When guests gathered at a church in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan at the weekend, they knew they were witnessing something rare. A pair of twin brothers – Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye – were marrying twin sisters Taiwo and Kehinde Adediran in a joyous joint ceremony. The Yoruba people, who predominate in south-west Nigeria, […]
Sociologist urges decolonial rethink of community loyalty at TTTSD webinar, warns against weaponization of ethnic identity The solution to Africa’s development crisis may lie in how the continent channels its deepest social bonds. That was the position of Dr. ChiChi Aniagolu, sociologist and Regional Director, West Africa for The Ford Foundation, during Thursday’s Think Tank […]
By Steven Odarteifio My brothers and sisters of South Africa, Today, June 16, 2026, marks exactly fifty years since the Soweto Uprising. Fifty years ago, thousands of black South African schoolchildren walked into the streets of Soweto carrying no weapons. They carried only courage. They marched because they refused to accept a system that sought […]
Two of Nigeria’s prominent opposition figures have announced they have switched parties in a dramatic political realignment ahead of next year’s presidential election. Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, who finished third and fourth respectively in the 2023 presidential race, have both joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), raising the prospect of a joint ticket to […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto has been forced to respond to the backlash over his recent remarks suggesting Nigerian-accented English was incomprehensible. His clarification came at a mining conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, attended by Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Henry Dele Alake, who told the gathering: “President Ruto, the people of Nigeria […]
A fresh trade dispute has erupted between Nigerian and Ghanaian onion traders, forcing a suspension of cross-border supply and raising concerns over regional commerce and food distribution. The crisis, which has been simmering for months, reached a boiling point following reports of harassment and the alleged seizure of onion-laden trucks belonging to Nigerian traders in […]
Nigeria’s parliament on Tuesday approved a 68.30 trillion naira ($49.4 billion) budget for 2026, after President Bola Tinubu asked lawmakers to back adjustments to increase a plan put forward in December. Tinubu, now in his third year in office, has rolled out Nigeria’s most ambitious economic overhaul in decades by ending costly fuel and energy […]
King Charles will host the first Nigerian state visit to the UK for 37 years, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, to be given a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle. At the start of the two-day visit, the leaders of Africa’s most populous country will be greeted by senior royals, including […]
Clergy from a conservative grouping of the Anglican Church are meeting this week in Nigeria’s capital Abuja to choose a rival to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. The UK’s Sarah Mullally will officially be installed as the leader of the world’s Anglican communion at a lavish ceremony later this month, but her appointment has […]
Nigeria’s government has rejected a media report alleging that it paid a “huge” ransom to Islamist militant group Boko Haram to secure the release of more than 200 pupils and staff abducted from a Catholic boarding school in November. Information Minister Mohammed Idris described the allegation, made by the AFP news agency quoting intelligence sources, […]
About 100 U.S. military personnel have arrived in Nigeria as Washington scales up an operation to target Islamist insurgents, a Nigerian defence spokesperson said. U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Nigeria of failing to protect Christians from Islamist militants in the northwest. Nigeria denies discriminating against any religion, saying its security forces target armed groups […]
More than £2m was spent at Harrods on behalf of a then-Nigerian oil minister accused of accepting bribes from industry figures interested in government contracts, a court in London has heard. Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, is alleged to have been provided with “a life of luxury in the United Kingdom”, including access to multimillion-pound properties, a […]
