
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has thrown a direct challenge at President Bola Tinubu and his APC government. If the fuel...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 25, 2026A Nigerian transport giant is facing a storm of public outrage after claiming that a bus attacked by kidnappers was empty, even as...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 25, 2026A woman has come forward after facing threats over a nursery school passage she shared online, which highlights a textbook authored by Ayengbe...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 25, 2026The Central Bank of Nigeria has increased the fee for the issuance and replacement of Automated Teller Machine debit and credit cards by...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 24, 2026Despite the approval of a 30 percent debt discount for domestic airlines by President Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s aviation sector remains on a knife...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 24, 2026President Bola Tinubu has formally written to the Senate seeking approval to borrow a fresh $516,333,070 external loan. The request arrives just as...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 23, 2026President Bola Tinubu has approved a ₦17 billion Community-Based National Social Action Fund for all 8,804 political wards across the country, an announcement...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 23, 2026A storm is brewing over Nigeria’s electoral future as a former INEC Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, has raised a critical alarm. In a...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 23, 2026President Bola Tinubu replaced his finance minister, Wale Edun, with Taiwo Oyedele on April 21, 2026, in a cabinet reshuffle that also saw...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 22, 2026The foreign ministers of Niger and Mali have accused neighbouring countries of sponsoring terrorism, but said they were willing to cooperate on some...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 22, 2026A fresh diplomatic storm is brewing after a United States lawmaker publicly accused Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, of attempting...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 22, 2026The sitting chairperson of the African Union, Évariste Ndayishimiye, has praised the ground realities in Burkina Faso following a high level visit to...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 21, 2026