Russian state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport has intensified efforts to market the upgraded Yak-130M aircraft to developing air forces, with particular attention on countries across sub-Saharan Africa. The campaign follows the maiden flight of the modernized Yak-130M prototype, which Russia is positioning as an affordable platform capable of performing both advanced pilot training and light combat […]

Florence Ajimobi and Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu have adopted sharply different approaches to maintaining their political influence following the deaths of their husbands, both of whom played prominent roles in Nigeria’s South-West political landscape. While Ajimobi has remained closely connected to the All Progressives Congress and its national leadership, Anyanwu-Akeredolu has taken a more independent and confrontational […]

Political discussions over possible alliances ahead of Kenya’s next general election have increasingly focused on relations between President William Ruto’s administration and senior figures within the Orange Democratic Movement, including Siaya Senator Dr. Oburu Oginga. Oburu has publicly supported ODM’s structured engagement with the Kenya Kwanza administration, signaling that the opposition party could work within […]

A violent mutiny and attempted coup in Niger’s capital, Niamey, between August 28 and 29, 2026, exposed growing divisions within the military administration led by General Abdourahamane Tiani. The uprising highlighted discontent among frontline troops, concerns over the government’s handling of the jihadist insurgency and the regime’s increasing dependence on foreign security support. Soldiers operating […]

An economics scholar at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has warned that restoring Nigeria’s discontinued petrol subsidy could trigger a severe financial crisis for at least 15 northern states. The warning comes amid growing public pressure and political demands for the Federal Government to subsidize Premium Motor Spirit again as Nigerians struggle with persistent inflation, rising […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Bola Tinubu to order an investigation into more than ₦78.8 billion allegedly diverted, unaccounted for or irregularly spent under the Federal Government’s cash transfer and social intervention programs. The amount cited in official audit queries and legal petitions is ₦78.8 billion, not trillion. SERAP’s demand follows […]

The recurring deaths of Nigerian media professionals have triggered renewed concern across the industry, drawing attention to poor working conditions, inadequate welfare systems and the financial difficulties confronting families when journalists die. The pattern has become painfully familiar within media circles. Following the death of a journalist, colleagues share tributes on social media and WhatsApp […]

Former Beninese president and current Senate President Patrice Talon has intensified efforts to reunify the Celestial Church of Christ, a religious movement divided by competing leadership claims for more than four decades. Talon’s intervention reflects concerns extending beyond internal church administration. The process touches on public order, religious governance, national heritage and Benin’s position as […]

Kenya’s long-running effort to reform the National Police Service has returned to the national spotlight following the publication of a taskforce report that former Chief Justice David Maraga says the government failed to release and fully implement. Maraga, who chaired the National Taskforce on Police Reforms, published the complete report after issuing President William Ruto’s […]

The body of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the late Omukama of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom, has been returned home following his death in the United States at the age of 34. King Oyo died on August 27, 2026, while receiving cancer treatment in the United States. His remains arrived in Uganda on Friday, […]