Body of Mary Habila Who Died at Minister Umahi’s Home Secretly Flown to Abuja for Autopsy Amid Controversy
The body of Mary Habila, the 26-year-old nurse who died under mysterious circumstances at the country home of Works Minister David Umahi in June, has been secretly flown to Abuja...
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Niger Introduces Death Penalty for Large-Scale Embezzlement of Public Funds
Niger’s transitional authorities have adopted a new penal code that significantly toughens penalties for the embezzlement of public funds, introducing life imprisonment and...
Seven Months Into 2026, No Sign of 2025 Budget Performance Report from Tinubu Administration
Seven months into the 2026 fiscal year, the Bola Tinubu administration has failed to publish Nigeria’s full-year 2025 budget performance report, raising fresh...
FEC Approves N1.7 Trillion Sokoto-Badagry Highway, Hands Contract to Convicted Money Launderer Gilbert Chagoury
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.7 trillion for the construction of the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway, a flagship infrastructure project under President...
Lagos Has ₦236 Billion for Environment, Yet Residents Are Swimming to Work
The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has a budget of ₦236 billion for 2026. Yet as torrential rainfall continues to...
Three Nigerian Students Win Gold Medals at 2026 International STEM Olympiad in Rome
Three young Nigerians have made their country proud by winning gold medals at the 2026 International STEM Olympiad held in Rome, Italy, competing...
AES Parliament Speakers Condemn European Resolution, Pledge Support to Burkina Faso
The Presidents of the Parliaments of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) have adopted a motion of support for Burkina Faso, firmly condemning...
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,...
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...
When Foreigners Become the Alibi for Failure
Scapegoating begins when citizens search for a visible cause of invisible structural failure. It becomes political when leaders discover that blaming foreigners is...
Senegal Government Orders Football Federation to Stop All Public Statements After World Cup Meltdown
Senegal’s Ministry of Youth and Sports has imposed a media blackout on the Senegal Football Federation (FSF), ordering officials to immediately cease all...
NiMet Forecasts Three Days of Cloudiness and Thunderstorms Across Nigeria
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy and thundery weather conditions across the country from Wednesday to Friday, with warnings of potential...
Hungarian Parliament Votes to Remove President, Former Orban Ally Forced Out
Hungary’s parliament has voted to remove President Tamas Sulyok, a close ally of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban who lost power in April...
Burkina Faso Takes Full State Control of $68 Million Gold Mine, Marks Shift Away from Foreign Miners
Burkina Faso’s military-led government has granted an industrial mining permit to its state-owned mining company, SOPAMIB, for the development of the Bouboulou gold...
What Nigeria’s World Cup Failure Reveals About African Football’s Real Divide
Somewhere in a hotel in Rabat last November, Alex Iwobi filmed the view from his window and posted it without a caption strong...
Celestia Labs and Kled AI Use Nigeria for Global Visibility, Then Block Its Users
Celestia Labs, a cryptocurrency infrastructure company, has temporarily blocked Nigerian residents from accessing its $5 test token giveaway, citing mass withdrawals instead of...
Bank of Ghana Report Reveals 75 Staff Dismissed as Fraud Cases Surge 48% in 2025
The Bank of Ghana has disclosed that 75 staff members of banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions were dismissed in 2025 following their involvement...
Russia Vows Continued Military Support for Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali
Russia has pledged to maintain its military backing for the junta-led governments of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, the three countries announced on...
Three Nigerian Students Win Gold Medals at 2026 International STEM Olympiad in Rome
Three young Nigerians have made their country proud by winning gold medals at the 2026 International STEM Olympiad held in Rome, Italy, competing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Over 23 Million Fans Sign Petition Calling for Argentina to Be Banned From World Cup
An online petition calling for Argentina’s national team to be permanently barred from participating in the FIFA World Cup has gathered more than...
Cardoso Blames Digital Payments, Inflation for Scarcity of N100 and N200 Notes as Nigerians Fear N5000 Note Is Coming
Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Olayemi Cardoso has attributed the growing scarcity of N100 and N200 notes to the rapid adoption of digital...
Burkina Faso Leader Vows Sharia Law Will Never Be Implemented in the Country
Burkina Faso’s transitional President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declared that Sharia law will never be allowed in the country, reaffirming the nation’s secular...
CAF Clears Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to Proceed with Joint AFCON 2032 Bid
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has accepted the joint declaration of interest submitted by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to host the...
Tinubu’s 2026 Budget Allocates N8.05 Billion for Churches and Mosques While Nigerians Lack Roads, Water and Healthcare
The Federal Government has earmarked N8.05 billion in the 2026 budget for the construction, renovation and equipping of churches and mosques across Nigeria,...
US Lobbying Firm Submits Tinubu Drug Forfeiture Records to Trump Administration, Congress
A Washington-based lobbying firm retained by former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has begun circulating more than 60 pages of United States Department...
