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Notorious for persecuting journalists and presiding over a state with a scandalous out-of-school-children figure, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai…

Mar 15

January 2023

In March 2022, a West Africa Weekly investigation exposed Amnesty International's Nigeria country director as a serial collaborator with Nigeria's…

Jan 30

December 2022

Following Monday's exclusive report about the planned clandestine passage of the bill on Wednesday, a public campaign has killed it dead in its tracks…

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Dec 29, 2022

Taking advantage of Christmas, Nigeria's Federal Government is trying to speedrun a controversial bill through the House of Representatives on Wednesday…

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Dec 27, 2022

Something truly abominable is happening in Southern Kaduna. Join Beevan Magoni as he explores the depths of hell in Nigeria's Middle Belt.

Dec 24, 2022

November 2022

Who exactly is the presidential candidate of Nigeria's ruling party? The results of several subpoenas have revealed forged documents, identity theft…

Nov 16, 2022

Pablo Escobar once famously planned to become Colombia's president. While he eventually failed, the ultimate Narco Trafficker's dream could be coming to…

Nov 13, 2022

October 2022

In 1955, a 33 year-old Islamic scholar from Gummi in modern day Zamfara State, Nigeria, travelled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage…

Oct 3, 2022

September 2022

Nepotism, bullying, HR malpractice and a livestreamed suicide attempt. Inside BBC West Africa's trail of destruction from Lagos to Dakar.

Sep 26, 2022

August 2022

There is a problem with Nigerian banking, and it's worse than you think. Much worse.

Aug 6, 2022

July 2022

From Gary, Indiana to Abuja, Nigeria via a stopover in Chicago. Here is how the bagman for a 1990's Chicago drug ring has become a frontrunner for…

Jul 13, 2022

May 2022

For years, a shadowy Chinese loan shark syndicate has torn a trail of havoc across weakly regulated West African jurisdictions. Finally, we get to see…

May 30, 2022

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