U.S. Offers $25M Bounty for Venezuela’s Maduro Over Cocaine Trafficking While Delaying Release of Nigerian President Tinubu’s Heroin Case Files
In a development that has raised serious questions about the U.S. government’s consistency in addressing international drug-related crimes, American authorities have renewed and...
Morocco’s GDP Matches Lagos, But Its Development Leaves Nigeria Behind: A Tale of Two African Powerhouses with Diverging Outcomes
In the conversation about African economies, Nigeria often takes centre stage as the continent’s largest by GDP. Within Nigeria, Lagos State, Africa’s most...
Alino Faso’s Death in Ivorian Custody Sparks Accusations of Murder, Foreign Meddling, and French-Backed Plan to Destabilise West Africa
A diplomatic storm is gathering across West Africa following the mysterious death of Burkinabè activist Alain Christophe Traoré, popularly known as Alino Faso,...
Niger Triples Oil Revenue in Four Years, After Cutting Ties with France
Niger has achieved a significant economic milestone as the Ministry of Petroleum announced that oil revenues have tripled over the past four years,...
Why Shipping Between African Countries Is More Expensive Than Trading With Europe or Asia
It costs more to ship a container from Nigeria to Ghana than it does to ship one from China to Nigeria. For many...
Nigeria Loses Half Its Harvest to System Failures While GMO Push Ignores the Real Crisis and Forces a False Solution
Nigeria loses up to 50 per cent of its agricultural produce after harvest, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the...
How Corporations and Donors Are Using Violence and Displacement to Take Over Africa’s Farmlands
From Nigeria’s Middle Belt to the savannahs of Tanzania, a troubling trend is spreading across Africa: small-scale farmers are being violently driven off...
TELA Maize’s ‘Success’ Questioned As Research Organisations Behind Glowing Report Revealed To Be Gates-Funded
A wave of praise for genetically modified (GMO) TELA maize is sweeping across Nigerian media, backed by glowing reports of higher yields, greater...
U.S.-Funded PR Network Secretly Targets Nigerian GMO Critics While Enlisting Doctors and Journalists to Shape Public Opinion
In a multi-continent campaign, the U.S. government funded public relations strategies and digital surveillance tools aimed at reshaping Nigerians’ perceptions of genetically modified...
US and Israel Turn Africa Into a Dumping Ground for Deportees and Displaced Palestinians
The United States and Israel are being criticised for trying to send refugees, displaced people and deportees to African nations, many of which...
Tinubu’s Coastal Highway Project Faces Scrutiny as Senate Approves $700 Million Loan with Just 30km Completed
Nigeria’s Senate has approved a $700 million external loan for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, sparking public criticism over the project’s pace and...
Bill Gates Uses Philanthropy and Foreign Influence to Shape African Laws and Food Systems
Across Africa, Bill Gates is facing growing backlash, not for his tech innovations, but for the far-reaching influence of his philanthropic empire on...