
For many Nigerians, the news that the Federal Inland Revenue Service has entered a new partnership with the French tax authority felt less...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 12, 2025Nigeria’s Senate has approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to deploy troops to the Benin Republic following the attempted coup that shook the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 9, 2025Nigeria’s Senate continues to generate widespread frustration as its conduct reinforces public claims that it has abandoned its constitutional duty of oversight in...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 9, 2025Tinubu’s handling of the coups in West Africa has exposed something many Nigerians already feared: when Western governments raise an eyebrow, he moves...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 7, 2025Benin’s government says it has foiled an attempted coup after a group of soldiers briefly seized the national broadcaster early Sunday and announced...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 7, 2025President Bola Tinubu has sent a new, expanded ambassadorial list to the Senate, broadening the scope of his diplomatic appointments and signalling another...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 5, 2025Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Nigeria’s Defence Minister, resigned on December 1, 2025, citing health reasons. President Bola Tinubu accepted the resignation, which comes...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 4, 2025The government has released a new ambassadorial list. It contains thirty‑two nominees who may represent Nigeria abroad if confirmed. The non‑career nominees are:...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 30, 2025Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has prompted fresh criticism from former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 29, 2025Nigeria’s political landscape is descending into a full-blown cult of personality around President Bola Tinubu, as politicians, appointees, and public officeholders increasingly appear...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 29, 2025Nigeria has gone mad again. The signs are everywhere, as kidnappings, deaths, poisoned communities, collapsing institutions, reckless governance, and the central force driving...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 27, 2025Nigeria’s decision to reject the use of private military contractors sits at the intersection of principle, politics and national insecurity. President Bola Tinubu...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 26, 2025