Nigerian Military Faces Pressure After Controversial Zamfara Airstrike
Nigeria’s military is facing renewed public scrutiny following reports surrounding a controversial airstrike in Zamfara State that allegedly killed civilians during an operation targeting armed groups. Human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, claim that dozens of civilians may have died after bombs reportedly struck a local market area. Witness accounts circulating online described scenes of... Read More
Atiku Rejects Southern Zoning as Opposition Strategy Debate Intensifies
Fresh political tensions are emerging within Nigeria’s opposition movement after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar reportedly rejected calls for the 2027 presidential ticket to be automatically zoned to the South. The debate has reopened one of Nigeria’s most sensitive political traditions: rotational power sharing between the North and South. Supporters of southern zoning argue that... Read More
“West Africa Is Splitting Apart” — Sahel Alliance Challenges ECOWAS Power
A major political earthquake is unfolding in Africa — and it could permanently reshape West African power dynamics. Military-led governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are rapidly strengthening their new Alliance of Sahel States (AES), openly challenging the authority of ECOWAS and rejecting what they describe as foreign-controlled regional politics. The alliance emerged after... Read More
Trump Flies to Beijing as Iran Ceasefire Crumbles — Xi Now Holds the Cards
The president departs Washington Tuesday afternoon for a state visit hijacked by a collapsing peace deal and one urgent question: will China pull Tehran back from the brink? Air Force One lifts off this afternoon for one of the most consequential state visits ofPresident Donald Trump’s second term — and almost none of it will... Read More
Dangote Cuts Out the Middlemen: Refinery Begins Direct Jet Fuel Sales to Nigerian Airlines
At ₦1,820 a litre — a fraction of what middlemen were charging — Africa’s largest refinery has just rewritten the cost equation for an aviation industry that was minutes from collapse For weeks, Nigerian airline executives have been doing the math in public and not likingthe answer.Aviation fuel, known in the trade as Jet A-1,... Read More
Chadian Jets Hit Lake Chad — Dozens ofNigerian Fishermen Now Feared Dead
A retaliation strike against Boko Haram has turned into a regional disaster, with bodies missing, boats capsized, and three governments forced to answer hard questions It started as a military reprisal. It is ending as a tragedy that crosses three Africanborders at once.Chadian fighter jets struck two islands on the Nigerian side of Lake Chad... Read More
Macron Opens Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi With 11 Big Deals
France pledges nuclear power, a Nairobi rail upgrade, and a “partnership of equals” —just as Russia and China crowd in. French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President William Ruto formally opened theAfrica Forward Summit in Nairobi on Monday, hours after the two governments signed 11bilateral agreements that French officials are calling the most ambitious France-Africa... Read More
Starmer Bets His Job on a Dramatic UK-EUReset
In a do-or-die speech, the embattled PM declares Britain must return “to the heart ofEurope” as Labour MPs circle. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer launched the political fight of his life on Monday morning,vowing that putting the United Kingdom “back at the heart of Europe” will be the definingmission of his government — a striking... Read More
Buhari’s Power Minister Convicted in ₦33.8bn Fraud
It is the conviction Nigeria has been waiting more than four years for, and when it finally landedon Thursday afternoon, the man at the centre of it was nowhere to be found.Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered judgment in the longrunning corruption trial of former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman,... Read More
Sowore Decision Day: Court Rules on’Cyberbullying’ Charge
On Friday morning, all eyes in Nigeria’s political and journalism circles turn to courtroom 4 of theFederal High Court in Abuja, where Justice Mohammed Garba Umar is set to rule on whether thecyberbullying trial of activist Omoyele Sowore goes ahead — or whether the case against himcollapses before he ever opens his defence.It is the... Read More