While Nigerians deal with deadly violence, worsening hunger, and mass flooding, President Bola Tinubu is on a diplomatic visit and reported retreat in...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 30, 2025As Nigeria’s Central Bank clings to its benchmark interest rate of 27.5 per cent, the country’s economic engine is sputtering. For businesses and...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 30, 2025Every week, massive shipping containers filled with used clothing arrive at West African ports, including Accra, Lagos, and Dakar. Market traders eagerly unpack...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 28, 2025Togolese youths have taken to the streets in a three-day demonstration, demanding the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbé. However, security forces are cracking...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 27, 2025As gunshots ring through the outskirts of Abuja and people die from hunger across Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s glowing face smiles down...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 27, 2025From the crumbling schools in Nigeria to the dilapidated hospitals of Freetown and the overcrowded slums of Accra, the people of West Africa...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 27, 2025The Lagos State Government has denied any involvement in the recent demolition of a property belonging to the younger brother of Peter Obi....
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 26, 2025In a country where hunger kills faster than bullets and terrorism has become a national pastime, there’s at least one thing moving at...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 26, 2025In many parts of Africa today, justice wears two faces. One is swift, brutal, and unforgiving, reserved for the poor. The other is...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 26, 2025In a nation where university strikes have become as routine as public holidays, and where dilapidated classrooms are the norm rather than the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 26, 2025On the surface, Favour Ofili’s sprint from Nigeria to Turkey may look like just another case of athlete migration. But for those who...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 25, 2025In a devastating blow to Nigeria’s already broken security architecture, armed bandits on Tuesday, June 24, launched coordinated attacks on military bases in...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 25, 2025