Events
Rema and Seun Kuti to Shine at Coachella 2025
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has unveiled its lineup for 2025, featuring over 100 artists set to perform at the Empire...
Exploring Promised Lands at ART X Lagos 2024
West Africa Weekly was live at ART X Lagos 2024. ART X Lagos 2024 was the ninth edition of West Africa’s premier international...
Lagos Fashion Week 2024 Celebrates Creativity and Community
Lagos Fashion Week (LFW) 2024, held from October 23rd to 27th, unfolded as a masterclass in creativity and collaboration, reinforcing Lagos’s stature as...
South Korean Author Han Kang Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Han Kang, a South Korean author renowned for her poetic prose and exploration of historical trauma, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in...
Bole Festival and the West African Festivals Circuit Connection
On August 7th, 2022, I attended the Bole Festival for the first time at Port Harcourt’s Yakubu Gowon Stadium. Stepping out of the...
María Fernanda Beltrán Crowned Miss Universe Mexico 2024, Set To Be Delegate Host For Global Pageant In November
María Fernanda Beltrán, representing Sinaloa, has been crowned Miss Universe Mexico 2024,securing her role as the host delegate for the upcoming Miss Universe...
West African Queens Set To Represent Their Countries At Miss Universe 2024
The 73rd Miss Universe pageant is set to take place on November 16, 2024, at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico. So far,...
Chidinma Adetshina Wins Miss Universe Nigeria 2024, Set To Represent Nigeria At Miss Universe In Mexico
Chidinma Adetshina, a 23-year-old beauty queen, has been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 2024, securing the opportunity to represent Nigeria at the Miss Universe...
Rema Shines With “Calm Down” Performance At Anant Ambani Wedding
Nigerian music superstar Rema delivered a memorable performance of his hit song “Calm Down” at the high-profile wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika...
Ghanaian Woman Sets Guinness World Record For Most Cars Washed in Eight Hours
Felicity Asantewaa has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records (GWR) for washing the most cars in eight hours, achieving an impressive count...
Peter Obi Celebrates Eid-el-Kabir, Donates Cow To Bauchi State Supporters
In a significant gesture of goodwill and solidarity, the former Governor of Anambra State and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party,...
My Fall Was Prostration For Democracy As A Yoruba Boy – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has described his fall during the democracy day parade as prostration in honour of democracy as a Yoruba boy. Tinubu...