Benin’s New President Romuald Wadagni Visits Niger in High Hopes Visit
Freshly inaugurated as President of the Republic of Benin, Romuald Wadagni has embarked on a tour of the West African subregion. After visiting Nigeria on Monday, he was warmly received...
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Burkina Faso and Venezuela Strengthen Ties as Venezuelan Socialist Party Hails RPP Revolutionary Drive
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela has praised the revolutionary momentum driven by Burkina Faso’s Popular Progressive Revolution during a high level diplomatic...
For First Time in 15 Years Nigeria’s Budget Office Fails to Publish Three Consecutive Quarterly Reports Under Tinubu
The Nigerian government has chosen to violate the Fiscal Responsibility Act rather than publish statutory budget implementation reports for three consecutive quarters, an...
Tinubu wants to borrow Nigeria into more debt as citizens storm World Bank comments to block fresh loan
The World Bank’s social media pages have become an unlikely battleground this week, overwhelmed by a torrent of angry Nigerian voices demanding the...
Bill Gates Ebola Vaccine Grant Matches Deadly Outbreak as FBI Probes Scientist Smuggling Pathogens From DR Congo
A new Ebola outbreak in central Africa has ignited a firestorm of criticism against billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, as the timing of a...
Ivory Coast Rushes to Calm Cocoa Farmer Protests as Unpaid Beans Rot and Crisis Spirals
The world’s top cocoa producer is rushing to defuse an escalating crisis in its rural heartland, where unpaid farmers blocked roads and clashed...
Nollywood Star Alexx Ekubo Dies at 40 After Cancer Battle
The Nollywood industry is in mourning following the death of popular actor and former model Alexx Ekubo. He was 40 years old. Reports...
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...
Bank of Ghana Suspends Planned 0.75% Mobile Money Transfer Fee
The Bank of Ghana has suspended a proposed 0.75 percent fee on direct transfers from mobile money wallets to bank accounts, directing Mobile...
China Reaffirms Support and Solidarity with Mali Following April 25 Attack
During a press conference held on Friday, May 22, 2026, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Mali, His Excellency Mr....
Senegal Football Fans Return Home After Royal Pardon in Morocco
A group of Senegalese football supporters jailed following the chaotic Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final in Morocco in January have returned home...
Tinubu’s 10.99 Million APC Primary Votes Raise Questions as Insecurity Persists, ‘Technical Glitches’ Vanish and Total Surpasses His Entire 2023 Election Victory
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emerged from the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary with a staggering 10.99 million votes, a figure that...
Nigeria’s Largest Meth Lab Bust Exposes Cartel Terror Links and Tinubu’s Government Failure
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has dismantled the largest clandestine methamphetamine laboratory ever uncovered in Nigeria, arresting 10 suspects...
Three sisters found dead in sea off Brighton beach
A father has spoken of his unbearable grief after the bodies of his three daughters were recovered from the sea off Brighton beach...
Bill Gates Ebola Vaccine Grant Matches Deadly Outbreak as FBI Probes Scientist Smuggling Pathogens From DR Congo
A new Ebola outbreak in central Africa has ignited a firestorm of criticism against billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, as the timing of a...
For The First Time Ever Nigeria’s Ginger Export Fell From N26 Billion To Zero Under Tinubu’s Government Despite Being The World’s Top Producer
Nigeria was once the world’s third largest producer of ginger and the undisputed leader in quality. The native varieties Tafin Giwa and Yatsun...
AES Countries Meet in Niamey to Forge Common Strategy on Ex-Combatant Reintegration
The surrender, demobilisation and reintegration of former combatants is at the heart of a major regional forum taking place in Niamey from May...
Mali Appoints Brigadier General Daouda Traoré as New Chief of Staff of the National Guard
Mali has appointed Brigadier General Daouda Traoré as the new Chief of Staff of the National Guard, a move aimed at strengthening the...
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...
INEC Faces Fresh Crisis as Political Aide Accesses Restricted Voter Database
First, a chairman who does not exist tweeted. Then, a politician’s aide walked through a door that should have been sealed. Two incidents,...
FUTO Student Dies After Man O’ War Assault as Nigeria’s Impunity Crisis Spreads to Campuses
The death of a 21-year-old university student at the hands of campus security volunteers has exposed a deeply troubling pattern in Nigeria: a...
FIFA Set to Introduce Eight New Laws At Next World Cup
Football’s rulemaking body has approved eight major changes that will debut at the next World Cup, according to a report by Pulse Sports....
Tinubu’s Delegation Visits Kidnapped School Children Families in APC Branded Vehicles
A presidential delegation sent by President Bola Tinubu to Oyo State to meet with families of abducted school children arrived in vehicles bearing...
Tinubu Celebrates His Third Year And Enters His Fourth Year, 81 Nigerian Schoolchildren Still In Terrorists’ Den
The Federal Government is facing a storm of criticism from civil society organisations and opposition leaders after it emerged that 81 schoolchildren abducted...
Burkina Faso Parliament Adopts Military Reserve Law to Boost Defence Capacity
The People’s Legislative Assembly has unanimously adopted a new law establishing the status of the military reserve in Burkina Faso, a reform aimed...
