
Nigeria’s Senate continues to generate widespread frustration as its conduct reinforces public claims that it has abandoned its constitutional duty of oversight in...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 9, 2025President Bola Tinubu has sent a new, expanded ambassadorial list to the Senate, broadening the scope of his diplomatic appointments and signalling another...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 5, 2025The United States is warning of possible military action in Nigeria, while the U.S. Mission in Abuja is rolling out a cheerful social...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 4, 2025Guinea-Bissau’s military authorities have tightened control over the country ahead of a crucial mission by the Economic Community of West African States. On...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 3, 2025The government has released a new ambassadorial list. It contains thirty‑two nominees who may represent Nigeria abroad if confirmed. The non‑career nominees are:...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 30, 2025Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has prompted fresh criticism from former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 29, 2025Nigeria’s political landscape is descending into a full-blown cult of personality around President Bola Tinubu, as politicians, appointees, and public officeholders increasingly appear...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 29, 2025Nigeria has gone mad again. The signs are everywhere, as kidnappings, deaths, poisoned communities, collapsing institutions, reckless governance, and the central force driving...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 27, 2025Nigeria’s decision to reject the use of private military contractors sits at the intersection of principle, politics and national insecurity. President Bola Tinubu...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 26, 2025In a dramatic turn after a week of mass kidnappings across Nigeria, security agencies announced the safe release of key abductees. Yet heavy...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 26, 2025The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu faces a painful crisis of priorities in Nigeria following the killing of Brigadier General Musa Uba...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 24, 2025The transitional President of Mali and current President of the Sahel States Confederation (Alliance des États du Sahel, AES), General Assimi Goïta, on...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 24, 2025