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Fiscal policy, budgets, public debt, taxes, customs duties and public support, distinguishing announced targets from realised outcomes.

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AI-generated symbolic illustration. Imagined road-budget and missing-link model; no actual Oron–Calabar alignment, construction condition, appropriated funds or completed works are depicted.
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Nigerian lawmakers seek 2027 funding for Oron–Calabar road section

The House urged construction and budget provision for an unfinished East–West Road link; historical contract approvals are not a new spending award.

Source: National Assembly Library Trust Fund (NALTF)
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Nigeria’s House passes National Assembly staff pension amendment bill

HB 2240 would reshape the pension board, standardise gratuity payments and establish a scheme fund; the official report gives a conflicting sitting date.

Source: National Assembly Library Trust Fund (NALTF)
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UAE launches AI platform for tourists’ VAT refunds

The Federal Tax Authority says tourist refunds now use a paperless process, mobile app and facial recognition, with refunds taking one business day.

Source: Federal Tax Authority
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Spain pays another €2.4 million in fishing-fleet diesel aid

The second installment covers 424 vessels and brings payments for the March–April fuel tranche to €5.6 million for 4,459 vessels.

Source: Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA)
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UAE waives selected industrial property fees for student inventors and people with disabilities

The UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism said 29 industrial-property services have been fully exempt from fees for student inventors and people with disabilities since 14 September. Additional exemptions differ between the groups; the ministry also reported former fee ranges and patent-application changes.

Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM), reporting the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism
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UAE eInvoicing five-corner model enters operational testing

The Ministry of Finance said the five-corner model is operational in practical tests following the eInvoicing programme’s July 2026 pilot launch. In-scope entities with annual revenue of at least AED50 million have until 30 October 2026 to appoint an accredited service provider; the first mandatory implementation date remains 1 January 2027.

Source: UAE Ministry of Finance
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Egypt’s balance-of-payments deficit narrows to $1.8 billion in nine months

A report reviewed by Egypt’s Ministerial Economic Group put the balance-of-payments deficit at $1.8 billion for July–March of fiscal 2025/26, compared with about $1.9 billion in the same period a year earlier.

Source: Egypt State Information Service / Cabinet of Egypt
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