Tinubu’s Naira Crisis Forces Shoprite to Abandon Malls for Neighbourhood Stores After Mass Shutdowns
Shoprite Nigeria is planning to open standalone neighbourhood stores as it tries to revive its retail operations after financial difficulties forced it to temporarily shut down operations and abandon its...
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Nigeria and Uganda Signed US Health Deals Giving Access to Medical Records as Ghana Rejected Similar Pact
Nigeria and Uganda signed health agreements with the United States in December 2025 that give Washington access to sensitive health data, pathogen specimens...
Niger Accuses France and Ukraine of Backing Proxies to Attack Its Territory in Fiery UN Speech
Niger’s representative at the United Nations General Assembly has accused France and Ukraine of leading a proxy war against his country, saying armed...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Ghana Approves Formal Application to Join BRICS as Cabinet Backs Mahama’s Economic Diversification Drive
Ghana’s cabinet has approved a decision to formally apply to join BRICS, the geopolitical and economic bloc of emerging economies, Foreign Minister Samuel...
Red Sea Belongs to Its Coastal States, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia Declare
The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia have issued a joint declaration asserting that the governance of the Red Sea is 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...
Nigerians must choose between Bola Tinubu, a leader presiding over a historic economic crisis while dogged by a decades-old drug-related financial settlement; Atiku Abubakar, a wealthy plutocrat who has been running for president since the early 2000s; and Peter Obi, a third-party populist
More than a decade ago, international observers looked at Africa’s economic engine and declared its choice of leadership an unmitigated tragedy. In 2015,...
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...
Is Nigeria’s Ebola Outbreak a Ploy to Rig 2027 Elections and Push the US Health Deal?
The confirmation of an Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory has sparked widespread outrage on social media, with many Nigerians asking if...
Tinubu’s NELFUND Loan Scandal Deepens as Enugu College Threatens Students With Expulsion for Refusing Debt
A fresh scandal has erupted over President Bola Tinubu’s student loan scheme after a state-owned college in Enugu was exposed for making the...
Tems Breaks Billboard Record as ‘What You Need’ Becomes Longest-Charting Solo African Song
Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, widely known as Tems, has set a new record for the longest-charting solo song by an African artist on...
Nigerians must choose between Bola Tinubu, a leader presiding over a historic economic crisis while dogged by a decades-old drug-related financial settlement; Atiku Abubakar, a wealthy plutocrat who has been running for president since the early 2000s; and Peter Obi, a third-party populist
