From Chi-Town bagman to ECOWAS chairman: meet the former money launderer leading the push to invade Niger

Since the overthrow of Niger’s US-friendly government, West African nations of the ECOWAS bloc have threatened an invasion of their neighbor. Before leading the charge for intervention, ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu spent years laundering millions for heroin dealers in Chicago, and has since been ensnared in numerous corruption scandals. Hours after Niger’s Western-backed leader was

GSK’s departure from Nigeria will worsen poverty index – Peter Obi

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has regretted the impending exit of British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline from Nigeria after 51 years. This follows the company’s announcement of plans to end its prescription medicines and vaccine production in the country. The PUNCH reports that the multinational pharmaceutical company said

FIBA Women’s Afrobasket: Nigeria’s D’Tigress win historic fourth consecutive African title

The Nigeria national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have emerged champions of Africa again following their thrilling 84-74 win over Senegal in the final of the 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket tournament. Saturday’s victory by D’Tigress is historic as the Nigerian Ladies have become only the second team ever after Senegal to win four consecutive titles. After waiting

Nigeria’s election results put disenfranchisement in the spotlight – Chatham House

Despite boasting the biggest electoral register in Africa of 93.4 million voters, fewer than 25 million valid votes were counted in Nigeria’s 2023 election. According to the results announced by Mahmood Yakubu, chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the incumbent All Progressive Congress (APC) party candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu received 8.87 million votes