Tinubu Says It’s Not How Much Nigeria Borrows But What It Builds, As Debt Hits N166.79 Trillion and Abandoned Projects Pile Up
President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s aggressive borrowing plans, arguing that the focus should not be on the amount of money Nigeria is borrowing but on what the loans...
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Lagos-Calabar Highway Costs $15.7m Per Kilometre, Nigeria Pays More Than Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal Combined
The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is costing Nigeria far more per kilometre than similar road projects in neighbouring West African countries, and the disparity...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Launch Joint TV Channel Tafouk TV to Challenge Western Media
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have launched a joint television channel called Tafouk TV, a new regional broadcaster intended to promote the three...
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré Defies FIFA, Vows to Intervene in Football Federation After 7-0 Argentina Humiliation
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has vowed to intervene directly in the country’s football federation despite the risk of sanctions from...
Burkina Faso’s Traoré Says God Is Angry With Black People for Refusing to Use Their Brains
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has said God is angry with Black people because they have refused to use their brains,...
INEC Violates Electoral Act, Hides Voters Register While Announcing 103 Million Figure
The Independent National Electoral Commission has been accused of violating the Electoral Act 2026 by refusing to publish the detailed preliminary voters’ register...
IMF Ranks Ethiopia, Guinea, Uganda, Rwanda and Benin as Africa’s Fastest-Growing Economies in 2026, Nigeria Absent From List
The International Monetary Fund has published its list of Africa’s fastest-growing economies for 2026, and Nigeria does not appear anywhere on it. The...
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...
Namibia, Angola Hold First Bi-National Commission to Deepen Trade, Energy and Transport Links
Namibia and Angola convened their inaugural Bi-National Commission in Luanda on Thursday, establishing a formal platform to expand cooperation in trade, energy, transport...
IMF Tells Nigeria to End Fuel Subsidies While US and Europe Spend Billions on Energy Support
The International Monetary Fund has warned Nigeria against restoring a broad petrol subsidy, recommending targeted relief for vulnerable households instead. The advice has...
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania Plan Joint Visa for 2027 AFCON to Ease Fan Travel Across Borders
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are developing a joint visa arrangement to facilitate cross-border travel for football fans during the 2027 Africa Cup of...
Rwanda Signs 10-Year Deal to Bring F1 Back to Africa for First Time Since 1993
Rwanda has signed a 10-year agreement with Formula 1 to host the African Grand Prix from the early 2030s, bringing the sport back...
Congo’s Former President Kabila Forms New Rebel Coalition With M23 to Oust Government
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has launched a new political-military coalition with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, taking a direct role in the...
How the Multi-Trillion Naira Coastal Road Became an APC Cash Cow Just Like the Notorious Nigeria Air Aviation Scandal
The ruling All Progressives Congress is facing an intense wave of public anger as the controversial N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway mirrors the...
Ethiopia Opens Its First Gold Refinery With $50 Million Investment
Ethiopia has inaugurated its first national precious metals refinery, a $50 million joint venture aimed at turning the East African nation into a...
Ghana and US Crack Down on $10m Cyber Scam Network as Credit Dispute Erupts
Ghanaian and United States authorities have dismantled a major cybercrime operation in Ghana accused of defrauding victims of nearly $10 million, but a...
US Builds Largest Consulate in the World in Lagos While Visa Ban Keeps Nigerians Out
The United States is constructing its largest consulate in the world in Lagos, a $537 million, 10-storey facility on 12.2 acres in Eko...
Cameroon Commits to Stronger Bilateral Ties with Nigeria
Cameroon has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening bilateral relations with Nigeria, pledging to deepen cooperation in trade, security and regional integration. The commitment...
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...
Algeria Sends Troops to Niger in First Foreign Military Deployment Since 1973
Algeria is deploying troops to neighbouring Niger in what marks its first foreign military deployment since sending forces to Egypt during the Arab-Israeli...
Tinubu Starved Health Workers for 19 Months But Suddenly Finds N70,000 After Realising 2027 Is Near
The Federal Government has finally reached an agreement with the Nigeria Labour Congress to pay a monthly transport allowance of N70,000 to public...
Jide Idris Collected ₦10bn for Ebola, Now Claims It Was for Lassa Fever After WHO Confirmed No Active Cases
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Jide Idris, has been caught in a web of contradictions after he...
BREAKING: Tinubu Asks Senate to Approve Fresh $20.5bn, €1.04bn Loans Weeks After Record Debt Warning
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve a fresh supplementary external borrowing plan of $20.52 billion and €1.045 billion, just weeks...
Tinubu Moves to Lock In Harsh Economic Reforms, Proposes Law to Stop Next Government From Reversing Them
The Federal Government is proposing a law that would make it impossible for future administrations to reverse the biting economic reforms introduced by...
Nigerians Accuse INEC of Inserting AI-Generated Voters Into Register Ahead of 2027 Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission has come under heavy criticism after Nigerians examining the preliminary voters’ register published on its website discovered what...
