The United States Embassy in Nigeria has issued a security alert, warning American citizens to avoid non-essential visits to military and government facilities in Abuja. This is due to unspecified...
ByConfidence UbaniJune 23, 2025The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is actively involved in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activities targeting audiences in East Africa....
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 26, 2025Facebook Connection Turns into Costly Deception For retired arbitrator, Mrs. Ntefon, it began with a simple Facebook friend request from a man named...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 30, 2025The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert warning Nigerians against using certain Dove-branded cosmetic...
ByConfidence UbaniJune 6, 2025Hasset Dereje, a 19-year-old chemical engineering student from Ethiopia, has been named Miss World Africa and first runner-up at the 72nd Miss World...
ByChinalurumogu EzeJune 2, 2025Burkina Faso is intensifying efforts to end the export of raw agricultural products by investing heavily in local processing industries. The latest move...
ByConfidence UbaniMay 26, 2025Two years into President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, many Nigerians say their daily reality has become unbearable. Instead of the “Renewed Hope” campaign...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 29, 2025Representative Scott Perry, a Republican from Pennsylvania, has revealed that billions of dollars in U.S. aid have been used to fund terrorist groups,...
ByConfidence UbaniFebruary 14, 2025Burkina Faso is intensifying efforts to end the export of raw agricultural products by investing heavily in local processing industries. The latest move...
ByConfidence UbaniMay 26, 2025A high-level Nigerien delegation, led by the Minister of State for the Interior, Public Security, and Territorial Administration, is on an official visit...
ByOluwasegun SanusiMay 26, 2025The Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) have carried out a large-scale military operation against a terrorist group in the Sofara sector of central Mali...
ByJoy ChukwuMay 25, 2025The Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) have officially unveiled the Tamgak Wangari, a military all-terrain vehicle designed and assembled entirely in Niger. The vehicle,...
ByJoy ChukwuMay 24, 2025The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Confédération des États du Sahel (CSS) have launched formal consultations in Bamako following...
ByOluwasegun SanusiMay 23, 2025The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has condemned US President Donald Trump for using misleading video clips to push discredited claims...
ByConfidence UbaniMay 22, 2025More than 100 people have been confirmed dead after severe floods hit the village of Kasaba in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic...
ByConfidence UbaniMay 12, 2025An American-born cardinal has been elected pope for the first time in history. Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old dual United States and Peruvian...
ByChinalurumogu EzeMay 9, 2025A short clip from a University of Ouagadougou event on November 28, 2017 that speaks to the posture of France toward its former...
ByOluwasegun SanusiMay 5, 2025The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, has shown strong military and diplomatic cohesion since their respective military...
ByZerihun HailuMay 1, 2025Denmark has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Burkina Faso. Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo received Nygaard Markussen, Denmark’s Special Representative for the...
ByOluwasegun SanusiApril 28, 2025The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is actively involved in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activities targeting audiences in East Africa....
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 26, 2025The editor behind Gangs of Lagos, Sista, and Makemation talks about invisible storytelling, creative trust, and why caring about the project is everything—often...
ByIkenna ChurchillMay 16, 2025Taiwo Egunjobi returns with “The Fire and the Moth,” a tense thriller we previewed after a private screening, delving into local lore and...
ByIkenna ChurchillMay 7, 2025West Africa Weekly’s EIC David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan of Plainsite have won the lawsuit [No. 23-1816 (BAH)] which they jointly instituted against...
ByMayowa DurosinmiApril 13, 2025Nigerians across the country are grappling with skyrocketing living costs, driven by a hike in fuel prices that has triggered sharp increases in...
ByChinalurumogu EzeNovember 26, 2024A lawsuit has been filed against Nigeria’s controversial President, Bola Tinubu, for assenting to the appointment of Charles Anosike, the Director-General of Nigerian...
ByMayowa DurosinmiAugust 20, 2024It was March 2021 and I was back in Accra, fresh from my Ivorian adventure. Ndi and Ralph had fallen out over something...
ByChinalurumogu EzeFebruary 9, 2024A few days ago, I declared that it was time for Nigeria to legalize and democratize access to firearms and ammunition so that...
ByDavid HundeyinJanuary 27, 2024Nigerian sprint star Favour Ofili is seeking to transfer her sporting allegiance to Turkey, citing years of negligence and mismanagement by the Athletics...
ByOluwasegun SanusiJune 22, 2025Nigeria’s death toll this week reads like a horror script: two students gunned down and two more abducted near the Federal Polytechnic in...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 22, 2025As Nigeria reels from a fresh wave of violent attacks across multiple states, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former presidential candidate Peter...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 22, 2025As insecurity deepens across Nigeria, the federal government under President Bola Tinubu has once again exposed its inability to effectively tackle the persistent...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 21, 2025Gunmen killed Aondoakaa Yaiyol, the former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the LGA, who was also serving as the Commander...
ByOluwasegun SanusiJune 21, 2025Chaos gripped residents of the Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State following a violent attack on Tiv farming communities by armed herders,...
ByOluwasegun SanusiJune 21, 2025