Taraba Governor Agbu Kefas Condemned for Slashing Street Sweepers’ Pay from N15,000 to N10,000 While Expanding Civil Service
Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas has reduced the monthly allowance of street sweepers under the Operation Keep Taraba Clean programme from N15,000 to N10,000, a decision that has been widely...
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Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique Agree to Fix Border Delays and Cut Transport Costs Across Southern Africa
Representatives from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique have launched a new initiative to remove persistent bottlenecks on regional transport corridors, acknowledging that border delays,...
INEC Faces Fresh Crisis as Political Aide Accesses Restricted Voter Database
First, a chairman who does not exist tweeted. Then, a politician’s aide walked through a door that should have been sealed. Two incidents,...
Senegal Denies Coach Dispute Caused World Cup Travel Delay
The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has rejected widespread reports that a contract dispute with head coach Pape Thiaw caused a significant delay to...
ECOWAS Mediator Received by Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Ouagadougou to Discuss AES Relations
The ECOWAS mediator for the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Lansana Kouyaté, was granted an audience by Captain Ibrahim Traoré on Tuesday to...
JNIM Kills 47 Beninese Soldiers as Sahel Crisis Expands Toward Nigeria
The Sahel crisis has crashed through Benin’s northern frontier with a brutality that has shaken the small West African nation. In an attack...
The West’s Quiet Grip on Africa’s Ballot Box
A video from election day in Nigeria showed polling stations opening hours late. Another clip from Zimbabwe showed ballot papers running out while...
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...
Equatorial Guinea Government Resigns After Achieving Just 10 Percent of Targets
Equatorial Guinea’s entire government has resigned after an internal review found that it had achieved only a fraction of its stated objectives, Vice-President...
MSF Fires 18 Staff After Sexual Abuse Scandal Involving Sudanese Refugees
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders, known internationally by its French acronym MSF, has fired 18 staff members following an internal investigation into allegations...
Nearly 200,000 Nigerians Access Pension Savings Early Following Unemployment Under Tinubu Administration
Almost 200,000 Nigerian workers have been forced to withdraw from their pension savings over the past five years after losing their jobs. This...
Gambia and Senegal Seal Landmark Cooperation Agreements Across Defence and Border Management
The Gambia and Senegal have taken a major step forward in their bilateral relations, signing a series of landmark cooperation agreements aimed at...
INEC in Disgrace as Officials Hand Death Certificates to Voter Registrants
A disturbing administrative blunder at a local office of the Independent National Electoral Commission has plunged the nation into fresh outrage, exposing yet...
Mali and Mauritania Pledge Stronger Bilateral Cooperation in Bamako Meeting
Mali and Mauritania have moved to strengthen their bilateral cooperation following a high level meeting in Bamako on Monday. The President of Mali’s...
Ivory Coast Claim First World Cup Win Since 2014 with Last Gasp Victory
An unforgettable night of World Cup football in Philadelphia saw the Ivory Coast snatch a dramatic 1-0 victory over Ecuador, with substitute Amad...
Borno State Government Reintegrates 720 Murderers, Kidnappers, and Rapists Disguised as Repentant Insurgents
The Borno State Government has reintegrated 720 men who have spent years kidnapping, killing, raping, and burning villages across the northeast, releasing them...
Ghana’s Gold Output Surges 23 Percent to Nearly 6 Million Ounces in 2025 as Small Scale Miners Take the Lead
Ghana’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...
Congo Says Confirmed Ebola Cases Rise to 635 as Deadly Outbreak Spreads East
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have risen to 635, including 127 deaths, as the outbreak caused by the rare...
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...
279 Kidnapped, 842 Killed Across Nigeria in May as Insecurity Worsens Under Tinubu
No fewer than 279 persons were kidnapped across Nigeria in May 2026, while 842 people lost their lives in 156 violent incidents recorded...
Japan Raises Visa Fees by 400 Percent for Nigerians and Other Foreign Nationals
The Japanese government has approved a significant increase in visa fees for Nigerians and other foreign nationals, marking the first revision of visa...
Burkina Faso Approves Health, Education and Urban Development Initiatives at Cabinet Meeting
Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers convened on Thursday under the chairmanship of the country’s highest authorities, adopting a series of decisions spanning health,...
Zimbabwe Adds Its Name to a Growing List of African Countries Including Benin, Chad, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon and Egypt That Have Extended Presidential Terms
Zimbabwe’s lower house of parliament has passed a bill extending presidential terms from five to seven years, a move that would allow 83-year-old...
Nigeria’s Revenue Surges 49% as Poverty Hits 63%, Exposing Deep Economic Contradiction
Nigeria’s tax revenue jumped 49 percent in the first five months of 2026, reaching N15.8 trillion, driven by sweeping tax reforms and new...
Mauritanian Defence Minister Delivers Presidential Message to Niger’s General Tiani
The Mauritanian Minister of Defence, Hanana Ould Sidi, arrived in Niamey on Tuesday and was received in audience by General Abdourahamane Tiani, Niger’s...
