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Peter Obi Congratulates Nigerian- born Dr Alban on Induction into European Hall of Fame
Alban Uzoma Nwapa, widely known as Dr Alban, the Nigerian-born Swedish musician and producer who performed the hit “It’s My Life,” has been elected into the European Hall of Fame....
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Missing Kenyan Woman Found in Uganda Police Station Amid Government Crackdown on Protesters
A missing Kenyan woman has reportedly been found in a police station in Uganda, bringing relief to family and friends but also raising...
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Universal Music Group’s Revenue Decline Sparks Uncertainty for Nigerian Artists
Universal Music Group (UMG) shares dropped 24%, wiping out $16 billion in market value, due to slower-than-expected growth in its streaming and subscription...
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Organizers Vow to Proceed with Nationwide Protest Against Government’s Anti-People Policies
The Network Abuja Left Group has declared its unwavering commitment to the proposed nationwide protest scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024, despite...
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As Protests Brew, NNPC Advertises Job Offers, Portal Crashes Amid High Demand
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has announced a significant recruitment exercise for various department positions. However, the company’s job application portal...
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Ayra Starr Announces Limited Edition Dolls
Nigerian music star Ayra Starr has revealed the release of exclusive limited edition dolls modelled after her, creating a buzz among her fans...
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Kenyans Have the Rights to Protest, U.S. Govt Tells President Ruto
In a statement on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said freedom of assembly and expression under Kenya’s constitution were “paramount.”...
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Namibia To Implement Visa Restrictions On UK, US, Canada, Other Western Countries April 2025
The Namibian government has announced a new policy to impose visa restrictions on some Western countries, including Canada, Germany, the United States (U.S.),...
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H1 2024: Nigeria’s Vehicle Imports Drops By 60% Due To Naira Volatility, High Customs Duties
The importation of vehicles into Nigeria dropped by 60 per cent in the first half of 2024, primarily due to high exchange rates...
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Unity Bank Fraud: An Unfolding Story Of Nigerian Corporate Malfeasance
Thomas Akoh Etuh is a very rich man. He is the Chairman at Veritas Kapital Assurance Plc and Founder of the TAK group...
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FG Terminates Realignment Of Lagos-Calabar Highway Realignment Due To Submarine Cables
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it will no longer embark on the proposed Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway realignment. This was disclosed...
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Israel Defends Itself At the ICJ
Members of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), Bolivia, Columbia, Jordan, Malaysia, the Maldives, Namibia, Turkey, Namibia, and Pakistan have all expressed support...
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EXCLUSIVE: Oriental Hotel Pays Below Minimum Wage, Fakes Staff Bus To Deceive Labour Union
Lagos Oriental Hotel has been found to be in serious violation of multiple Nigerian labour laws by paying some of its full-time staff...
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Tinubu About to Cause Air Disaster, Imposes 50% Tax on NCAA
In a bid to raise revenue, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a directive mandating all self-funded agencies, including the Nigeria Civil Aviation...
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FBI Releases 4th of 5 Batches of the #TinubuFBIFiles, Detailing Recipient of Heroin Proceeds
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), on Friday, released the 4th of 5 batches of its files on Bola Ahmed Tinubu detailing his...
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Landmark Demands Compensation Over Demolition of Beachfront
Landmark, a multi-million dollar corporate resort entity, has demanded compensation from the Lagos State and Federal governments for demolishing its beachfront. This was...
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NNPC debunks reports of Petrol price increase
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has refuted social media reports suggesting an increase in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gas Oil...
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Ayra Starr Announces Limited Edition Dolls
Nigerian music star Ayra Starr has revealed the release of exclusive limited edition dolls modelled after her, creating a buzz among her fans...
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Kenyans Have the Rights to Protest, U.S. Govt Tells President Ruto
In a statement on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said freedom of assembly and expression under Kenya’s constitution were “paramount.”...
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Namibia To Implement Visa Restrictions On UK, US, Canada, Other Western Countries April 2025
The Namibian government has announced a new policy to impose visa restrictions on some Western countries, including Canada, Germany, the United States (U.S.),...
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H1 2024: Nigeria’s Vehicle Imports Drops By 60% Due To Naira Volatility, High Customs Duties
The importation of vehicles into Nigeria dropped by 60 per cent in the first half of 2024, primarily due to high exchange rates...
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Refinery Saga: Fuel Imports from Malta to Nigeria Rise to $2.25 Billion in 2023
Reports emerging a few days after recent allegations against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited by Alhaji Aikko Dangote, founder of Dangote...
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H1 2024: Dangote Cement Reports 85% Pre-tax Profit, Struggles With +118% YoY Increase In Production Costs
Dangote Cement Plc has announced a pre-tax profit of N292.9 billion for the first half of 2024. This marks a 22 per cent...
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Financial Irregularities Uncovered At Central Bank of Liberia, Says GAC Report
The General Auditing Commission has released a compliance audit report showing massive financial irregularities at the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) covering January...
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Tinubu Raises Armed Forces Pension By 20 Per Cent As Nationwide Protest Looms
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved implementing a 20 per cent increase in pension for the Armed Forces personnel. This was made known...
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Despite Assuming Office Controversially, Tinubu Boasts Of No Cabal Nor Sponsors To Settle
Despite assuming the Office of President in a widely disputed election, Bola Tinubu stated his campaign did not have cabals or sponsored backing...
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DSS Attempts to Stifle #EndBadGovernance Protest with Baseless ‘Regime Change’ Claims
The Department of State Services (DSS) has joined the call by security agencies and politicians against the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest scheduled to...
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“Obenesu Crescent”: An Excerpt From ‘Breaking Point’ by David Hundeyin
It was March 2021 and I was back in Accra, fresh from my Ivorian adventure. Ndi and Ralph had fallen out over something...
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Raphael Adebayo: If Six-Year-Old Kids Can Defend Their Families in Mexico, Why Can’t Nigerians?
A few days ago, I declared that it was time for Nigeria to legalize and democratize access to firearms and ammunition so that...
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Unity Bank Fraud: An Unfolding Story Of Nigerian Corporate Malfeasance
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu: From Drug Lord To Presidential Candidate
“The 1990s were a crazy time.” – John Kelly, White House chief of staff 2017 – 2019...
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Nigeria’s “Danfo” Airline And The NCAA’s Dance With Death
On Sunday May 7, 2023, a Boeing 737-400 prepared to take off from Yola Airport on a scheduled local service to Nnamdi...
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Following Yesterday’s Story, The NCAA Has Finally Suspended Max Air’s 737 Fleet
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has responded decisively to yesterday’s exclusive report on West Africa Weekly, which spotlighted alarming safety and procedural breaches at Max Air...
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Passenger Alert: Nigeria is About to Record Another Air Disaster
On Wednesday June 14, 2023, an Aero Contractors Boeing 737-500 with the tail identifier 5N-BLE took off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja shortly after...
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How Nigerian Governor and Serial Human Rights Violator Nasir El-Rufai Spends Millions Funding Oxford University
While gaining notoriety for persecuting journalists, rights activists, and presiding over one of Nigeria’s states with a scandalous number of out of school...
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EXCLUSIVE: Amnesty International Fires Osai Ojigho Following West Africa Weekly Investigation
Amnesty International Nigeria country director Osai Ojigho has been quietly fired, 10 months after the organization under her watch came under public scrutiny following...
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Has Bola Ahmed Tinubu Committed Perjury? The Evidence Says Yes
A criminal complaint bordering on issues relating to perjury on Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Form EC9 has been filed...
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Journalism Career Graveyard: The BBC And Its West Africa Problem
The first thing one learns in this line of business is the maxim “There is never just one cockroach.” Journalists, private investigators and...
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Fraud, Ponzi Schemes and Terror Financing: A Story About Banking In Nigeria
In May 2022, shortly after my story about Chinese loan sharks in West Africa went up, a number of new tips and leads started trickling...
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Suicide, Fraud and Phillips Consulting: The Story Of West Africa’s Chinese Loan Shark Mafia
One early morning in January 2022, my phone lit up with a familiar caller ID. My good friend Kenneth Bardi was not a...
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Flutterwave: The African Unicorn Built On Quicksand
On the night of Sunday March 20, 2022, a particular WhatsApp group wouldn’t stop buzzing. Word had got out that a big story...
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Compromised By The Secret Police
On September 10, 2019, Kehinde Dada and Joseph Okonofua died at the hands of Nigerian police. The two 23 year-olds were caught up...
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1 Year After #EndSARS: Where Are They Now?
In November 2020, Ralph and I sat on a balcony contemplating the sudden end of the lives we had just a few weeks...
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How to Spoof an Entire Career: The Curious Story of Kemi Olunloyo
“This is the Facebook fan page of Ms Olukemi Omololu-Olunloyo aka Snitchlady. It’s either you call my whole name or it’s MsKemi or...
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Intellectual Property Theft: A Nigerian Corporate Masterclass
On Sunday December 20, 2020, Friday Emeh tried to kill himself. He got his hands on as many pills as he could manage,...
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Cornflakes for Jihad: The Boko Haram Origin Story
In May 2021, a 96 year-old businessman died in Rome, Italy. In his lifetime, Ahmed Idris Nasreddin might have amassed a personal fortune...
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The Curious Story of Nigeria’s Passport Shortage
“We acknowledge and apologize for the challenges faced in the past few weeks regarding passport booklets availability. I am glad to inform you...
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When Abuja Follows You To Abidjan
“Sir, I have spent many years here and if I open my mouth to tell you what is going on here. More than...
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Air Peace and a Story About Poor Nigerian Regulation
Christopher Ogbonna is not a firebrand revolutionary. This becomes abundantly clear after speaking with him a couple of times. He is a...
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Peter Obi Congratulates Nigerian- born Dr Alban on Induction into European Hall of Fame
Alban Uzoma Nwapa, widely known as Dr Alban, the Nigerian-born Swedish musician and producer who performed the hit “It’s My Life,” has been...
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FCT Police Command Deploys 4200 Officers Ahead Of #EndBadGovernance Protest
The FCT Police Command has deployed 4,200 police officers to ensure peace and order during the planned nationwide protest scheduled for August 1....
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Dangote Refinery Re-selling Some Earlier Purchased U.S. Crude – Reports
Dangote Refinery is allegedly re-selling some United States crude it had purchased to feed its plant, a top official of the refinery said...
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Human Rights Lawyer Inibehe Effiong Writes IGP, Demands Protection of Protesters
Ahead of the planned #EndBadGovernance protests scheduled for August 1, 2024, Human Rights Lawyer Inibehe Effiong has written to the Inspector General of...
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Power outages Spark Protests in Nigerian Universities, Deepen Educational Inequalities
Sodiq Adebayo is a penultimate student of Chemistry at the University of Ibadan. He seldom has power on his phone and laptop to...
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Abidjan: Clashes Between Police And Residents Erupt As Neighbourhood Demolished For New Road
Violent clashes broke out between police and hundreds of residents in Abidjan on Thursday during a demolition and eviction operation. Residents of the...
