Oruruo Samuel Okechukwu

Maduro’s capture dominated headlines for its dramatic military execution, but the real impact is on millions of Venezuelans facing hunger, displacement, and a fragile economy.

Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua survived a Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash on 29 December 2025 that killed close friends Sina Ghami and Kevin Latif Ayodele, highlighting road safety concerns in Nigeria and sending shockwaves through the global boxing community.

The 101 fugitives football party arrest unfolded behind the smiles, food, and football hype, where a supposed celebration became a trap that 101 wanted...

The December 28, 2025 elections in Guinea and the Central African Republic exposed a troubling pattern: orderly, legally framed votes that offered little real choice. Constitutional manipulations, neutralised opposition, and militarised oversight ensured power remained firmly in the hands of incumbents, highlighting how Africa’s democratic rituals increasingly mask authoritarian permanence. If you want, I can also draft a slightly punchier, SEO-optimized version of the excerpt for web publishing that improves search visibility.

On Christmas Day 2025, US airstrikes in Nigeria struck ISIS-linked camps in Sokoto State, killing militants and targeting extremist networks in a coordinated counterterrorism operation with Nigerian authorities.

Christmas in Africa is more than a European tradition. For centuries, African Christians have celebrated the Nativity, shaping the holiday’s meaning through faith and history.

Across African cities and Gulf migration routes, millions endure child and domestic servitude in Africa. Exploited as “helpers” or apprentices, they lose education and health to work that advances others, not themselves. Advocates say reform is urgent.

Africa’s borrowed glory and amplified shadows expose how the continent’s innovations are erased while its crises are exaggerated. From ancient science and sport to modern health systems, global narratives distort Africa’s reality, shaping perception, deterring investment, and imposing a costly “narrative tax.”

The Nigeria passport fee increase 2025 has doubled costs, raising the 32-page passport to ₦100,000 and the 64-page to ₦200,000. The second hike in just 13 months has triggered widespread criticism as Nigerians grapple with inflation.

A U.S. court has sentenced Nigerian-born accountant Abiodun Oloyede to six years in prison for orchestrating a COVID-19 relief fraud that diverted over $3 million from small business programs. The case, prosecuted in Cleveland, also implicated Ohio pastor Edward Oluwasanmi and highlights growing scrutiny of pandemic-era financial crimes.

The Koidu mine workers lawsuit has become a landmark test of accountability in Sierra Leone. While former employees demand $49M in unpaid wages and benefits through the High Court, Koidu Limited is pushing $100M arbitration abroad. The clash underscores the struggle between citizens seeking justice and corporations leveraging international law.

When a month-old baby girl died after undergoing female genital mutilation in The Gambia’s Central River Region, her short life became a rallying point for a national reckoning. The child’s mother, grandmother, and the woman who performed the cutting are now facing trial, a case that has come to represent a much larger struggle