Coup Plotters Face Court Today: Sylva, Retired Generals Charged With Treason
Nigeria arraigns six suspects, including a former minister and retired military officers, over an alleged 2025 plot to overthrow President Tinubu. Six people accused of plotting to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are expected to be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja today, Wednesday, April 22, in what is shaping up to be... Read More
Tinubu Sacks Finance Minister Wale Edun, Appoints Taiwo Oyedele as Replacement
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has relieved Wale Edun of his position as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy in a cabinet reshuffle announced on Monday, April 21, 2026. The directive, contained in a memo from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation dated April 20, was described by the Presidency as... Read More
CBN and NCC Join Forces to Fight Nigeria’s Electronic Fraud Epidemic
A landmark agreement between the Central Bank and the telecoms regulator targets SIM-swap scams, payment fraud, and identity theft in one of Africa’s fastest-growing digital economies Nigeria’s Central Bank and its telecommunications regulator have signed a landmark agreement aimed at combating the country’s surging electronic fraud problem, uniting the financial and telecoms sectors in what... Read More
All Six Goldman Prize Winners Are Women for the First Time Ever
Nigerian bat conservationist Iroro Tanshi leads a historic all-female class honored for fighting wildfires, mining giants, and climate destruction across six continents. The Goldman Environmental Foundation made history on Monday by announcing an entirely female slate of winners for its prestigious annual prize, the first time in the award’s 37-year existence that all six honorees... Read More
Burkina Faso Dissolves 118 NGOs in Sweeping Crackdown on Civil Society
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch condemn the military junta’s latest move to silence dissent, warning of a systematic erasure of democratic space. Burkina Faso’s military government has dissolved 118 non-governmental organizations and associations in what human rights groups are calling the most aggressive assault on civil society in the country’s history, deepening concerns about... Read More
SA Startup Raises $5.2M for AI Stethoscope That Detects TB in Minutes
AI Diagnostics’ Ostium device puts specialist-level tuberculosis screening in the hands of community health workers across Africa and Asia A Cape Town-based medical technology startup has just secured a major funding boost that could transform how one of the world’s deadliest diseases is detected across the developing world. AI Diagnostics has raised $5.2 million (approximately... Read More
Iran Launches Drone Strikes on US Ships After Cargo Vessel Seizure
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran is teetering on the edge of collapse this morning after Tehran launched drone strikes against American military vessels in the Gulf of Oman, a dramatic escalation following the US Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship. The incident began on Sunday when the guided-missile destroyer USS... Read More
APC Kills Automatic Tickets and the Party Is Tearing Itself
From furious lawmakers who were promised safe seats to defecting governors demanding payback, the ruling party’s decision to enforce open primaries has unleashed a civil war within the APC ahead of 2027 The All Progressives Congress just pulled the rug out from under its own members, and the fallout is getting ugly. APC National Chairman... Read More
Former Ally Turns Rival: Aregbesola Calls Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda ‘A Scam’
Once one of Tinubu’s closest political allies, Rauf Aregbesola delivered a blistering attack on the president at the ADC national convention, signaling a bitter 2027 race ahead. Nigerian politics just got a lot more personal. Rauf Aregbesola, the former Minister of Interior and one-time loyal lieutenant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has publicly branded the... Read More
Dangote Makes TIME100 Again
The Nigerian industrialist joins Trump, Xi Jinping, and Pope Leo XIV on TIME’s 2026 list of the 100 most influential people, his second appearance in a decade. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and the driving force behind the continent’s largest industrial conglomerate, has been named to TIME Magazine’s 2026 list of the 100 most influential... Read More