Peter Obi Joins Protest at National Assembly Over Election Reforms
Former presidential candidate Peter Obi joined protesters at the National Assembly in Abuja, where demonstrators gathered to demand full electronic transmission of election results. The protest was sparked by concerns...
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Niger Adopts Record 2026 Budget in Push for Economic Sovereignty
Niger has approved a record national budget of more than 2.922 trillion CFA francs for the 2026 fiscal year, signalling a strong commitment...
ECOWAS Calls for Short, Inclusive Political Transition in Guinea-Bissau
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reiterated its call for a brief and inclusive political transition in Guinea-Bissau, stressing the...
Niger Records Progress on Dasa Uranium Project, Strengthens Gold Ambitions
Niger is recording major advances in its mining sector, with significant progress reported on the Dasa uranium project and renewed momentum in gold...
Africa’s Largest Airport Takes Shape as Ethiopia Commences $12.5bn Build
Ethiopia has officially begun work on a massive new airport that officials say will be the largest on the African continent when it...
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...
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...
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...
Tinubu Deducts N100bn Monthly From Federation Account Without Approval El-Rufai Alleges Says Action Deserves Impeachment
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has launched a blistering attack on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing the president of unilaterally deducting huge...
After Taiwo Oyedele’s Denials, Lagos State Activates ‘Power of Substitution’ Under Tinubu-Altered Tax Law, Allowing Authorities to Redirect Payments Without Court Orders
Lagos State has moved to activate a controversial enforcement provision in the nation’s revamped tax law, giving its revenue service the authority to...
Ghana Moves to Reclaim Kwame Nkrumah’s Former Residence in Guinea
Ghana has embarked on a diplomatic and cultural initiative to reclaim the former residence of its first president, Kwame Nkrumah, in Conakry, Guinea,...
Ghana Shares Gold Mining Model With Tanzania
Ghana has taken a leading role in shaping Africa’s future approach to gold mining, sharing its experience and reforms with Tanzania in a...
Ghana to Begin Construction of Nation’s Tallest Bridge With Japanese Support
Ghana is preparing to begin construction on what will become the country’s tallest bridge, a project backed by Japanese financing and technical expertise...
Trump’s Greenland Threat Forces Europe to Taste the Logic of Western Colonial Power
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The AFCON Final in Morocco and the Controversies That Followed
The Africa Cup of Nations final between hosts Morocco and Senegal ended with a trophy in Dakar, but left a host of unresolved...
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...
Mali’s Transition Leader Attends Swearing-In of Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya
Mali’s President of the Transition, General Assimi Goïta, represented the country in Conakry on January 17, 2026, for the official inauguration of Guinea’s...
Senegal Crowned AFCON 2025 Champions
Senegal has emerged as the champions of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, defeating hosts Morocco in a final that will be...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Tyla Wins Best African Music Performance at 2026 Grammys
South African singer Tyla has won the Best African Music Performance award at the 2026 Grammy Awards, defeating Nigerian nominees Burna Boy, Davido,...
Senegal to Appeal CAF Sanctions After AFCON Final Controversy
Senegal has announced plans to formally appeal the sanctions imposed by the Confederation of African Football following chaotic scenes during the Africa Cup...
Grammys Honour Fela Kuti With Historic Lifetime Achievement Award
Legendary Nigerian musician and Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti has become the first African artist to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The...
