What Nigeria’s World Cup Failure Reveals About African Football’s Real Divide
Somewhere in a hotel in Rabat last November, Alex Iwobi filmed the view from his window and posted it without a caption strong enough to survive the internet. Two days...
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Tinubu’s Government Delists Nigeria from International Maths Olympiad Over Funding Failure
Nigeria has been removed as a full participant from the International Mathematical Olympiad after the Federal Government failed to fund the country’s participation...
More Than 200 Cameroonian Soldiers Enter Danare Community in Cross River as Locals Demand Government Action
Fear has gripped residents of the Danare community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State after more than 200 heavily armed...
EU Seeks New Strategy Amid Strained Relations With Burkina Faso’s Traoré
Relations between the European Union and Burkina Faso’s military junta led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré have deteriorated sharply since the 2022 coup, marked...
Ghana’s Gold Output Surges 23 Percent to Nearly 6 Million Ounces in 2025 as Small Scale Miners Take the Lead
Ghana’s gold production surged 23.41 percent in 2025, reaching 5.94 million ounces from 4.82 million ounces in 2024, in a historic shift driven...
Sierra Leone Shuts Down Only Privately Owned Indigenous Bank After Years of Failed Recovery
Sierra Leone’s central bank on Wednesday ordered the permanent closure of Union Trust Bank, the West African nation’s only privately owned indigenous commercial...
BREAKING: Bandits Invade Kogi School, Gun Down Vice Principal, Abduct Students as Nigeria’s Security Crisis Worsens Under Tinubu
Armed bandits launched a brazen attack on Government Secondary School in Iluke Bunu, Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Wednesday...
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...
DR Congo’s Historic World Cup Run Ends with Loss to England
Harry Kane scored twice in the final 15 minutes as England came from behind to defeat the Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1 in...
Third Batch of 298 Nigerians Evacuated from South Africa Returns Home
The third batch of Nigerian returnees from South Africa has arrived in the country, marking the latest phase of a presidential evacuation directive...
Niger Introduces Death Penalty for Large-Scale Embezzlement of Public Funds
Niger’s transitional authorities have adopted a new penal code that significantly toughens penalties for the embezzlement of public funds, introducing life imprisonment and...
Tinubu’s Nigeria Secures Another $1.25 Billion World Bank Loan as Debt Hits N159 Trillion
The World Bank has approved a fresh $1.25 billion loan for Nigeria under its Nigeria Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration programme, marking...
Deadly Floods Submerge Ghana’s Capital, Killing at Least 13 as Another Storm Approaches
At least 13 people have died in Ghana’s capital, Accra, after torrential rains triggered severe flooding that submerged homes, destroyed buildings and cut...
Senegalese MPs Pass Reform to Curb Presidential Powers Amid Growing Tensions
Senegal’s lawmakers have passed a controversial constitutional reform that expands the powers of parliament while curbing those of the president, triggering protests outside...
Seven Months Into 2026, No Sign of 2025 Budget Performance Report from Tinubu Administration
Seven months into the 2026 fiscal year, the Bola Tinubu administration has failed to publish Nigeria’s full-year 2025 budget performance report, raising fresh...
FEC Approves N1.7 Trillion Sokoto-Badagry Highway, Hands Contract to Convicted Money Launderer Gilbert Chagoury
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.7 trillion for the construction of the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway, a flagship infrastructure project under President...
AES Parliament Speakers Condemn European Resolution, Pledge Support to Burkina Faso
The Presidents of the Parliaments of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) have adopted a motion of support for Burkina Faso, firmly condemning...
Namibia Demands Reparations From Germany Over Colonial Genocide
Namibia has reaffirmed its demand for Germany to pay reparations for the genocide of the Herero and Nama people, describing Berlin’s formal apology...
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...
Burkina Faso Orders All Students to Seek Government Approval Before Studying Abroad
Burkina Faso’s government has approved a decree requiring every Burkinabè student wishing to pursue higher education abroad to obtain prior authorisation from the...
Ebola Death Toll in DR Congo Surpasses 500 as Outbreak Continues to Expand
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 500, with health authorities and the World...
China Sentences Former Official to Death Over $325 Million Bribery Case
A court in eastern China has sentenced former senior official Yang Youlin to death after finding him guilty of accepting more than 2.21...
Tinubu Administration Withholds N202 Billion Osun Local Government Allocations for 15 Months Despite Supreme Court Ruling
The Bola Tinubu administration has withheld statutory local government allocations due to Osun State totalling N201.962 billion over a 15-month period, despite a...
As Ghana Clears $700 Million Eurobond, Nigeria’s N159 Trillion Debt Keeps Growing Under Tinubu
While Ghana is making significant progress in clearing its debts and rebuilding investor confidence, Nigeria’s debt burden has continued to spiral under President...
Seyi Makinde Told Me Tinubu Never Called Over Oyo Abduction, Peter Obi Reveals, Calls for President’s Resignation
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has alleged that Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde told him President Bola...
