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Tinubu Government Claims Intelligence Cooperation With the US, Yet New York Times Publishes Conflicting Story Following $9 Million US Lobbying Effort

When the New York Times published its investigation suggesting that claims from a little-known civil society actor in Onitsha helped shape Washington’s perception...

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Tinubu Spends $9M on Lobbyists While Nigerians Die from Starved Health System — Less Than ₦36M Released from ₦218B Budget

As Nigeria’s healthcare system continues to strain under chronic underinvestment, fresh disclosures that only a tiny fraction of the 2025 health capital budget...

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Niger’s Security Forces Record Major Gains Against Armed Groups

Niger’s Defence and Security Forces have reported significant results following a week of intensive counterterrorism operations conducted across the country between January 5...

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Burkina Faso Takes Legal Step Toward Nuclear Energy Development

Burkina Faso has voted to join the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, marking a key legal step in its stated...

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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Turn to Russia for Shared Telecom Network

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced plans to develop the Sahel’s first shared telecommunications network, turning to Russia for technical support as...

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Tinubu Follows Gumi’s Lead as Nigeria Signs Turkey Defence Deal, Fueling Speculation Over Who Really Controls the Country’s Security Policy

Nigeria’s diplomatic and security strategy is once again under scrutiny after a controversial Islamic cleric’s advice appeared to echo in official state policy,...

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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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Ghana Records Lowest Inflation in Five Years

Ghana’s inflation has fallen to its lowest level in five years, offering a sign of relief for households and businesses after a long...

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Rebel Group Targets Kisangani Airport in Escalation of Congo Conflict

A rebel coalition in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the strategic northeastern city of Kisangani,...

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Ghana to Rename Kotoka International Airport

Ghana’s government is preparing to rename the country’s main international gateway, Kotoka International Airport, as Accra International Airport. The proposal is expected to...

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Russia Congratulates Ibrahim Traoré on Assuming AES Presidency

Russia has congratulated Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on his assumption of the rotating presidency of the Confederation of Sahel States, known...

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AES Condemns Niamey Airport Attack, Warns of Coordinated Destabilisation

The Alliance of Sahel States has strongly condemned the armed attack on Niamey’s Diori Hamani International Airport and the adjacent military air base,...

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Mali Cedes Strategic Land to Guinea to Deepen Trade Cooperation

Mali has approved the transfer of a strategic parcel of land to the Republic of Guinea as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral...

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Burkina Faso Takes Legal Step Toward Nuclear Energy Development

Burkina Faso has voted to join the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, marking a key legal step in its stated...

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Tinubu Follows Gumi’s Lead as Nigeria Signs Turkey Defence Deal, Fueling Speculation Over Who Really Controls the Country’s Security Policy

Nigeria’s diplomatic and security strategy is once again under scrutiny after a controversial Islamic cleric’s advice appeared to echo in official state policy,...

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Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré Reviews 2025 Achievements, Sets Ambitious Agenda for 2026

Burkina Faso’s President, Ibrahim Traoré, has described 2025 as a year of largely positive progress for the country, highlighting gains in agriculture and...

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Mali Says Reports of New Three-State Sahel Currency Are False but Talks Continue on Economic Integration

Mali’s government has rejected claims that it and its neighbours, Burkina Faso and Niger, have launched a new common currency, clarifying that no...

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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

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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

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

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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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US Security Narrative Shifts from Terrorism to Mining in Nigeria

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Tinubu Spends $9M on Lobbyists While Nigerians Die from Starved Health System — Less Than ₦36M Released from ₦218B Budget

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