Barrick Reaches Deal With Mali Unions to Avert Strike at Loulo-Gounkoto as Government Tightens Grip on Gold
Barrick Mining has signed a new collective bargaining agreement with unions at its Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in western Mali, averting strike action that was scheduled to begin on Monday, September...
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Senegal Starts Countdown to First African Default Since 2023 as $5 Billion Bond Restructuring Looms
Senegal has begun the countdown to what could become Africa’s first sovereign default since Ethiopia reneged on its debts in 2023, after the...
Ugandans Demand Deportation of American Missionary Mac Miller Over Racist Comments, Calls to Children
A wave of outrage has swept across Uganda after an American missionary was caught on video making racist remarks, including telling a local...
Thousands Rally in Support of Niger’s Military Leader After Thwarted Army Mutiny
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Niamey on Wednesday in a show of support for Niger’s military leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani,...
Major Foreign Companies That Have Exited Nigeria in Recent Years
Over the past five years, Nigeria has witnessed an unprecedented exodus of multinational corporations, with more than 70 companies leaving the country between...
Meta to Charge Businesses ₦14 Per WhatsApp Message From October 1
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, will begin charging businesses for every message they send to Nigerian customers through the WhatsApp Business Platform...
TikTok Users in Northern Nigeria Turn to VPNs as Access Disruption Enters Fourth Day
TikTok users across several northern Nigerian states, including Kaduna, Kano and Sokoto, have been unable to access the platform normally since Monday, forcing...
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
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From Yemen’s Khat Fields to Nigeria’s Gold Mines, Dehumanisation Fuels a Shared Drug Crisis
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Awoniyi Replaces Injured Osimhen in Super Eagles Squad for AFCON Qualifiers
Victor Osimhen has been ruled out of Nigeria’s opening 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau after failing to recover...
Uganda Suspends All Military Cooperation With Turkey Over Refusal to Extradite Government Critic
Uganda’s army has suspended all defence and military cooperation with Turkey with immediate effect, citing unresolved issues between the two countries. The announcement...
TikTok Users in Northern Nigeria Turn to VPNs as Access Disruption Enters Fourth Day
TikTok users across several northern Nigerian states, including Kaduna, Kano and Sokoto, have been unable to access the platform normally since Monday, forcing...
Gambian Businesses Struggle Under Prolonged Blackouts as Anger Mounts Ahead of December Election
Gambian businesses are collapsing under the weight of prolonged power cuts that have gripped the West African nation since June, with the crisis...
Ghana Cuts Fuel Exports to Burkina Faso and Mali to Protect Its Own Supply
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French Troops in Abidjan While Russian Tanks Roll Through Sahel, X User Sparks Fresh Debate on Foreign Influence in West Africa
A social media post by X user De Black Star (@niq_black) has ignited fresh debate over foreign military influence in West Africa, contrasting...
Niger Settles $7.6m Debt With UK Aviation Firm to Save $35m New York Mansion From Seizure
The government of Niger has settled a long-running dispute with Menzies Aviation, a Scottish airport services provider, preventing a $35 million mansion it...
Ghana Reaffirms Withdrawal of Recognition of Polisario, Backs Morocco’s Autonomy Plan
Ghana has reaffirmed its decision to withdraw recognition of the Polisario Front’s self-proclaimed “Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic” (SADR), reiterating its support for Morocco’s...
China Tightens Travel Restrictions for Citizens Over Tech and Security Concerns
China has tightened travel restrictions for its citizens under new exit-and-entry rules that took effect on September 15, 2026. The regulations bar individuals...
For Bolé Festival, The Future Still Tastes Like Home
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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
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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
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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
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Burkina Faso Orders NGOs to Spend 80% of Budgets Locally as Russia Fills Void Left by West
Burkina Faso’s military government has adopted strict new regulations requiring non-governmental organisations to allocate at least 80 per cent of their total budgets...
Nollywood Sets Guinness World Record as Over 51,000 Watch ‘Black Market’ at TBS Lagos
Nollywood has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest attendance at a film screening after more than 51,000 people gathered at Tafawa...
Tinubu Seeks Fresh $1.5bn World Bank Loan as Nigeria’s Debt Hits Record N166.79tn
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has opened fresh discussions with the World Bank for three new loans totalling $1.5 billion, even as Nigeria’s public...
Lagos Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat Mocks Lagosians, Calls Traffic a Lifestyle
Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has sparked outrage after telling a crowd at PODFEST Naija 2026 that Lagos traffic is not a...
Gambia’s FGM Ban Under Threat as Imam Abdoulie Fatty and MP Almameh Gibba Push to Make Cutting Girls Legal Again
Two men are leading the charge to overturn The Gambia’s ban on female genital mutilation, and if they succeed, the practice that has...
Peter Obi Rejects $123m Anambra Debt Claim, Says He Left Over $150m in Funds
Peter Obi has rejected claims that he left Anambra State with $123 million in debt, insisting he handed over a financially strong government...
