A protester throws back a tear gas canister at Kenyan anti-riot police officers during a demonstration against tax hikes as Members of the Parliament continue to debate the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi on June 20, 2024. - Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets across Kenya on June 20, 2024 to protest contentious tax hikes, with police deploying tear gas and water cannon in the capital Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)

Obi asks political leaders to learn from Kenya’s experience

Liberian President slashes own salary by 40% Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has challenged political leaders in the country to learn from the recent
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First Deputy Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament/Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau (left); Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hadja Memounatou Ibrahima; Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Okezie Kalu; and other parliamentarians at the ongoing 2024 First Ordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja… yesterday. PHOTO: LUCY LADIDI ATEKO

Akpabio tasks ECOWAS parliament on regional woes

• ECOWAS president cautions Niger, Mali, B’Faso over exit • Parliament sets up reconciliation committee   If the ECOWAS Parliament is galvanised through the spirit of unity, innovation and unwavering belief in the
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[FILE] President Bola Tinubu: Philip Agbese has commended Tinubu for restoring trust in government.

Clark urges Tinubu to intervene in Rivers political logjam

‘How insecurity affected investments, devt in Rivers’ The elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw Nation, Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the looming political logjam in Rivers State.
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