Tinubu’s Student Loan Is Funded by TETFund and EFCC Recoveries, Not New Money
President Bola Tinubu’s student loan scheme is being financed with money diverted from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and cash recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, according to...
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TikTok Users in Northern Nigeria Turn to VPNs as Access Disruption Enters Fourth Day
TikTok users across several northern Nigerian states, including Kaduna, Kano and Sokoto, have been unable to access the platform normally since Monday, forcing...
El-Rufai’s February Letter to NSA Over Alleged Importation of Deadly Poison From Poland Resurfaces
A letter written by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, in February 2026, demanding clarification over...
Nigeria and Uganda Signed US Health Deals Giving Access to Medical Records as Ghana Rejected Similar Pact
Nigeria and Uganda signed health agreements with the United States in December 2025 that give Washington access to sensitive health data, pathogen specimens...
Tinubu Awards $7bn Ogun Deep Seaport Deal to Chagoury-Linked DP World as Nigerians Question His Priorities
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has awarded two major Ogun State deep seaport contracts worth more than $7 billion to DP World MEA FZE,...
Niger Accuses France and Ukraine of Backing Proxies to Attack Its Territory in Fiery UN Speech
Niger’s representative at the United Nations General Assembly has accused France and Ukraine of leading a proxy war against his country, saying armed...
Senegal Signs $3.5bn Refinery Deal With Turkey’s Yamata to Process Local Crude, Target West African Fuel Market
Senegal’s state refiner, the Société Africaine de Raffinage (SAR), has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish company Yamata to build a second...
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...
Cameroon Commits to Stronger Bilateral Ties with Nigeria
Cameroon has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening bilateral relations with Nigeria, pledging to deepen cooperation in trade, security and regional integration. The commitment...
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré Defies FIFA, Vows to Intervene in Football Federation After 7-0 Argentina Humiliation
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has vowed to intervene directly in the country’s football federation despite the risk of sanctions from...
Ghana Approves Formal Application to Join BRICS as Cabinet Backs Mahama’s Economic Diversification Drive
Ghana’s cabinet has approved a decision to formally apply to join BRICS, the geopolitical and economic bloc of emerging economies, Foreign Minister Samuel...
Red Sea Belongs to Its Coastal States, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia Declare
The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia have issued a joint declaration asserting that the governance of the Red Sea is the...
Gambia Receives 21MW Generators From China to Tackle Crippling Power Crisis
The Gambia has taken delivery of two new power generators with a combined capacity of 21 megawatts, as the West African nation scrambles...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Launch Joint TV Channel Tafouk TV to Challenge Western Media
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have launched a joint television channel called Tafouk TV, a new regional broadcaster intended to promote the three...
Burkina Faso’s Traoré Says God Is Angry With Black People for Refusing to Use Their Brains
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has said God is angry with Black people because they have refused to use their brains,...
Senegal’s Power Cuts Force Government to Push Gas as the Long-Term Fix
Senegal’s energy minister says the power cuts that hit the country hard in September have made one thing clear: the country cannot keep...
Ethiopia and Eritrea Cut Diplomatic Ties as Tigray Conflict Escalates
Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a wider regional conflict. On Thursday, Ethiopia...
Declassified intelligence records reveal how Western networks leveraged NADECO activists to engineer Nigeria’s modern underdevelopment
The narrative surrounding Nigeria’s Fourth Republic is undergoing a profound historical revision as declassified diplomatic cables and intelligence agency disclosures reframe the legacy...
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...
IMF Tells Nigeria to End Fuel Subsidies While US and Europe Spend Billions on Energy Support
The International Monetary Fund has warned Nigeria against restoring a broad petrol subsidy, recommending targeted relief for vulnerable households instead. The advice has...
Traoré Launches “Sovereignty League” Days After Threatening to Seize Control of Football Federation
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has launched a new national football championship called the “Sovereignty League,” just days after threatening to...
Akpabio Wants Suicide Survivors Jailed While Tinubu Government Rehabilitates Bandits and Kidnappers
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has insisted that Nigerians who survive suicide attempts should be sent to prison, even as the same government under...
ABU Student Remanded in Prison Over Alleged Forged Letter Linking Tinubu to US Drug Case After Two Weeks in DSS Custody
Mubarak Abdullahi, a Criminology student in the Department of Sociology at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has been remanded in prison custody after being...
Police Deploy Tear Gas to Block Civilians From Searching Bush for Terrorists and Kidnappers
The Nigerian Police Force has deployed tear gas to stop civilians from searching the bush to flush out terrorists and kidnappers, according to...
Davido Submits Oriade and B4 B4 for 2027 Grammy Awards
Afrobeats singer Davido has submitted multiple entries for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards, including his sixth studio album Oriade and his hit...
