Nigeria Film Industry Calls for Cheaper Tickets and Decentralised Cinemas to Boost Nollywood
Nigeria’s film industry is at a critical crossroads as experts warn that structural challenges in cinema exhibition are holding back the economic potential of Nollywood despite its global prominence. A...
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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...
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...
Tinubu Follows Gumi’s Lead as Nigeria Signs Turkey Defence Deal, Fueling Speculation Over Who Really Controls the Country’s Security Policy
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Burkina Faso Takes Legal Step Toward Nuclear Energy Development
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Nigerians Lament PayPal’s Return as Old Wounds Resurface
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Asake Sets New Billboard Afrobeats Record as Chart Presence Grows
Asake has further cemented his place as one of Afrobeats’ most dominant global acts after extending his record for the most entries on...
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
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Western Men Accused of Sexually Exploiting Women and Children Across Africa While Leaders Hand Out Visas to Predators
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US Security Narrative Shifts from Terrorism to Mining in Nigeria
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Senegal Unveils $100m Onshore Oil and Gas Plan After Revoking Idle Licenses
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Ghana’s Cocoa Crown Under Threat as Nigeria, Ecuador and Indonesia Close In
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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...
African Union signals diplomatic reset with Sahel alliance states
The African Union has begun a new diplomatic approach toward the countries of the Alliance of Sahel States, including Burkina Faso, Mali, and...
Atlas Oranto Hit by Licence Loss in Equatorial Guinea, Senegal, Venezuela
Nigerian oil magnate Arthur Eze’s company, Atlas Oranto Petroleum, is facing a series of setbacks across multiple energy projects, with the loss of...
Tinubu’s Senate Refuses Full Electronic Transmission, Keeps Manual Option
Tension is building across the country after the Senate, led by Godswill Akpabio, approved a conditional clause for electronic transmission of election results,...
Audit Raises Alarm Over Dozens of Questionable Projects Under Tinubu
Fresh scrutiny has fallen on federal spending after a new review uncovered dozens of questionable projects tied to the current administration. The findings...
As Death Toll Rises in Kwara and Katsina, US Troops Arrive and Trump Applauds Remi Tinubu
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For Bolé Festival, The Future Still Tastes Like Home
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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...
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
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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...
Malian Army Says Dozens of Militants Killed in Airstrikes in Segou Region
Mali’s armed forces say they have killed about twenty suspected militants during coordinated airstrikes in the central part of the country, as military...
Tems, Burna Boy Set New Billboard Hot 100 Record for African Artistes
Nigerian music stars Tems and Burna Boy have set a new milestone on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the African artistes with the...
Nigeria Approves 33 New Universities While Education Quality and Jobs Remain in Crisis
Nigeria has approved 33 new universities, bringing the total number of sanctioned higher education institutions to 309 nationwide. The move, authorised by the...
Gabon Suspends Social Media “Until Further Notice” Amid Rising Unrest
Gabon’s media regulator has announced the suspension of social media platforms nationwide, saying online content has fuelled division and threatened national stability. The...
Côte d’Ivoire Feeds the World’s Chocolate Industry, But When Prices Shift, Cocoa Farmers Are Left With Rotting Harvests and No Income
Côte d’Ivoire produces nearly half of the world’s cocoa, a crop that powers a global chocolate industry worth billions of dollars. From the...
Niger’s Tiani Visits Algeria in Bid to Strengthen Ties and Revive Key Projects
Abdourahamane Tiani, Niger’s head of state, is on an official visit to Algeria as part of efforts to repair diplomatic relations and deepen...
