Senate President Ahmed Lawan reacts to increase in electricity tariff

The constitutional reform bill allows Russia's President Vladimir Putin to run for president again and bans same-sex marriage, among other changes. Opposition figures said the vote was marred by irregularities.

President Trump reiterated his plan during a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, at the White House. Trump is annoyed over Germany's defense spending and its buying energy from Russia.

Some state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Friday paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa to thank him for his intervention.

On tonight's show, Burundi's late president Pierre Nkurunziza is buried in the capital as thousands attend his funeral, Madagascar marks 60 years of independence, and we bring you the Tanzanian miner who struck gold when he discovered the country's largest ever Tanzanite stones.

Damilola Mike-Bamiloye tells The Process how he handled the delicate story of Nigeria's first Gospel series actor, dramatist, producer, and director, Mike Bamiloye with the flick The Train. He explains the challenges he avoided and the influence of his father Mike Bamiloye, the founder and president of Mount Zion Drama Ministry and Mount Zion Television.

Malawi is bracing for a landmark election re-run. Voters will return to the polls this week to choose a president after last year's election outcome was overturned by the Constitutional Court. Also, South Africans grow increasingly frustrated with heavy-handed policing in the wake of the international focus on police brutality that has followed the death of George Floyd in the United States. And in Ivory Coast, dozens of high school students won't be able to sit their leaving exams until September.

President Donald Trump has held his first major rally in months in a bid to boost his reelection chances. The crowd was smaller than expected, but health officials warned the event could spark a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Today, in ‘Inside Stuff,’ multi-award-winning columnist and Executive Head of The Guardian's Editorial Board, Martins Oloja, is asking questions about Aso Villa under President Muhammadu Buhari's leadership. The Villa was disturbed with gunshots after an officer refuses to go into isolation after visiting his wife who has just delivered in Lagos.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said that he was trying "to balance our overriding objective of saving lives and protecting livelihoods." Around 40% of South Africans live below the poverty line; the lockdown hit them hard.

A new draft basic law for The Gambia seeks to ensure the shortest spell in office for any leader since independence in 1965. The cabinet of President Adama Barrow is not impressed.

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