JOEL OLATUNDE AGOI : ‘Unruly’ Nigerians say their president has a point after blunt independence speech

Can a president whip his people into shape?

President Muhammadu Buhari calls on Nigerians to stop their "unruly behaviour" in a televised address to the nation.

Voting is to begin in Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, to elect a new president.

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Tanzanian president sweeps streets on independence day
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Tanzanian President John Magufuli joins a clean-up event outside the State House in Dar es Salaam on December 9, 2015. Magufuli cancelled Independence Day celebrations and ordered a national day of clean-up instead. / AFP / DANIEL HAYDUK ...
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Tanzanian president scraps independence party for clean-up day
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DAR ES SALAAM: Newly elected Tanzanian President John Magufuli has scrapped independence day celebrations to spend the money on a clean-up campaign, an official statement said. "It is so shameful that we are spending huge amounts of money to ...
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Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda yesterday came to the defence of President Jakaya Kikwete, saying the Head of State did not err in what he presented to the Constituent Assembly (CA) on Friday last week.

Opposition MPs vowed yesterday that they would not let President John Magufuli inaugurate Parliament without being accompanied by the “legally elected” Zanzibar President.

Opposition - No JPM Speech Without Zanzibar President
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Dodoma — Opposition MPs vowed yesterday that they would not let President John Magufuli inaugurate Parliament without being accompanied by the "legally elected" Zanzibar President. Ukawa co-chairman Freeman Mbowe told reporters that opposition ...

An address to parliament by South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is halted by opposition MPs chanting: "Pay back the money."