In its latest review of Nigeria’s economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again praised the Tinubu administration’s economic reforms, despite openly...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 3, 2025A decade after the All Progressives Congress (APC) came to power on the promise of “change,” Nigeria’s economic outlook is now marked by...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 3, 2025As President Bola Tinubu’s administration deepens its grip on Nigeria’s public institutions, one name continues to surface behind the scenes of major deals,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 2, 2025President Bola Tinubu’s leadership is increasingly drawing scrutiny as familiar patterns from his tenure as Lagos State governor (1999–2007) appear to be repeating...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2025In neighbourhoods across Nigeria, from urban Lagos to smaller towns in Rivers, Edo, Delta, and Ogun States, the streets have become silent battlegrounds,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2025Nigeria is currently facing one of the most severe security crises in its history, with recent data revealing that 614,937 people have been...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2025President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Saint Lucia, presented by the Nigerian government as a diplomatic mission to strengthen ancestral ties, has coincided with...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2025While 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, 2025