Is Nigeria a Rich or Poor Country?

After months of careful research and years of following West African economic trends (both professionally and out of sheer fascination), I’ve put together what I hope will be a genuinely helpful exploration of Nigeria’s economic reality. The...

Bleeding Sudan: How Gold, Guns, and Gulf Interests Fuel Africa’s Forgotten War

Caleb Ta. (Dr.) Independent Researcher in African Political Affairs; Human Rights Advocate Date: November 02, 2025 Introduction: A Forgotten War at the Heart of Africa While the world’s cameras remain fixed on Gaza and Ukraine, another war burns...

Mali nears collapse amid jihadist siege

Across Africa and beyond, concern is mounting that Mali—under military rule since 2020—may be on the verge of collapse after its junta failed to repel jihadist insurgents who have battled the government for years. The militants, affiliated with...

World Bank, Education Ministry, Fabsi Institute Empower 200 Youths With Digital Skills

1 Toyin Adebayo Reaffirming the Federal Government’s commitment to youth empowerment through technical and vocational education, the Federal Ministry of Education, in partnership with the World Bank and Fabsi Institute of Entrepreneurship, on...

What is Françafrique? The taboo word that reveals the shifti...

The term “Françafrique” describes the political, economic and military networks built to preserve French influence in Africa. It refers to a past era but many believe that it still shapes relations between France and its former colonies today. The...

Genocide, selective perception and framing

On December 25, 2011, when the Boko Haram terrorists bombed St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger state, killing 37 worshippers, did you view it as an act of genocide against Nigerian Christians? Yes? No? On November 28, 2014, when they hit...

Kannywood Actor buried in Yobe

Kannywood actor, Alhaji Mato Yakubu, popularly known as Malam Nata’ala from the long-running TV series ‘Dadin Kowa’, has been buried in Yobe state. His funeral prayer held at the Emir of Fika Jumu’at Mosque in Potiskum, Yobe, around 2:30pm, on...

Tinubu Has Not Lost The Nation’s Faith

The recently published opinion piece titled “All the President’s Enemies: How President Tinubu Lost the Nation’s Faith” by one Nnaoke Ufere, PhD, is a masterclass in selective outrage and emotional exaggeration masquerading as analysis. Its...

Trump’s threat of military intervention in Nigeria likely a diplomatic pressure tactic

President Donald Trump‘s threat of military operations in Nigeria to save persecuted Christians is likely more of a pressure tactic to see the Nigerian government’s efforts to step up, according to experts.On Saturday, Trump instructed the...

Faith, not Trump's guns, can fix Nigerian violence

Asserting that Christians in Nigeria face an “existential threat,” President Donald Trump signaled over the weekend that the United States military might go into Africa’s most populous country with “guns-a-blazing.” While his depiction of the...

LG polls: NSIEC deploys 5,249 adhoc staff

The Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC), has deployed 5,249 trained adhoc staff for the conduct of the local government elections scheduled for November 1st 2025. The Chairman of the Commission, Engineer Jibrin Imam stated this...

Africa’s arc of autocracy exacts a substantial human and economic cost

Last week, Tanzania held an election not worthy of the name. The leader of the opposition, Tundu Lissu, has been on trial for treason because he dared criticise the conduct of the election. His party, Chadema, was barred from participating. On...

Vijay Prashad: Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South

Here are seven theses to begin to understand the protests that young people have led across the world and perhaps channel them in a progressive direction. Guillermo Grebe, Chile, Muro sagrado de la dignidad or Sacred Wall of Dignity, 2021. (Via...

Africa loses $135bn annually to lead poisoning — WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that lead exposure costs Africa about $135 billion in lost productivity each year, even as Nigeria reaffirmed its commitment to ending the scourge through a new National Lead Elimination Policy and...

Algeria’s enduring spirit of freedom, growth

CHISHIMBA CHISHIMBA, MARTIN NKOLOMBA Lusaka ALGERIA, the largest country in Africa, stands as a beacon of freedom, unity and growth, with its modern identity, deeply anchored in the historic November 1, 1954 revolution against French colonial...

Why is Donald Trump threatening military action in Nigeria?

Donald Trump has long declared himself the ‘peace president’. Trump has claimed to have solved a number of wars, which has been disputed by experts, and even campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize for himself this year. Yet, the United States seems to...

How African Leaders Underdeveloped Africa

The title of this piece was influenced by the Book written in 1972 by Walter Rodney titled ‘’How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”. In the book, which became a Bible of sorts for those who are interested in studying African development and...

Jihadists' fuel blockade poses biggest threat yet to Mali's military rulers

By Portia Crowe DAKAR/BAMAKO (Reuters) -A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on the military government and raising concern that the jihadists might try eventually...

Kannywood actor, Malam Nata’ala, dies after prolonged illness

A prominent Kannywood star, Mato Na Mato, popularly known as Malam Nata’ala, has passed away. The Director General of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Ali Nuhu, confirmed the death in a post on his Instagram handle. An indigene of Yobe State,...

What is Françafrique? The taboo word that reveals the shifting influence of France in Africa

The term “Françafrique” describes the political, economic and military networks built to preserve French influence in Africa. It refers to a past era but many believe that it still shapes relations between France and its former colonies today. The...