
A fire outbreak at the headquarters of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Abuja on Saturday, December 20, 2025, has reignited public...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 21, 2025For nearly a full fiscal year, the Federal Government, led by President Bola Tinubu, has stopped releasing critical fiscal documents that Nigerians are...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 17, 2025A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jet has reportedly mistakenly bombed civilians in Mararaba, Borno State, killing fishermen and commercial drivers, according to Premium...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 16, 2025Nigeria’s democracy faced a defining test today after the Supreme Court affirmed the President’s authority to declare a state of emergency and to...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 15, 2025The Chief Justice of Nigeria has clarified that judicial officers are exempt from President Bola Tinubu’s directive ordering the withdrawal of police personnel...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 15, 2025Fresh questions have emerged over the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and France’s Direction Générale des Finances...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 14, 2025For 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, 2025