FCCPC Probe: Nigeria’s competition and consumer regulator has opened an investigation into Uber’s abrupt exit, focusing on whether customers were left with unfulfilled services after the company wound down operations effective September 2. E-hailing Shockwaves: The shutdown has also intensified uncertainty for drivers and passengers, with complaints spilling into airport pickup rules and wider platform competition as Bolt and inDrive eye market share. PAU Leadership Drama: Uganda’s Petroleum Authority of Uganda is in a leadership transition twist after Energy Minister Monica Musenero said a substantive successor to outgoing ED Ernest Rubondo has been selected, but named only Otonga Michael Ochan as acting ED—leaving the identity of the next boss unclear. Agri Skills Push: Government, with the ILO, is developing a practical agricultural mechanisation and irrigation training curriculum to plug technical gaps and create youth jobs. Climate-Smart Farming: Civil society is urging wider solar-powered farming to keep irrigation, processing, cooling and storage running as rainfall becomes less reliable. Oil Education Link: EACOP awarded scholarships to 16 underprivileged students at Kyambogo and Makerere for final-year STEM studies. Data for Planning: UBOS is strengthening vital statistics by partnering with cultural institutions to improve birth, death and migration records ahead of future censuses.