West Africa Weekly

4 days ago | westafricaweekly.com | Mayowa Durosinmi

Share Tweet Pin A male loctician who resides in Lagos has been another victim of Nigeria Police brutality after paying ₦25,000 as bail in exchange for his freedom at the hands of unidentified officers of the Nigeria Police Force of Ketu Division (Area ‘H’ Command), who accused him of being a “cultist.’ Salami Samuel disclosed to this journalist on Sunday as he recounted how exercising his right to freedom of movement from Lagos Mainland to the Island on Friday led to being stripped of his...

1 week ago | westafricaweekly.com | Confidence Ubani |Mayowa Durosinmi

Former United States Congressman Curt Weldon has stated on record that America and its European allies orchestrated the killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to prevent the unification of Africa under a single economic system backed by gold. In a newly released interview with journalist Tucker Carlson, Weldon, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, recounted multiple meetings with Gaddafi and visits to Libya in 2004.

1 week ago | westafricaweekly.com | Kangmwa Gofwen

Uyo – Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno is reportedly planning to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), according to reliable sources within his administration. The move, West Africa Weekly reports, aims to shield his predecessor, Udom Emmanuel, from potential prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Eno has allegedly consulted PDP stakeholders on his decision to switch parties.

1 week ago | westafricaweekly.com | Mayowa Durosinmi

Share Tweet Pin West Africa Weekly’s EIC David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan of Plainsite have won the lawsuit [No. 23-1816 (BAH)] which they jointly instituted against the FBI, DEA, CIA, State Department and Justice Department regarding the unredacted release of law enforcement records relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s history of heroin trafficking in Chicago. Judge Beryl A.

2 weeks ago | westafricaweekly.com | Kangmwa Gofwen

Former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien, has delivered a scathing critique of the widespread empowerment schemes promoted by politicians across Nigeria. Essien, who is also a former leader of the South-south Parliamentary Caucus in the National Assembly, also described the schemes as a wasteful cover-up for consistent governance failures at all levels.