M. Durosinmi is a West Africa Weekly investigative reporter covering Politics, Human Rights, Health, and Security in West Africa and the Sahel Region
825 Articles26 CommentsKenya’s Generation Z has declared a week-long protest to express their undying determination to oppose the Finance Bill 2024 despite passing its second...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 22, 2024The Kamkunji Police Division in Kenya has released a Nairobi-based journalist, Edgar Wabwire, who was arrested for reposting the number of a House...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 21, 2024Nairobi Police have shot a protester following the nationwide Anti-Finance protest led by Gen Z on Thursday night while heading home. The now-deceased...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 21, 2024The contentious Finance Bill has passed a second reading in Kenya’s Parliament on Thursday amidst nationwide protest, leading to the arrest of over...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 20, 2024In a protest dubbed “occupy parliament”, young Kenyans are set for another protest against the Finance Bill, which has called for more taxation...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 20, 2024The Nembe Creek oil field in Bayelsa State, which produces about 150,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), has been shut down...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 20, 2024Donald Trump’s top national security adviser, Robert C. O’Brien, has urged the Pentagon to deploy the “entire” Marine Corps in the Middle East...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 18, 2024On Wednesday, Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, paid a friendly visit to North Korea’s President, Kim Jong Un, amid the ongoing sanctions on both...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 18, 2024President Bola Tinubu is set to present a sum of N6.6 trillion supplementary budget to the National Assembly for approval upon its return...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 18, 2024In a dramatic turn of events, the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State took a new twist as protesting youth, in a bold...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 18, 2024The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it has rescued the 3 abducted Fouani brothers, their assistant, and a boat captain. It...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 18, 2024Nigeria’s federal government has launched the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) maize variety named TELA, stating it is an effort to strengthen and boost...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJune 18, 2024