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Rubber-Stamp Senate Approves Tinubu’s Troop Deployment to Benin at France’s Order Despite Insecurity In Nigeria
Nigeria’s Senate has approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to deploy troops to the Benin Republic following the attempted coup that shook the...
2025 CAF Voting Results Trigger Controversies
Football fans and observers in Nigeria have criticised the country’s representatives in the Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) after the voting results for...
Mali’s Foreign Minister Meets ISS Delegation to Discuss Security and Peace Efforts
Mali’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, met on 4 December 2025 with a delegation from the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the...
Tinubu’s Rush to Deploy Fighter Jets for the Benin Coup Shows a President More Responsive to France’s Priorities Than His Own Citizens’ Cries
Benin’s government says it has foiled an attempted coup after a group of soldiers briefly seized the national broadcaster early Sunday and announced...
Sahel Alliance to Hold Second Leaders’ Summit in Mali on 22–23 December
The Alliance of Sahel States is set to hold its second summit of heads of state on 22 and 23 December 2025 in...
FG Unveils ECOWAS Biometric ID Card, But Many Point Out AES Moved Earlier and Faster
Nigeria has launched the long-delayed ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card, a regional project aimed at modernising identity systems and easing movement across West...
Tinubu Under Fire as Brigadier General Musa Uba and Soldiers Receive No Ceremony While Gumi, Protected by the State, Advocates Leniency for Terrorists
The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu faces a painful crisis of priorities in Nigeria following the killing of Brigadier General Musa Uba...
Assimi Goïta Receives Ministerial Delegation of the Sahel States Confederation
The transitional President of Mali and current President of the Sahel States Confederation (Alliance des États du Sahel, AES), General Assimi Goïta, on...
Mali Hosts First Turkish Defense and Security Exhibition, Strengthening Strategic Ties with Ankara
Mali has become the new showcase for Turkish defence technology in Africa as it hosts BAMEX 2025, the country’s first International Defence and...
Sahel: Fears Grow Over Possible Data Breach Involving Orange SIM Cards
A new investigation has raised alarming questions about a possible data breach involving Orange SIM cards allegedly exploited by armed groups across the...
Nigerian Airlines Struggle as Ghana Cuts Airfares Amid Policy Contrast
Nigeria’s domestic airlines are grappling with shrinking routes, declining passenger numbers, and rising operating costs, even as neighbouring Ghana is cutting domestic airfares...
While the Sahel Unites, Nigeria Still Struggles With Its Passport Identity
Nigeria’s government has unveiled yet another passport reform, a single travel emergency passport meant to help citizens abroad who must return home urgently. However,...