Edo Governor Admits President Tinubu Is Releasing Federal Money for Election
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has sparked a new round of debate after openly stating that President Bola Tinubu is “releasing money” to state governors, a comment widely interpreted as...
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India Sends 1,000 Metric Tonnes of Rice to Burkina Faso Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
India has dispatched a consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to Burkina Faso as humanitarian assistance aimed at supporting food security for...
AES and African Union Move Toward Rapprochement as Ndayishimiye Hails Burkina Faso’s Ground Realities
The sitting chairperson of the African Union, Évariste Ndayishimiye, has praised the ground realities in Burkina Faso following a high level visit to...
Woman Receives Threats After Sharing Passage from Ayengbe JB. E. Nursery School Textbook Containing Violent Content
A woman has come forward after facing threats over a nursery school passage she shared online, which highlights a textbook authored by Ayengbe...
Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope’ Delivers Nigeria’s Highest Inflation in West Africa
Nigeria currently has the highest inflation rate in West Africa, according to February 2026 data from Trading Economics. At 15.06%, the country leads...
IMF Tells Nigerians to Suffer in Silence as War Drives Oil Prices Past 113 Dollars
The International Monetary Fund has once again proven that its loyalty lies with economic dogma, not human life. In the face of a...
Tinubu Releases Just 7% of ₦3.3 Trillion to Tackle Ongoing Power Crisis Affecting Millions
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a ₦3.3 trillion payment plan to resolve long-standing debts in Nigeria’s power sector, as announced in a...
From False Visa Promises to Drug Controversies, Tinubu Keeps Demarketing Nigeria on the Global Stage
The credibility of President Bola Tinubu’s government has plunged into crisis, both at home and abroad, as a pattern of debunked official claims,...
Tinubu’s Actions Signal A Colonial-Era Comeback As He Scraps Key National Traditions
The Tinubu regime has cancelled the Independence Anniversary parade, previously scheduled to mark Nigeria’s 65th Anniversary of Independence on Wednesday, October 1. This...
Mali Junta Reels as Minister Killed and Jihadist Rebels Seize Northern City
Mali’s military junta is facing its most severe challenge since seizing power in 2020, following a devastating nationwide offensive by an unprecedented alliance...
Woman Receives Threats After Sharing Passage from Ayengbe JB. E. Nursery School Textbook Containing Violent Content
A woman has come forward after facing threats over a nursery school passage she shared online, which highlights a textbook authored by Ayengbe...
Nigerians See the Truth, Tinubu’s ₦17 Billion Ward Money Is a Vote Buying Slush Fund
President Bola Tinubu has approved a ₦17 billion Community-Based National Social Action Fund for all 8,804 political wards across the country, an announcement...
Sections 63 and 138, Former INEC Commissioner Mike Igini Warns of Hidden Risks in Tinubu’s INEC That Could Compromise the 2027 Elections
A storm is brewing over Nigeria’s electoral future as a former INEC Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, has raised a critical alarm. In a...
Niger and Mali Accuse Neighbouring Countries of Sponsoring Terrorism at Senegal Forum
The foreign ministers of Niger and Mali have accused neighbouring countries of sponsoring terrorism, but said they were willing to cooperate on some...
Nigeria’s Defence Minister Matawalle Attempted to Bribe US Official to Cover Up Report on Christian Killings, Says Florida Rep
A fresh diplomatic storm is brewing after a United States lawmaker publicly accused Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, of attempting...
AES and African Union Move Toward Rapprochement as Ndayishimiye Hails Burkina Faso’s Ground Realities
The sitting chairperson of the African Union, Évariste Ndayishimiye, has praised the ground realities in Burkina Faso following a high level visit to...
Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Hope April Rains Can Rescue the Mid Crop
Across the sun scorched cocoa belt of Ivory Coast, farmers are looking anxiously at the sky. The world’s top cocoa producer is in...
World Bank Exposes N34 Trillion Hidden Spending as Finance Minister Dismisses Report in Shameful Press Release
The government of Nigeria has been thrown into a deep fiscal crisis following a bombshell World Bank report that exposed a hidden spending...
Damning IT Analysis Exposes Flaws in INEC Report That Cleared Chairman Amupitan
Pressure is mounting on the Independent National Electoral Commission after a forensic investigation cleared its chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, of owning a partisan...
For Bolé Festival, The Future Still Tastes Like Home
There is a unique energy in Port Harcourt every August and September. The smell of smoky plantains roasting over open flames fills the...
Babatunde Apalowo’s Next Nollywood Film, Londoner, Is Personal, but Its Questions Are Collective
Babatunde Apalowo has always been drawn to stories that feel intimate. His debut, All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and...
Nnamdi Kanaga’s “Water Girl” and the New Wave of Mythmaking in Nigerian Cinema
The crackle of a Montana winter seems worlds away from the humid whispers of Igbo folklore. Yet, in a Bozeman editing suite, filmmaker...
Exclusive: MI6, CIA-linked NGOs, Bill Gates Are Directly Writing Nigeria’s Security, Health, Food And Tax Laws
Foreign intelligence agencies and foreign organisations – including those tied to the CIA, Britain’s MI6, and US billionaire Bill Gates – are directly...
EXPOSED: US Embassy in Uganda Runs Clandestine Foreign Interference Program Targeting East African Journalists
The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is actively involved in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activities targeting audiences in East Africa....
Biyi Toluwalase Puts Story First in Every Nollywood Film He Edits
The editor behind Gangs of Lagos, Sista, and Makemation talks about invisible storytelling, creative trust, and why caring about the project is everything—often...
Why “The Fire and the Moth” Feels Like Taiwo Egunjobi’s Truest Story
Taiwo Egunjobi returns with “The Fire and the Moth,” a tense thriller we previewed after a private screening, delving into local lore and...
Hundeyin and Greenspan Win FOIA Suit as US Court Orders FBI, Other Federal Agencies To Release Unredacted Files on Tinubu’s Heroin Trafficking
West Africa Weekly’s EIC David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan of Plainsite have won the lawsuit [No. 23-1816 (BAH)] which they jointly instituted against...
Former Nigeria Striker Michael Eneramo Dies After Collapsing During Local Friendly Match
Former Nigeria international striker Michael Eneramo died on Friday after collapsing during a local friendly match in Ungwan Yelwa, Kaduna. He was 40...
Ghana to host 2027 U 20 Africa Cup of Nations after 28 year wait
The Confederation of African Football has awarded Ghana the hosting rights for the 2027 Under 20 Africa Cup of Nations, ending a 28...
Sudden Evacuation, Sudden Bloodshed, Allegations Swirl That France Is Pulling Strings Behind Mali’s Deadliest Attacks
France has ordered its citizens to leave Mali, citing a dramatic security breakdown after a wave of coordinated rebel attacks killed high ranking...
Rivers Govt Approves Sexual Content in JSS1 Textbook, Author Defends Decision
A controversy is growing in Rivers State over a textbook approved for use by Junior Secondary School 1 students after excerpts showing explicit...
After Two Nigerians Killed by Police and Military, Ramaphosa’s Message Is “Respect Our Traditions
President Cyril Ramaphosa used his Freedom Day address to warn South Africans against turning frustration over illegal migration into hatred for fellow Africans,...
Tinubu’s Government Says BEA Program Is Discontinued, Yet Budgets N2 Billion for Fresh 300 Scholars
A user on X has sparked outrage after sharing a desperate plea from Nigerian medical and engineering students studying in Russia under a...
