Lagos Welcomes XVI Edition of S16 Film Festival Featuring Shorts, Features, and Panels
The 2025 edition of the S16 Film Festival officially opened in Lagos with the screening of Cotton Queen, kicking off five days of screenings, shorts and features, panels and awards,...
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Nigeria Ends Mother-Tongue Instruction, Adopts English-Only Policy in Schools
The Federal Government has formally scrapped the mother-tongue-based teaching policy introduced in 2022, reinstating English as the sole medium of instruction across all...
World’s Largest Mining Project Begins Production in Guinea
Guinea has launched operations at the Simandou iron-ore mine, a $23 billion development widely described as the biggest mining project in the world....
South Africa Offers Refuge to Gaza Survivors While Powering Their Oppressors With R3.3bn in Weapons
South Africa’s decision to take in 160 undocumented Palestinians fleeing Gaza has once again highlighted the contradictions shaping its foreign policy-just as the...
Senegal Holds “Sovereign Right” Over Debt Strategy as IMF Mission Concludes
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed that Senegal retains full sovereignty in determining how it handles its debt burden, after a mission...
Senegal Moves to Clear Backlog of Over 2,400 Malian Containers at Dakar Port
Senegalese authorities have announced steps to resolve a major logistical bottleneck after more than 2,400 containers belonging to Malian operators became stranded at...
Burna Boy, Davido, Ayra Starr, Omah Lay Lead Africa’s Charge at 2026 Grammy Awards
African music is once again taking centre stage at the 2026 Grammy Awards, with a wave of nominations that cements the continent’s growing...
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...
Benin Extends Presidential Term to Seven Years in Major Constitutional Overhaul
Benin has approved a sweeping constitutional reform that extends the presidential mandate from five to seven years, marking one of the most significant...
Nigerian Army Denies ISWAP Claims After Militants Announce Killing of Brigadier General
Nigeria’s military is pushing back against claims by the Islamic State West Africa Province that it captured and executed a senior army officer...
Kebbi School Abductions Spark Outrage as Government Faces Accusations of Silence
For the families of the 25 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, the nightmare began long before...
U.S. Lawmaker Accuses Tinubu of Downplaying Christian Persecution in Nigeria
A United States congressman, Riley M. Moore, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of minimising what he describes as a campaign of Christian...
South Africa Offers Refuge to Gaza Survivors While Powering Their Oppressors With R3.3bn in Weapons
South Africa’s decision to take in 160 undocumented Palestinians fleeing Gaza has once again highlighted the contradictions shaping its foreign policy-just as the...
World’s Largest Mining Project Begins Production in Guinea
Guinea has launched operations at the Simandou iron-ore mine, a $23 billion development widely described as the biggest mining project in the world....
Senegal Holds “Sovereign Right” Over Debt Strategy as IMF Mission Concludes
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed that Senegal retains full sovereignty in determining how it handles its debt burden, after a mission...
Gabon Court Hands 20-Year Sentences to Ex-First Lady and Her Son
A special criminal court in Libreville has sentenced Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin to 20 years in prison after...
Mali Hosts First International Defense and Security Exhibition in Bamako
Mali has launched the first-ever International Defence and Security Exhibition of Bamako (BAMEX 2025), a major event that will bring together military, industrial,...
Mali Hosts First Turkish Defense and Security Exhibition, Strengthening Strategic Ties with Ankara
Mali has become the new showcase for Turkish defence technology in Africa as it hosts BAMEX 2025, the country’s first International Defence and...
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...
Armed Men Kidnap 13 Women in Northern Nigeria as Wave of Abductions Intensifies
Thirteen women, including a bride and ten of her bridesmaids, were kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday when armed men stormed Chacho...
Abia State Launches Yuletide Security Drive, Moves To Pardon Minor Offenders
Abia State governor Alex Otti has announced strengthened security measures across the state as the Christmas season approaches, alongside a renewed effort to...
Nigeria Confronts A Damaging Ambassadorial List appointment by Tinubu
The government has released a new ambassadorial list. It contains thirty‑two nominees who may represent Nigeria abroad if confirmed. The non‑career nominees are:...
DSS Summons Datti After Public Criticism of Tinubu’s Security Failures by Him and Obasanjo
Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has prompted fresh criticism from former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed,...
Ex Super Falcons Coach Interrogates NFF for Corruption
A former Head Coach of the Nigerian National Women’s team has raised allegations of embezzlement and corruption against the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF)...
Orano Denounces “Illegal” Uranium Shipment from Niger’s SOMAÏR Site
Tension is rising in Niger over uranium exports as the French group Orano has denounced what it describes as an “illegal” shipment from...
