An Igbo-Language Film Has Just Set a Record Nollywood Had Never Filled
The highest-grossing Igbo film ever, Ikenga: The Last Festival, has passed N75m at the Nigerian box office since opening on...
September 8, 2026Topic
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Petrol Import Bill Rose Almost Tenfold in a Single Quarter
Nigeria petrol imports rose 989.4% to N952.15bn in the second quarter of 2026, even as the country's trade surplus widened...
September 8, 2026
Sierra Leone’s Former President Comes Home, Two Years After a Treason Charge
Sierra Leone Koroma has flown home to Freetown after the attorney-general discontinued the treason case brought over the 2023 armoury...
September 7, 2026
Nigeria Sent Its Governors to Benin to Copy a Cotton Park
The Benin cotton industrial zone at Glo-Djigbe turns raw fibre into garments, and Nigeria has sent governors to study a...
September 4, 2026
The Naira Hits a Two-Year High and Reserves Reach an 18-Year Peak
The naira two-year high of N1,315.67 came as external reserves reached US$53.99bn, an 18-year peak, with record July remittance inflows...
September 4, 2026
Nigeria Becomes the First OPEC Member to Join the IEA
Nigeria joins the IEA as an association country, the first OPEC member to do so, signing a Joint Work Programme...
September 4, 2026
One Citizenship Case Is Testing What South African Law Actually Says
The Chidimma Adetshina citizenship case returns to the Cape Town Regional Court on 27 February 2027, with her High Court...
September 4, 2026
Nigerian Groups Want Brazil’s JBS Deal Suspended Until Someone Explains It
The JBS Nigeria investment of US$2.5bn covers six plants, but civil society groups in Abuja want it suspended until safeguards...
September 4, 2026
Nigeria Cloud Investment Push Seeks US$750 Million in Two Years
Nigeria cloud investment of US$750 million is the two-year target, resting on Project BRIDGE fibre that has about US$845 million...
September 3, 2026