
Celestia Labs, a cryptocurrency infrastructure company, has temporarily blocked Nigerian residents from accessing its $5 test token giveaway, citing mass withdrawals instead of product testing. The move comes two months...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 9, 2026Representatives from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique have launched a new initiative to remove persistent bottlenecks on regional transport corridors, acknowledging that border delays,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 10, 2026Nigeria has been removed as a full participant from the International Mathematical Olympiad after the Federal Government failed to fund the country’s participation...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 25, 2026Fear has gripped residents of the Danare community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State after more than 200 heavily armed...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 10, 2026Relations between the European Union and Burkina Faso’s military junta led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré have deteriorated sharply since the 2022 coup, marked...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 24, 2026Benin’s President Romuald Wadagni has officially extended an invitation to Mali’s transitional president, General of the Army Assimi Goïta, for a working and...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 10, 2026Ghana’s gold production surged 23.41 percent in 2025, reaching 5.94 million ounces from 4.82 million ounces in 2024, in a historic shift driven...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 11, 2026The credibility of President Bola Tinubu’s government has plunged into crisis, both at home and abroad, as a pattern of debunked official claims,...
ByWest Africa WeeklySeptember 28, 2025The Tinubu regime has cancelled the Independence Anniversary parade, previously scheduled to mark Nigeria’s 65th Anniversary of Independence on Wednesday, October 1. This...
ByKangmwa GofwenSeptember 30, 2025The third batch of Nigerian returnees from South Africa has arrived in the country, marking the latest phase of a presidential evacuation directive...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 3, 2026Niger’s transitional authorities have adopted a new penal code that significantly toughens penalties for the embezzlement of public funds, introducing life imprisonment and...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 3, 2026The World Bank has approved a fresh $1.25 billion loan for Nigeria under its Nigeria Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration programme, marking...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 3, 2026At least 13 people have died in Ghana’s capital, Accra, after torrential rains triggered severe flooding that submerged homes, destroyed buildings and cut...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2026Senegal’s lawmakers have passed a controversial constitutional reform that expands the powers of parliament while curbing those of the president, triggering protests outside...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2026Seven months into the 2026 fiscal year, the Bola Tinubu administration has failed to publish Nigeria’s full-year 2025 budget performance report, raising fresh...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2026The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.7 trillion for the construction of the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway, a flagship infrastructure project under President...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2026The Presidents of the Parliaments of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) have adopted a motion of support for Burkina Faso, firmly condemning...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 30, 2026Namibia has reaffirmed its demand for Germany to pay reparations for the genocide of the Herero and Nama people, describing Berlin’s formal apology...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 29, 2026The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has pledged to support Nigeria with technical expertise, research collaboration, and investment opportunities to help close the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 29, 2026There is a unique energy in Port Harcourt every August and September. The smell of smoky plantains roasting over open flames fills the...
ByIkenna ChurchillSeptember 18, 2025Babatunde Apalowo has always been drawn to stories that feel intimate. His debut, All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and...
ByIkenna ChurchillSeptember 10, 2025The crackle of a Montana winter seems worlds away from the humid whispers of Igbo folklore. Yet, in a Bozeman editing suite, filmmaker...
ByIkenna ChurchillJuly 17, 2025Foreign intelligence agencies and foreign organisations – including those tied to the CIA, Britain’s MI6, and US billionaire Bill Gates – are directly...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJuly 11, 2025The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is actively involved in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activities targeting audiences in East Africa....
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 26, 2025The editor behind Gangs of Lagos, Sista, and Makemation talks about invisible storytelling, creative trust, and why caring about the project is everything—often...
ByIkenna ChurchillMay 16, 2025Taiwo Egunjobi returns with “The Fire and the Moth,” a tense thriller we previewed after a private screening, delving into local lore and...
ByIkenna ChurchillMay 7, 2025West Africa Weekly’s EIC David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan of Plainsite have won the lawsuit [No. 23-1816 (BAH)] which they jointly instituted against...
ByMayowa DurosinmiApril 13, 2025The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 500, with health authorities and the World...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 8, 2026A court in eastern China has sentenced former senior official Yang Youlin to death after finding him guilty of accepting more than 2.21...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 7, 2026The Bola Tinubu administration has withheld statutory local government allocations due to Osun State totalling N201.962 billion over a 15-month period, despite a...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 7, 2026While Ghana is making significant progress in clearing its debts and rebuilding investor confidence, Nigeria’s debt burden has continued to spiral under President...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 7, 2026The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has alleged that Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde told him President Bola...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 7, 2026Three years into President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Nigeria’s security crisis has deepened across multiple fronts, with school abductions, banditry attacks and terrorism deaths...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 6, 2026