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Nigeria’s deepening security crisis is no longer an abstract debate or a statistic to be brushed aside; it is a daily reality of terrorism, insurgency, kidnappings, ethno-religious conflict, resource-driven clashes, and violent crimes that cut across every state of the federation. The Nigeria Police Force, tasked with keeping the peace, has struggled under the weight […]
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For nearly two decades, one character has endured Nollywood’s landscape. This unlikely icon, neither a polished heroine nor a role model, has maintained an iron grip on audiences’ attention across films and television series since 2008. Her persistence in Nigeria’s ever-shifting entertainment scene prompts us to ask: What fuels Jenifa’s longevity? To dismiss Jenifa’s impact […]
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South Sudan’s first Vice President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason, and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in attacks by an ethnic militia against federal forces in March, the country’s justice minister announced on Thursday. Hours after the announcement, President Salva Kiir suspended Machar from his post, in a decree read […]
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On September 13, the Naija Artificial Intelligence Film Festival (NAIFF) is set to host the continent’s first-ever artificial intelligence film festival at Lagos’s Alliance Française. It drew over 490 submissions from filmmakers across Africa, exploring the intersection of technology and storytelling. Founded in April 2025 by Obinna Okerekeocha, the NAIFF has quickly grown into a […]
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Ghana has become the first ECOWAS country to formally receive undocumented West African migrants deported from the United States under a bilateral arrangement, raising urgent questions about sovereignty, regional responsibility, and migrant protection. The announcement came on September 10, when President Mahama confirmed that the first group of 14 deportees including several Nigerians and one […]
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Islamic State affiliated militants have intensified their assault on civilians in western Niger, resulting in at least 127 deaths across five separate attacks since March, The international rights organization, Human Rights Watch, has criticized the Nigerien government for failing to adequately protect vulnerable populations in the Tillabéri region, which borders Burkina Faso and Mali. According […]
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Ethiopia has officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, marking the culmination of more than a century of ambition, decades of political battles, and 14 years of construction. The $5 billion megastructure, standing at 170 meters high and stretching nearly two kilometers across the Blue Nile in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region, […]
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Mutiganda Wa Nkunda is one of the few working Rwandan filmmakers. The filmmaker studied Agriculture at the University. But, in 2013, upon graduating, as a self-taught journalist, he started writing about cinema for a local press outfit. In this role, his interest in cinema, though etched from childhood, found expression. In his stint as a journalist, […]
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