefs throughout the whole mess, and federal officials had intel...
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    Ajayi sounds alarm on brain drain, not just exits

    The outgoing boss of Federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti says stopping Nigerian professionals from bouncing overseas requires way more than just salary bumps since different people need different fixes to stick around. Professor Adekunle Ajayi told reporters that doctors might want better pay...
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    Lai Mohammed - banditry’s roots run deeper than cows

    Former info minister Lai Mohammed jumped on Channels TV to say everyone needs to stop treating banditry like it just means kidnapping because the whole thing actually revolves around fighting over resources in northern states. The ex-official pointed out that during a security meeting in...
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