Eromo Egbejule

Nigeria

West Africa Correspondent at The Guardian

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Coup leader favourite in presidential race as Gabon goes to the polls

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Eromo Egbejule

An estimated 1 million Gabonese citizens head to the polls on Saturday to vote in the country’s first presidential election since an August 2023 coup ended the 55-year Bongo family dynasty. For Brice Nguema, the junta leader turned civilian head of state, it could be a chance to cement his democratic credentials.
Niger’s junta withdraws from Lake Chad anti-Islamist force

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Eromo Egbejule

Niger’s ruling junta has quit a regional force fighting armed Islamist groups in west Africa’s Lake Chad area, cementing an acrimonious split from former allies in the region. The decision to exit the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) was announced in a bulletin on state television over the weekend. The move “reflects a stated intent to reinforce security for oil sites”, the bulletin stated, without providing further details.
A ‘bridge to prosperity’? Guinea’s junta touts opening of mining megaproject

1 month ago | msn.com | Eromo Egbejule

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A ‘bridge to prosperity’? Guinea’s junta touts opening of mining megaproject

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Eromo Egbejule

Deep in the south of Guinea lies Simandou, an impressive mountain range with a lucrative underbelly: the world’s largest untapped iron ore deposits, amounting to an estimated 2.8bn tonnes. In 2013, it was at the centre of one of the biggest mining financial scandals in history, stemming from an ownership tussle over development licenses awarded in the 1990s during the regime of the west African country’s former authoritarian president Lansana Conté .
“We are all Natasha”: Senator’s sexual harassment claims roil Nigeria

1 month ago | capitalpost.ng | Eromo Egbejule

By: Adamu Muhd Usman “Success is not by our thinking, our wish, our personal opinion, or selfish aggrandisement. It is destined and accompanied by good attitudes of honesty, gratitude, commitment, perseverance, sacrifice, endurance, selflessness, and determination. —– Sule LamidoWhen elections are approaching, political activities hasten. There has been speculation that Sule Lamido of Jigawa State will defect from the PDP and join a new party.
‘We are all Natasha’: senator’s sexual harassment claims roil Nigeria

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Eromo Egbejule

Last July, Nigeria’s third-most powerful man gave a rare apology on the floor of the senate which he heads. Godswill Akpabio had chastised his colleague Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for speaking out of turn, saying: “We are not in a nightclub”. But after receiving what he said was a deluge of insulting text messages from Nigerians, he apologised publicly a few days later.
Sierra Leone’s immigration chief fired after footage showed him with fugitive drug lord

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Eromo Egbejule

Sierra Leone’s president has fired the head of the immigration service days after footage was published showing him receiving a birthday gift from a fugitive Dutch drug kingpin. The footage of Alusine Kanneh being handed a present by Johannes Leijdekkers – which has not been independently verified by the Guardian – was published by the investigative outlet Follow the Money and the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad on Friday.
Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’

1 month ago | msn.com | Eromo Egbejule

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Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Eromo Egbejule

Digital blackouts reached a record high in 2024 in Africa as more governments sought to keep millions of citizens off the internet than in any other period over the last decade. A report released by the internet rights group Access Now and #KeepItOn, a coalition of hundreds of civil society organisations worldwide, found there were 21 shutdowns in 15 African countries, surpassing the existing record of 19 shutdowns in 2020 and 2021.
Around the world in 60 hours: Nigerian aims to set travel record with ‘low-mobility’ passport

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Eromo Egbejule

In 2019, Alma Asinobi, a Nigerian postgraduate architecture student, gave herself an ambitious goal after obtaining her first passport: to visit up to 16 countries every year. Then Covid-19 triggered a global lockdown, curtailing her dreams. Since restrictions were lifted, she has visited more than 30 countries and founded a travel agency, Kaijego.

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Eromo Egbejule @EromoEgbejule

4 Apr 25

RIP Amadou of Amadou et Miriam. Quelle légende.

Eromo Egbejule @EromoEgbejule

3 Apr 25

All of this could be helped by focusing on what Lagos has in abundance: barely utilized waterways. But when have Nigerian leaders ever looked at the big picture?