An al Qaeda affiliate in West Africa’s Sahel region has taken two Russian citizens hostage in Niger. The group Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa...
ByEmmanuel EjioforAugust 5, 2024Mali has announced that it is cutting diplomatic ties with Ukraine following a recent discovery of Ukraine’s provision of support for a rebel...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaAugust 5, 2024A group of human rights activists, lawyers, and concerned citizens have appealed to #EndBadGovernance protesters, both on social media or on the streets,...
ByMayowa DurosinmiAugust 4, 2024Nigerian athlete Favour Ofili ran a season-best time of 22.24 seconds to win her heat and qualify for the semi-finals in the women’s...
ByEmmanuel EjioforAugust 4, 2024On Sunday morning, hoodlums attacked and chased away #EndBadGovernance protesters who had gathered at Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos State. A journalist...
ByOluwasegun SanusiAugust 4, 2024As the #EndBadGovernance protests enter Day 4, West Africa Weekly confirms that pro-government thugs attacked peaceful protesters on Sunday morning. The hoodlums chased...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaAugust 4, 2024Mrs Nneka Ogbona, who was falsely accused in 2019 of attempting to hijack a plane and was subjected to years of assault and...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaAugust 4, 2024Amnesty International has reported that over 50 protesters were arrested in Abuja during the third day of Nigeria’s #EndBadGovernance protests. The protests, which...
ByConfidence UbaniAugust 4, 2024Damilola Akinola, who two police officers reportedly brutalised on Thursday in Lagos, returned to the streets on Saturday despite sustaining severe injuries from...
ByOluwasegun SanusiAugust 4, 2024President Bola Tinubu has ordered an end to all protests and demonstrations, ignoring the demands of the #EndBadGovernance protesters. He gave the order...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaAugust 4, 2024Security officers sworn to protect and safeguard the lives of Nigerian citizens tear-gassed, shot, attacked, and brutalised peaceful, unarmed protesters at Kurna, Kano...
ByJoy ChukwuAugust 3, 2024Protesters at the ongoing #EndBadGovernance demonstration in Lagos have vehemently kicked against the government’s decision to restrict them to a single location, Gani...
ByJoy ChukwuAugust 3, 2024