[The Herald] Municipal Reporter Harare City Council has set aside $31 000 for an aggressive prepaid smart water meter awareness campaign and consultations to raise awareness on the benefits of the new technology to ensure acceptability of the concept.
[This Day] Abuja -Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday insisted that former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and others found to be involved in the mismanagement of funds meant for the purchase of arms for the military under the previous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan be prosecuted.
[Daily Trust] Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu yesterday in Abuja inaugurated committees to investigate the managements of 10 universities and polytechnics over allegations of abuse of due process, financial mismanagement and sexual harassment.
[AIM] Maputo -Contrary to claims by the former rebel movement Renamo, the Mozambican government spends much more on education, health and agriculture than it does on defence and security, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Adriano Maleiane, told the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic on Thursday.
[New Times] One of the nine fugitives sought by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, has been arrested in the DR Congo, the Tribunal Prosecutor announced yesterday.
[Premium Times] The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has vowed that his commission would recover all public funds stolen in the guise of arms procurement in Nigeria.
[Premium Times] The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to "apologise to Nigerians for claiming recently that recovered Abacha loot was transparently spent while she knew that $322m (about N63billion) recovered Abacha funds were inappropriately released to finance the fight against Boko Haram."
