A controversial U.S.-funded media training programme in Nigeria through the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), which was designed to shape narratives against last year’s #EndBadGovernance protests, has been abruptly cancelled following a report by West Africa Weekly and a shift in U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump’s new administration. The programme, “Countering AI-Enhanced…

Donald Trump is trying to broker a ceasefire between Ukraine and its Russian invader, but his administration has failed to reach a breakthrough. A bipartisan group of US senators has proposed legislation that would slap sanctions on countries friendly to Russia if Moscow disrupts ongoing negotiations to end the Ukraine war US President Donald Trump…

The President will return to Nigeria in about a fortnight, according to the Presidency President Tinubu departing for Paris for a working visit on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, departed for Paris, France on a short working visit. In a video shared by the Presidency, Tinubu was seen greeting top government…

The Edo State Governorship Election Tribunal in Abuja has dismissed the Accord Party’s petition challenging the victory of Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress in the September 21, 2024 election. The three-member tribunal ruled on Wednesday that the petition lacked merit and was not supported by facts. It stated that the Accord Party and…

Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on Osun citizens and residents at home and abroad to embrace developmental politics as a platform for unity and partnership for state development. He made the appeal today while receiving members of Osun Leaders of Thoughts and other prominent state opinion leaders who visited him in celebration of 2025 Eid-El-Fitr….

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that Nigerians took personal loans worth N470 billion from banks in the last quarter of 2024. According to the Fourth Quarter 2024 Economic Report released by the apex bank, consumer credit outstanding increased by 11.06%, rising from N4.25 trillion at the end of September 2024 to N4.72…