US Exploits Sudan’s War and Famine to Take Gold and Uranium in Exchange for Machinery
The proposed US Sudan IMPACT Act is the latest flashpoint in an economic model that functions as modern resource pillaging. By conditioning future trade on political benchmarks while targeting valuable...
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TikTok Users in Northern Nigeria Turn to VPNs as Access Disruption Enters Fourth Day
TikTok users across several northern Nigerian states, including Kaduna, Kano and Sokoto, have been unable to access the platform normally since Monday, forcing...
El-Rufai’s February Letter to NSA Over Alleged Importation of Deadly Poison From Poland Resurfaces
A letter written by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, in February 2026, demanding clarification over...
ASUU Strike Threatens to Shut Down Federal Universities as Nigerians Accuse Media of Ignoring the Crisis
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is on the verge of a nationwide strike, with branches in several states already downing tools, yet...
‘My Father’s Shadow’ Lands on Netflix September 21 After Historic Festival Run and $1M Box Office
Akinola Davies Jr.’s acclaimed debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, is set to make its global streaming debut on Netflix on September 21, 2026,...
Tinubu Awards $7bn Ogun Deep Seaport Deal to Chagoury-Linked DP World as Nigerians Question His Priorities
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has awarded two major Ogun State deep seaport contracts worth more than $7 billion to DP World MEA FZE,...
Niger Accuses France and Ukraine of Backing Proxies to Attack Its Territory in Fiery UN Speech
Niger’s representative at the United Nations General Assembly has accused France and Ukraine of leading a proxy war against his country, saying armed...
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...
Red Sea Belongs to Its Coastal States, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia Declare
The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia have issued a joint declaration asserting that the governance of the Red Sea is the...
Gambia Receives 21MW Generators From China to Tackle Crippling Power Crisis
The Gambia has taken delivery of two new power generators with a combined capacity of 21 megawatts, as the West African nation scrambles...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Launch Joint TV Channel Tafouk TV to Challenge Western Media
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have launched a joint television channel called Tafouk TV, a new regional broadcaster intended to promote the three...
Burkina Faso’s Traoré Says God Is Angry With Black People for Refusing to Use Their Brains
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has said God is angry with Black people because they have refused to use their brains,...
Senegal’s Power Cuts Force Government to Push Gas as the Long-Term Fix
Senegal’s energy minister says the power cuts that hit the country hard in September have made one thing clear: the country cannot keep...
Ethiopia and Eritrea Cut Diplomatic Ties as Tigray Conflict Escalates
Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a wider regional conflict. On Thursday, Ethiopia...
Declassified intelligence records reveal how Western networks leveraged NADECO activists to engineer Nigeria’s modern underdevelopment
The narrative surrounding Nigeria’s Fourth Republic is undergoing a profound historical revision as declassified diplomatic cables and intelligence agency disclosures reframe the legacy...
Barrick Reaches Deal With Mali Unions to Avert Strike at Loulo-Gounkoto as Government Tightens Grip on Gold
Barrick Mining has signed a new collective bargaining agreement with unions at its Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in western Mali, averting strike action that...
Guinea-Bissau’s Ousted President Embalo to Return From Exile and Run in December Election
Guinea-Bissau’s exiled former president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has announced that he will return to the country and run for president in an election...
Aaron Greenspan Accuses Tinubu of Lying to Court Over 1993 Political Status in FOIA Case
Aaron Greenspan, who is pursuing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration, has accused President Bola Tinubu...
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...
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania Plan Joint Visa for 2027 AFCON to Ease Fan Travel Across Borders
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are developing a joint visa arrangement to facilitate cross-border travel for football fans during the 2027 Africa Cup of...
Rwanda Signs 10-Year Deal to Bring F1 Back to Africa for First Time Since 1993
Rwanda has signed a 10-year agreement with Formula 1 to host the African Grand Prix from the early 2030s, bringing the sport back...
Congo’s Former President Kabila Forms New Rebel Coalition With M23 to Oust Government
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has launched a new political-military coalition with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, taking a direct role in the...
Ukraine Woos Ghana to Help Return Children Abducted by Russia as War Rages On
Ukraine is pressing Ghana to join its international campaign to reunite children separated from their families by the war with Russia, using cultural...
EKEDC Slams N181,000 Back Charge on Customers After Billing Error, Operations Manager Tells Residents to Do Their Worst
An Eko Electricity Distribution Company customer has accused the company of imposing a N181,000 back charge on their prepaid meter after EKEDC billed...
Traoré’s Two Books Raise CFA 125 Million for Burkina Faso’s Patriotic Support Fund
Two books centred on the actions and vision of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, have generated 125.01 million CFA francs, over...
