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US Judge Rejects Tinubu’s Bid to Delay Release of DOJ Drug Files, Sets August 21 Deadline

A United States federal judge has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s request for a 10-day extension in the legal battle over the release of...

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President Tinubu Signed Electoral Act 2026 That Removes Certificate Forgery as Ground for Election Petitions, Nigerians Say Law Shields Criminals

President Bola Tinubu signed the Electoral Act 2026 into law on February 18, 2026, but it is only now, as the 2027 general...

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How Lagos’ Dirty Culture Followed Tinubu to Abuja

When President Bola Tinubu moved from Lagos to Abuja in 2023, many Nigerians hoped the Federal Capital Territory would remain the orderly, well-planned...

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How Dangote Sells Fuel and Cement Cheaper Abroad While Nigerians Pay More

Aliko Dangote has built a business empire that dominates Nigeria’s fuel and cement markets. But a growing body of evidence suggests that Nigerians...

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Guinea-Bissau Junta Leader Makes First Foreign Trip to Chad Amid Diplomatic Isolation

Guinea-Bissau’s transitional leader, General Horta N’Tam, travelled to Chad on Monday for his first foreign trip since seizing power more than eight months...

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Russia Builds Air Shadow Fleet Across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger as US and Europe Raise Alarm

Russia is expanding its military reach across Africa’s Sahel through an air shadow fleet of state and private aircraft supplying operations in Mali,...

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From False Visa Promises to Drug Controversies, Tinubu Keeps Demarketing Nigeria on the Global Stage

The credibility of President Bola Tinubu’s government has plunged into crisis, both at home and abroad, as a pattern of debunked official claims,...

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Tinubu’s Actions Signal A Colonial-Era Comeback As He Scraps Key National Traditions

The Tinubu regime has cancelled the Independence Anniversary parade, previously scheduled to mark Nigeria’s 65th Anniversary of Independence on Wednesday, October 1. This...

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Tinubu Files Court Motion to Block Release of US Drug Records

President Bola Tinubu has filed a motion in a United States federal court seeking to block the release of records held by the...

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Ghana Bans Unrefined Gold Exports From September 1 to Boost Domestic Refining

Ghana will ban the export of unrefined artisanal gold dore from September 1, 2026, requiring all such gold to be refined locally before...

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Senegalese Company Produces First Africa-Made Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease

A Senegalese pharmaceutical company has produced the first Africa-made treatment for sickle cell disease, a breakthrough that offers hope to millions of sufferers...

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Tanzania’s Vice President Resigns in Unprecedented Move Less Than a Year After Taking Office

Tanzania’s Vice President Emmanuel John Nchimbi has announced his resignation, effective September 4, 2026, marking the first time in the country’s history that...

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Zambia Shuts Down All Courts to Block Opposition Election Challenge

Zambian authorities closed the country’s top courts on Monday, blocking access to judicial premises on the last day the opposition could file a...

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Russia Builds Air Shadow Fleet Across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger as US and Europe Raise Alarm

Russia is expanding its military reach across Africa’s Sahel through an air shadow fleet of state and private aircraft supplying operations in Mali,...

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Niger Grants Major Uranium Mining Permits to National Companies, Two Years After Taking Control From Foreign Operators

Niger has granted two major uranium mining permits to national companies, marking a significant milestone in the military-led government’s broader restructuring of the...

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Ghana Mineworkers Demand Release of $34.5 Million in Savings Frozen Since 2017 Bank Clean-Up

Ghana’s mineworkers have petitioned the central bank to release more than 380 million cedis ($34.55 million) in savings and severance packages that have...

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How Dangote Sells Fuel and Cement Cheaper Abroad While Nigerians Pay More

Aliko Dangote has built a business empire that dominates Nigeria’s fuel and cement markets. But a growing body of evidence suggests that Nigerians...

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US Judge Rejects Tinubu’s Bid to Delay Release of DOJ Drug Files, Sets August 21 Deadline

A United States federal judge has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s request for a 10-day extension in the legal battle over the release of...

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For Bolé Festival, The Future Still Tastes Like Home

There is a unique energy in Port Harcourt every August and September. The smell of smoky plantains roasting over open flames fills the...

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Babatunde Apalowo’s Next Nollywood Film, Londoner, Is Personal, but Its Questions Are Collective

Babatunde Apalowo has always been drawn to stories that feel intimate. His debut, All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and...

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Nnamdi Kanaga’s “Water Girl” and the New Wave of Mythmaking in Nigerian Cinema

The crackle of a Montana winter seems worlds away from the humid whispers of Igbo folklore. Yet, in a Bozeman editing suite, filmmaker...

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Exclusive: MI6, CIA-linked NGOs, Bill Gates Are Directly Writing Nigeria’s Security, Health, Food And Tax Laws

Foreign intelligence agencies and foreign organisations – including those tied to the CIA, Britain’s MI6, and US billionaire Bill Gates – are directly...

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EXPOSED: US Embassy in Uganda Runs Clandestine Foreign Interference Program Targeting East African Journalists

The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is actively involved in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activities targeting audiences in East Africa....

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Biyi Toluwalase Puts Story First in Every Nollywood Film He Edits

The editor behind Gangs of Lagos, Sista, and Makemation talks about invisible storytelling, creative trust, and why caring about the project is everything—often...

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Why “The Fire and the Moth” Feels Like Taiwo Egunjobi’s Truest Story

Taiwo Egunjobi returns with “The Fire and the Moth,” a tense thriller we previewed after a private screening, delving into local lore and...

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Hundeyin and Greenspan Win FOIA Suit as US Court Orders FBI, Other Federal Agencies To Release Unredacted Files on Tinubu’s Heroin Trafficking

West Africa Weekly’s EIC David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan of Plainsite have won the lawsuit [No. 23-1816 (BAH)] which they jointly instituted against...

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Thousands Rally in Support of Niger’s Military Leader After Thwarted Army Mutiny

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Niamey on Wednesday in a show of support for Niger’s military leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani,...

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Guinea-Bissau Referendum Approves New Constitution That Expands President’s Powers

Voters in Guinea-Bissau have approved a new constitution that significantly expands presidential powers ahead of a general election later this year. The referendum...

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FIFA Accepts NFF Resignations, Yet to Approve Normalisation Committee

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that world football governing body FIFA has formally accepted the resignations of its former principal officers...

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Major Foreign Companies That Have Exited Nigeria in Recent Years

Over the past five years, Nigeria has witnessed an unprecedented exodus of multinational corporations, with more than 70 companies leaving the country between...

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Uber Exits Nigeria After 12 Years, Government Sympathisers Blame ‘Evil Conspiracy’ While Nigerians Laugh

Uber has announced it will exit Nigeria after 12 years of operation, effective September 2, 2026, sparking a wave of reactions across the...

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Diphtheria Outbreak Claims 23 Lives in Plateau State, 143 Suspected Cases Recorded

Twenty-three people have died from suspected diphtheria in Plateau State in the last two weeks, with 143 suspected cases recorded as the state...

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