
In a country battling economic collapse, insecurity, and deep mistrust in governance, words carry significant weight. But in Nigeria today, words from those...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 31, 2025Across Africa and in Western political strategies, there is a growing trend of political actors abandoning traditional media in favour of secretly employing...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 30, 2025TikTok has rolled out its TikTok for Artists platform in Nigeria, opening the doors for local musicians to access real-time data and tools...
ByChinalurumogu EzeAugust 27, 2025Burkina Faso and Mali were notably absent from the African Chiefs of Defence Summit in Nigeria, a key regional security meeting held in...
ByMayowa DurosinmiAugust 26, 2025President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed a landmark Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with Brazil, paving the way for direct air connectivity between...
ByOluwasegun SanusiAugust 26, 2025Ramzy Ibrahim Abusafiah, the leader of the Palestinian community in Nigeria, has been reportedly arrested by suspected operatives of the Nigeria Police’s Anti-Terrorism...
ByMayowa DurosinmiAugust 26, 2025Nigeria has lost an estimated ₦826 billion ($539.2 million) worth of gas to flaring between January and May 2025. This volume of wasted...
ByMayowa DurosinmiAugust 23, 2025Billboard has released its first-ever ranking of the 50 greatest Afrobeats songs of all time, a list that captures the genre’s rise from...
ByChinalurumogu EzeAugust 21, 2025A groundbreaking African feature, 1 Woman 1 Bra, has been selected as one of four global projects to receive a €200,000 production grant...
ByChinalurumogu EzeAugust 21, 2025Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called on President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government to immediately release withheld local government allocations...
ByOluwasegun SanusiAugust 20, 2025Mali’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the detention of former transitional government leader Choguel Maïga. The former prime minister is facing charges of...
ByOluwasegun SanusiAugust 20, 2025Damning US public records obtained by West Africa Weekly have revealed that Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, secretly acquired a...
ByMayowa DurosinmiAugust 19, 2025