
A fresh debate over telecom tariffs has erupted on social media after a Nigerian user shared a comparison of data and call prices...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 8, 2026Tension has gripped the University of Nigeria, Nsukka following an anonymous alert warning of a potential terrorist attack on the institution. The unverified...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 8, 2026Freshly inaugurated as President of the Republic of Benin, Romuald Wadagni has embarked on a tour of the West African subregion. After visiting...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 4, 2026The pattern is now unmistakable. Every time a serious security threat emerges in any Nigerian state, President Bola Tinubu does not announce a...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 2, 2026The Sahel crisis has crashed through Benin’s northern frontier with a brutality that has shaken the small West African nation. In an attack...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 1, 2026The death of a 21-year-old university student at the hands of campus security volunteers has exposed a deeply troubling pattern in Nigeria: a...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 1, 2026The Federal Government is facing a storm of criticism from civil society organisations and opposition leaders after it emerged that 81 schoolchildren abducted...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 29, 2026On a Children’s Day when dozens of Nigerian children are still held hostage by armed bandits in Oyo State, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 27, 2026In a devastating blow to Nigeria’s already crippled power sector, the World Bank has cancelled $717.7 million in undisbursed electricity loans. The decision...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 27, 2026The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has dismantled the largest clandestine methamphetamine laboratory ever uncovered in Nigeria, arresting 10 suspects...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 22, 2026Nigeria was once the world’s third largest producer of ginger and the undisputed leader in quality. The native varieties Tafin Giwa and Yatsun...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 22, 2026Just as families across Nigeria are burying loved ones killed by bandits and counting ransom payments that have drained generational savings, the administration...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 20, 2026