M. Durosinmi is a West Africa Weekly investigative reporter covering Politics, Human Rights, Health, and Security in West Africa and the Sahel Region
820 Articles26 CommentsEx-Governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku, was arraigned on Monday before the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged fraud of ₦27 billion....
ByMayowa DurosinmiOctober 1, 2024Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, or HURIWA, has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council and Secretary-General António Guterres to intervene...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 30, 2024A French lawyer and Françafrique lobbyist, Robert Bourgi, has revealed that Gabonese Ex-President Ali Bongo paid him about $4 million from 2009-2013 for...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 30, 2024Nigeria’s federal government has acquired an additional ₦2.6 trillion ($1.57bn) loan from the World Bank Group. World Bank disclosed this in a statement...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 30, 2024An accident involving an Acura Sport Utility Vehicle collided with a herd of cattle, resulting in the death of two cows and substantial...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 29, 2024The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to immediately enforce...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 29, 2024Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Burkinabé counterpart, Karamoko Traore, signed a joint statement on Saturday maintaining agreement on ‘No First Deployment...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 29, 2024Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have ordered an investigation into the “biased comments” made by Wassim Nasr, a journalist with the French channel,...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 27, 2024A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Isaac Bristol a N5 million bail with one surety in like sum. In a ruling...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 27, 2024Senegal’s Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, has vowed to investigate the “widespread corruption” perpetuated by former President Macky Sall. Sonko disclosed this on Thursday...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 27, 2024Kebbi State Government is set to introduce a ‘single demand notice’ to remove multiple taxation and enable micro-, small and medium-scale entrepreneurs to...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 26, 2024Lagos residents of Akinola/Aboru communities in Alimosho protesting ‘Band A’ tariff hike on Monday, September 23, 2024 | Photo: TheCable Lagos State residents...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 25, 2024