Following the arrest of scores of demonstrators who gathered against recent constitutional amendments that would have given him the ability to hold onto office indefinitely, President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo is coming under increasing fire. Rights groups and campaigners have…
Former Edo State Governor and current Edo North senator Adams Oshiomhole reportedly caused the temporary closure of the Zulu Terminal at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Airport on Tuesday morning after missing his scheduled Air Peace flight to Abuja, in what many…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has apparently employed young Nigerians, known as “10k data boys,” to disparage Mr. Peter Obi and to improve the party’s online presence in the face of a complete breakdown in the government system. This strategy…
In response to recent demolition threats reportedly directed against Hon. Marcus Onobun and Hon. Collins Aigbogun by the Edo State Government, led by Senator Monday Okpebholo, the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released this press…
According to Ola Olukoyede of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigerian civil officials stole significantly more money than politicians did. Speaking about how widespread corruption is in Nigeria’s system, Olukoyede claimed that civil personnel were crucial. In an…
By Ainofenokhai Isa Few people have handled the complexities of power with the same degree of charisma and strategic reinvention as Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio in Nigeria’s complicated political environment, where ambition and resiliency are put to the test on…
Last weekend, during the East Africa Plus Size Fashion Affair in Kisumu, western Kenya, plus-size models joyfully celebrated African curves by dancing and twirling down the catwalk in form-fitting evening gowns and brightly coloured wax print dresses. Winnie Wenga Walcott,…
Families of missing protesters are still looking for answers and the remains of their kids nearly a year after large-scale riots shook Kenya’s capital. Susan Wangari, a 50-year-old woman from the Kasarani slum in Nairobi, has spent months searching for…
In response to long-standing discontent with international ratings behemoths Fitch, Moody’s, and S&P, the African Credit Rating organisation (AfCRA), a NEW Africa-led credit rating organisation, will launch operations by the end of September 2025. Misheck Mutize, APRM’s lead expert on…
According to sources familiar with the draft, the United States is pushing a peace deal that would require Rwanda to remove its troops from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) before a final agreement could be signed. Kigali,…
