By Ajewole David
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Africa
Burkina Faso Expels Two EU Diplomats as Rift With Brussels Deepens
O UAGADOUGOU — Burkina Faso’s military government has ordered the immediate expulsion of two high-ranking European Union diplomats, marking a…
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Africa
Nigerian Megachurch Leader’s Prophecy of a ‘Dramatic’ Release Comes True as 46 Kidnapped Schoolchildren Freed in Oyo State
I BADAN, Nigeria — A high-stakes, 56-day security standoff in southwestern Nigeria concluded dramatically on Friday when a joint military…
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Government & Policy
Constitutional Row Over Nigeria’s Omitted ₦8.83trn Spending Sparks Investigations Dispute
A BUJA — A sharp constitutional and financial dispute has erupted in Nigeria following revelations by the International Monetary Fund…
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Government & Policy
Nigeria’s Road Network Hits 200,000 Kilometers, But Two-Thirds Remain Unpaved
A BUJA — Nigeria holds the largest road network in West Africa, totaling roughly 200,000 kilometers of surfaced roads, yet…
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Africa
Lumumba: South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Violence Is Not Xenophobia — It Is Afrophobia
When South African vigilante groups began storming migrant-owned spaza shops and forcing out Ghanaian, Nigerian, and Somali traders, they did…
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Government & Policy
Vote-Buying Allegations Mar Nigerian Governor’s Landslide Win, Raising Questions Ahead of 2027 Election
The June 20, 2026, off-cycle gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, Nigeria, has delivered a highly controversial milestone that political analysts…
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Africa
Nigeria Advances $400 Million Rare Earth Processing Plant in Nasarawa State, Targets 18,000 TPA
A BUJA/UKE, Nigeria — Nigeria is advancing construction of a $400 million rare earth and critical minerals processing plant in…
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Data Intelligence
The Mortality Divide: Nigeria and the U.S. in the 2025–2026 Intelligence Cycle
An AWB News investigation drawing on the 2025–2026 reporting cycle highlights substantial differences in public safety outcomes and institutional responses…
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Conflict & Security
Beheading of Nigerian Teacher Ignites Global Reckoning Over Megachurch Political Accountability
The gruesome beheading of a 57-year-old mathematics teacher in southwestern Nigeria has ignited a global digital proxy war over the…
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Exclusive
EXCLUSIVE: Children in the Forest, Politics in the Capital — The Inside Story of the Oyo State Kidnapping Crisis in Nigeria
A rapidly escalating kidnapping crisis in Nigeria’s South-West region has triggered widespread civil unrest and an indefinite academic strike, exposing…
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