Browsing: Nigeria

On 18 February, former Nigerian Foreign Minister Bolaji Akinyemi dropped a bombshell amidst revelations that the recently dismantled US International Agency for Development (USAID) had allegedly…

Nigeria has sued Binance in the Federal High Court in Abuja to recover a staggering $81.5 billion allegedly owed by the multinational cryptocurrency giant to the…

There’s a new player shaking things up on the energy-export scene – Nigeria’s Dangote refinery. In early February 2025, the Lagos-based facility reportedly shipped 130-million litres…

Nigeria sits smack in the middle of Françafrique, a French sphere of political, economic and military influence over ex-colonies in West and Central Africa. Content creator…

Chinua Achebe’s reputation as one of Africa’s best writers rests firmly on these five novels. ‘Things Fall Apart’ is lauded for its importance, but Anthills of…

Neo-colonialism, as defined by Kwame Nkrumah, is the practice of using economic, political and cultural tools to control a country without direct military occupation. The effective…

Another day, another revelation about how the US will not let African nations determine their own policies. A new investigative report reveals how activists against pesticides…

Is it a coincidence that the West favours some of Africa’s autocratic leaders? For example, take the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-97),…

Kemi Badenoch is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. In an interview with The Spectator, the newly-elected leader of the UK’s Conservative Party…

As more African nations sail away from French neocolonialism and chart new, sovereign routes, Nigeria is bucking the trend – choosing to anchor itself ever more…