Africa

Liberia: LRA Boss Calls for Effective & Transparent Tax Systems

Justine

23 Sep 2025

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The 7th High-Level Policy Dialogue and 21st General Assembly of the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) has concluded in Freetown with a strong call from Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner General, James Dorbor Jallah, for effective, transparent, and equitable tax systems as the most reliable means to boost Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) and finance Africa's development aspirations.

Nigeria: Anti-Tinubu Post - FG Amends Charges Against Sowore, Delists Facebook, X

[Vanguard] The Federal Government has amended the cybercrime charges it filed against activist and former presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, for calling President Bola Tinubu a "criminal" in a publication he made on social media platforms.

Nigeria: Ministry Dismisses Northern Elders' Claim On Lagos Gold Refinery

[Leadership] The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD) has dismissed claims by the Northern Elders' Forum (NEF) that the federal government sited a gold refinery in Lagos in violation of the principle of federal character, describing the allegation as false and misleading.

Nigeria: Cybercrime Against Tinubu - Sowore, Re-Arraigned, Trial for Jan 22

[Daily Trust] A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 22 for the definite trial of activist, Omoyele Sowore, in the amended Cyberbullying charges brought against him by the Department of State Service (DSS) for allegedly calling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a 'criminal'.

Liberia: Boakai's Inner Circle Splits Over Re-Enacted Ports Regulatory Act

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Intense, high-level deliberations are underway at the Executive Mansion as President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. weighs whether to veto--again--the re-enacted Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Regulatory Act, exposing a sharp divide within his inner circle and placing the administration in a state of political and legal ambivalence.

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