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Malaysia’s Total Fertility Rate Dropped – Official

Malaysia‘s total fertility rate (TFR) has dropped below the replacement level, going from 2.1 children per woman in 2010 to 1.6 in 2022,...

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Top 10 Must-Watch West African Films/Shows for June 2024 – WAW Edition

As June 2024 comes to an end, West African cinema continues to showcase its rich storytelling and cultural diversity. This month offers a...

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Tobi Amusan Cleared of Doping Allegations by CAS, Eligible for Paris Olympics

Nigerian hurdler and world record holder Tobi Amusan has been acquitted of all doping violations by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)...

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UN Discovers Five ISIS Bombs Hidden In Iraq Mosque

United Nations (UN) said it found five bombs hidden in the walls of Mosul’s Al-Nuri mosque in Iraq, planted by the Islamic State...

Kenya's Ruto Deploys Pro-Govt Account On X Using AI-generated Music To Influence #RutoMustGo Protesters
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Ruto Regime Deploys AI-Generated Music To Pacify #RutoMustGo Protesters

In a desperate attempt to dislodge #RutoMustGo protesters from the streets and save his embattled regime, Kenya’s William Ruto has launched a dystopian...

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Pharmacy Council Of Nigeria Shuts Down 531 Illegal Medicine Shops In Abuja

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has closed 531 medicine outlets in Abuja for various violations, such as not being registered, poor record-keeping,...

Presidential Jet Saga: FG Set To Buy Repossessed Aircraft Despite Akpabio's Denial
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Presidential Jet Saga: FG Set To Buy Repossessed Aircraft Despite Akpabio’s Denial

Despite Nigeria’s Senate Speaker Godswill Akpabio’s denial of media reports, which indicated plans by the Tinubu-led administration to buy a presidential jet, new...

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Enugu: Suspected Vandal Electrocuted At EEDC’s Facility

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) reported that a suspected vandal was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a facility on Missionary Avenue, Coal...

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Unity Bank Fraud: An Unfolding Story Of Nigerian Corporate Malfeasance

Thomas Akoh Etuh is a very rich man. He is the Chairman at Veritas Kapital Assurance Plc and Founder of the TAK group...

FG Disembarks on Lagos-Calabar Highway Realignment Due to Submarine Cables
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FG Terminates Realignment Of Lagos-Calabar Highway Realignment Due To Submarine Cables

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it will no longer embark on the proposed Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway realignment. This was disclosed...

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Israel Defends Itself At the ICJ

Members of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), Bolivia, Columbia, Jordan, Malaysia, the Maldives, Namibia, Turkey, Namibia, and Pakistan have all expressed support...

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EXCLUSIVE: Oriental Hotel Pays Below Minimum Wage, Fakes Staff Bus To Deceive Labour Union

Lagos Oriental Hotel has been found to be in serious violation of multiple Nigerian labour laws by paying some of its full-time staff...

Tinubu Demands 50% of NCAA Revenue Goes to FG Amidst Rising Inflation
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Tinubu About to Cause Air Disaster, Imposes 50% Tax on NCAA

In a bid to raise revenue, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a directive mandating all self-funded agencies, including the Nigeria Civil Aviation...

FBI Releases 4th & Final Batch of #TinubuFBIFiles, Detailing Recipient of Heroin Proceeds
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FBI Releases 4th of 5 Batches of the #TinubuFBIFiles, Detailing Recipient of Heroin Proceeds

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), on Friday, released the 4th of 5 batches of its files on Bola Ahmed Tinubu detailing his...

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NERC Announces Deregulation of Metre Prices Starting May 1

On Monday, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced a change in metre pricing regulations for metres installed under the Metre Asset Provider...

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Olympiakos Clinch First Major European Trophy with 1-0 Victory Over Fiorentina

Olympiakos secured their first major European trophy by defeating Fiorentina 1-0 in extra-time in the Europa Conference League final on Wednesday. The historic...

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Kenya's Ruto Deploys Pro-Govt Account On X Using AI-generated Music To Influence #RutoMustGo Protesters
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Ruto Regime Deploys AI-Generated Music To Pacify #RutoMustGo Protesters

In a desperate attempt to dislodge #RutoMustGo protesters from the streets and save his embattled regime, Kenya’s William Ruto has launched a dystopian...

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Pharmacy Council Of Nigeria Shuts Down 531 Illegal Medicine Shops In Abuja

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has closed 531 medicine outlets in Abuja for various violations, such as not being registered, poor record-keeping,...

Presidential Jet Saga: FG Set To Buy Repossessed Aircraft Despite Akpabio's Denial
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Presidential Jet Saga: FG Set To Buy Repossessed Aircraft Despite Akpabio’s Denial

Despite Nigeria’s Senate Speaker Godswill Akpabio’s denial of media reports, which indicated plans by the Tinubu-led administration to buy a presidential jet, new...

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Enugu: Suspected Vandal Electrocuted At EEDC’s Facility

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) reported that a suspected vandal was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a facility on Missionary Avenue, Coal...

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Lagos DSVA to Investigate Domestic Violence Incident Involving SirJarus

The Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has responded to a tweet made by Suraj Oyewale (known as SirJarus), stating that the...

Kenyan President William Ruto has announced rejecting and withdrawing the contentious Finance Bill, earlier this afternoon. 
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#RutoMustGo Explainer: Why and How Kenyans Challenged Their ‘Tax Collector’ President

This time last month, Kenya’s President William Ruto was in the United States for a state visit. He beamed at the clicking cameras...

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India: Roof Collapse At New Delhi Airport Kills One, Injures Eight

Part of the roof at Terminal 1 of New Delhi’s International Airport collapsed due to heavy rains early Friday morning, killing one person...

Iran goes to presidential poll after Raisi killed in helicopter crash
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Iran Holds Presidential Election After Raisi’s Death In Helicopter Crash

Following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, 61 million eligible voters of 89 million population in Iran on Friday...

UN Allocates N16.8bn To Address Food Insecurity In Northeast Nigeria
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UN Allocates N16.8bn To Address Food Insecurity In Northeast Nigeria

The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated $11 million (16.8 billion) to address Nigeria’s northeast’s increasingly worsening Nigeria’s crisis. This was...

FG Inaugurates Task Force To Curb Illicit Drug Importations Via Non-Commercial Jets
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FG Inaugurates Task Force To Curb Illicit Drug Importation Via Non-Commercial Jets

Nigeria’s Federal Government has inaugurated an eight-man ministerial task force to investigate the rising spike in money laundering, drug trafficking, and other illegal...

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Customs Comptrollers In N15bn Scandal As CG Adeniyi Waives Duties On 500 NASS Luxury Vehicles

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and its Comptroller General, Bashir Adeniyi, are under intense pressure amidst revenue target shortfalls and suspected fraud in...

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“Obenesu Crescent”: An Excerpt From ‘Breaking Point’ by David Hundeyin

It was March 2021 and I was back in Accra, fresh from my Ivorian adventure. Ndi and Ralph had fallen out over something...

Thomas Etuh eating Unity Bank
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Unity Bank Fraud: An Unfolding Story Of Nigerian Corporate Malfeasance

Thomas Akoh Etuh is a very rich man. He is the Chairman at Veritas Kapital Assurance Plc and Founder of the TAK group...

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Following Yesterday’s Story, The NCAA Has Finally Suspended Max Air’s 737 Fleet

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has responded decisively to yesterday’s exclusive report on West Africa Weekly, which spotlighted alarming safety and procedural breaches at Max Air...

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Passenger Alert: Nigeria is About to Record Another Air Disaster

On Wednesday June 14, 2023, an Aero Contractors Boeing 737-500 with the tail identifier 5N-BLE took off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja shortly after...

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West Africa Weekly Aviation Special [Part 2]

The Audacity Of Fraud: The Incredible Story Of Nigeria Air “For the services Fairfax has provided and will continue to provide, Fairfax will...

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EXCLUSIVE: Amnesty International Fires Osai Ojigho Following West Africa Weekly Investigation

Amnesty International Nigeria country director Osai Ojigho has been quietly fired, 10 months after the organization under her watch came under public scrutiny following...

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Journalism Career Graveyard: The BBC And Its West Africa Problem

The first thing one learns in this line of business is the maxim “There is never just one cockroach.” Journalists, private investigators and...

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Ligue 1 side Marseille has appointed Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach on a three-year contract. The former Brighton boss was officially confirmed as the new coach on Saturday, following an earlier announcement from the club about an "agreement in principle."
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Marseille Appoints Roberto De Zerbi as Head Coach on Three-Year Contract

Ligue 1 side Marseille has appointed Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach on a three-year contract. The former Brighton boss was...

According to reports, double tragedy struck in Gwoza town earlier when two suicide bombers detonated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at a wedding venue and subsequent burial.
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Suicide Bombers Attack Wedding and Funeral in Borno, Eight Dead, Many Injured

According to reports, tragedy struck in Gwoza town, Borno, earlier today when two suicide bombers detonated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at a wedding...

Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to release leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),  Nnamdi Kanu, along with other individuals still in detention.
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Obey Court Order and Release Nnamdi Kanu – Obi Tells Tinubu

Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to release the...

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Must-Read African Fiction Books for the First Half of 2024

Books are essential to human survival, and Africa is blessed with rich creatives willing to write their hearts out.  Here is a curated...

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IMF Approves $360 Million For Ghana After Second Review

On Friday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the second review of Ghana’s $3 billion loan program, allowing an immediate release of approximately...

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Sharon Ooja Ties The Knot In Star-Studded Abuja Ceremony

Nollywood actress Sharon Ooja and her husband, Ugo Nwoke, tied the knot today, June 29, 2024, in a stunning white ceremony in Abuja....

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