Gambia’s Opposition Leader Bensouda Files for Presidency Despite Abuse Allegations
Gambian opposition leader Talib Ahmed Bensouda officially submitted his candidacy papers for the December 5 presidential election on Saturday, November 7, 2026, defiantly dismissing a government report that accused him...
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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...
New Law HB 2659 Threatens to Jail Local Chefs, Outlaw Traditional Recipes, and Hand Nigeria’s Food Sovereignty Directly to Bill Gates
The National Assembly is pushing House Bill 2659, known as the Nutritionists Registration Council of Nigeria Bill, and it has ignited a fierce...
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...
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...
Senegal High Court Refers French National and 14 Accomplices to Criminal Chamber for Transnational Child Exploitation and Deliberate HIV Transmission
The senior investigating judge at the Dakar High Court has formally closed the judicial inquiry into a transnational child exploitation network linked to...
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...
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...
Nigeria’s Passport Sinks to 181st as Tinubu Government Stays Silent
Nigeria’s passport has plunged to 181st out of 196 countries in the latest IziVisa Passport Ranking Index, a sharp fall from 90th position...
Ghana’s Economy to Hit $128.64 Billion in 2026, Retains Position as Africa’s 8th Largest
Ghana’s economy is projected to reach $128.64 billion in 2026, retaining its place among Africa’s ten largest economies, according to the International Monetary...
Gambia to Compensate Victims of Jammeh’s Rule With $2.57m From US Mansion Sale
The Gambia’s Reparations Commission has received $2,573,414.10 from the sale of a mansion in Maryland, United States, belonging to former President Yahya Jammeh,...
CAS to Rule on Senegal-Morocco AFCON Title Appeal by End of November
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced on Monday that it expects to issue its ruling by the end of November on Senegal’s...
Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF Extends Mnangagwa’s Rule to 2030, Abolishes Direct Presidential Elections
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has unanimously endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its sole presidential candidate for elections now scheduled for 2030, effectively extending...
Sahel States Restart Dialogue With ECOWAS After 18-Month Break
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have resumed formal discussions with the Economic Community of West African States, agreeing to work towards a framework...
US Exploits Sudan’s War and Famine to Take Gold and Uranium in Exchange for Machinery
The proposed US Sudan IMPACT Act is the latest flashpoint in an economic model that functions as modern resource pillaging. By conditioning future...
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...
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...
US-Funded Vaccine Trial on Babies Cancelled in Guinea-Bissau After Outrage Over Unethical Plan to Withhold Shots
A proposed trial of a hepatitis B vaccine on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled following widespread accusations that the study was...
Tinubu’s Virtual Teachers Cannot Teach in the Dark, Billions Set to Disappear While Rural Schools Lack Power and Devices
The Federal Government has launched a virtual teaching programme called Inspire Live, which Education Minister Tunji Alausa says will connect pupils in underserved...
Toni Braxton Earns 60 Percent of Burna Boy’s Last Last Streaming Royalties
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has revealed that American R&B star Toni Braxton receives 60 percent of the...
Education Minister Tunji Alausa Calls Tinubu a Genius, But Confuses Chicago State University With University of Chicago
Dr. Tunji Alausa, Nigeria’s Minister of Education, has sparked widespread ridicule and outrage after claiming that he visited the University of Chicago and...
Nigeria Slams The Seyi Tinubu AskCityBoy App For Being A Glorified Customer Service Chatbot Disguised As Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Stripped of its high-tech marketing and political fanfare, the recently launched pro-government AI platform “AskCityBoy” operates functionally as an advanced automated customer service...
The Ghost of Aso Rock: Haunting Nigeria’s Economy While Plotting the 2027 Hijack
Nigeria is currently pioneering a brand-new style of leadership: governance by complete and utter mystery. According to recent social media revelations and historic...
