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The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) is demanding answers from President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s administration over reports of a US $10 million presidential villa under construction in Foya, Lofa County, the president’s hometown — a project the group says appears nowhere in the national budget and risks breaching procurement laws. At a Thursday news conference in Monrovia, CENTAL Executive Director Anderson D. Miamen said the government’s silence is fueling suspicion about the project’s funding source, purpose and contractor selection. “We call on the Liberian government to provide detailed information about the project. Its continued silence, in the…

The Federal Ministry of Works has directed the contractor handling the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Keffi expressway to expedite action on the project, even if it means working at night. The Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, gave the order while inspecting the road on Thursday. He said the directive was imperative to ease traffic on the road that has become a nightmare for commuters. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn The minister explained that while 41 kilometres of the 43.6-kilometre road had been completed from the Keffi-bound section, the Abuja-bound stretch, which is just…

The government shutdown is mainly targeting the massive cuts in medical assistance for the poor and middle class. This is indirect but nevertheless the actual reason for the budget fight. It can be a bit, or more than a bit, confusing so I will attempt to explain what is happening. Part of what is confusing is who is doing this. It is NOT President Trump, the actual fight is between the lawmakers in Congress. Cause of Government Shutdown A government shutdown happens when Congress fails to pass the necessary funding bills to keep government agencies running. This failure is almost…

Tijuana and Mexico teenager Gilberto Mora is being tracked by Arsenal, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona, while Barcelona are contemplating signing Benfica center back Gonçalo Oliveira. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Atlético’s Álvarez on Barça links: ‘People talk’- Bernardo decides Man City future remains coy- Sources: Thorns trade Japans Sugita to Angel CityGilberto Mora is only 16 years old but is already making waves. Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty ImagesTRENDING RUMORS- Arsenal, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona are among the…

While AI coding startups like Cursor close brow-raising rounds on barely three years of existence, Replit’s path to a $3 billion valuation has been anything but swift. For CEO Amjad Masad, who’s been building tools to democratize programming since 2009, it’s a story of muscling through multiple failed business models, years stuck at the same revenue plateau, and a reckoning last year that forced him to cut half his staff. That makes what happened next more remarkable. Earlier this month, the Bay Area-based company closed a $250 million funding round led by Prysm Capital, nearly tripling its valuation from 2023.…

Charli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the…

Young protesters in Madagascar have said they will continue their fight for the resignation of the president, Andry Rajoelina, and rejected his dissolution of the government on Monday as insufficient.Twenty-two people were killed and 100 injured at the demonstrations, according to the UN. The unrest broke out on 25 September when local councillors were arrested for protesting against water and electricity outages in the capital, Antananarivo. The youth-led protests quickly spread to other towns and cities, fuelled by social media and other “Gen Z protests in Indonesia and Nepal, where the government was toppled.Madagascar is one of the world’s poorest…

Nairobi — The Ministry of Health has asked the National Treasury to release funds to settle pending bills owed to healthcare facilities under the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), amounting to Sh5.3 billion. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said the arrears affect facilities owed less than Sh10 million each, in line with a presidential directive prioritizing payments to smaller hospitals. The ministry has compiled a schedule of facilities across all counties, disaggregated by ownership — public, faith-based, and private — that are owed by NHIF. “These arrears continue to constrain service delivery, particularly at the primary and secondary levels of…

Thomas Tuchel has kept faith with the England squad that beat Andorra and excelled in Serbia last month and found no place for Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden in his camp for the friendly at home to Wales and World Cup qualifier in Latvia.Foden was pushing for a recall after rediscovering his form at Manchester City and Bellingham has returned for Real Madrid after shoulder surgery but the head coach has decided not to pick two of the country’s biggest attacking talents. Bellingham has started only once for his club.Tuchel has found space for Bukayo Saka, who is back to…

Japan is facing a shortage of Asahi products, including beer and bottled tea, as the drinks giant grapples with the impact of a major cyber-attack that has impacted its operations in the country.Most of the Asahi Group’s factories in Japan have been at a standstill since Monday, after the attack hit its ordering and delivering systems, the firm has said.Major Japanese retailers, including 7-Eleven and FamilyMart, have now warned customers to expect shortages of Asahi products.The BBC has contacted Asahi for comment.Asahi has temporarily suspended orders and shipments of its products with “no prospect of resumption”, FamilyMart said in a…