Security forces in Niger have arrested at least 245 people suspected of being involved in terrorism. The arrests were part of efforts to...
ByJoy ChukwuSeptember 6, 2024Nigeria’s U-18 women’s basketball team, J’Tigress, delivered a commanding performance as they crushed Zimbabwe 107-30 in the group phase of the FIBA U18...
ByOluwasegun SanusiSeptember 5, 2024The Minister of Crafts and Tourism, Sofiane Aghaichata Guichene, along with Brah Réki Djermakoye, President of the Solidarity Fund for the Safeguarding of...
ByJoy ChukwuSeptember 5, 2024Nigeria’s Esther Nworgu has set a new Paralympic record in the women’s up to 41kg powerlifting event. Nworgu lifted 112kg on her second...
ByOluwasegun SanusiSeptember 4, 2024Chidinma Adetshina, the newly crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 2024, has shared her painful experience of rejection in South Africa, where she withdrew from...
ByChinalurumogu EzeSeptember 4, 2024Healthcare costs in Niger’s public health facilities have been reduced by 50 per cent, with childbirth services now being offered free of charge,...
ByJoy ChukwuSeptember 4, 2024Nigeria has ranked third among the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) debtors. The country’s debt increased by $2.2 billion, from $14.3 billion...
ByConfidence UbaniSeptember 3, 2024South African government has denied visas to Nigeria’s national under-18 basketball team, preventing them from participating in the 2024 FIBA U18 Afrobasket tournament,...
ByOluwasegun SanusiSeptember 3, 2024The Nigerian Police Force has declared West Africa Weekly Editor-in-Chief, David Hundeyin wanted in connection with the prosecution of Isaac Bristol, accused by...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaSeptember 3, 2024Nigeria has lost its US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Category One status, which previously allowed its airlines to operate direct flights to the...
ByConfidence UbaniSeptember 3, 2024A group of miners, on Tuesday, reportedly attacked a community in Niger State after members of the community reported the unwanted mining operation...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaSeptember 3, 2024Nigeria’s National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), an agency under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, has allocated ₦100 million for road...
ByMayowa DurosinmiSeptember 2, 2024