Nigeria: I Didn’t Betray Atiku to Serve Buhari – Garba Shehu
[Vanguard] Former Senior Special Assistant SSA on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Garba Shehu has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that he ditched his former principal, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and therefore betr…
Nigeria: ‘You Stole, Betrayed, Disrespected Me’ – Peter Psquare Calls Out Estranged Brother Jude
[Premium Times] “… Agbaya, you were employed as a manager, and you got sacked, just like the other two managers before you.”
Nigeria: Ace Filmmaker, Kayode Peters, Is Dead
[Premium Times] Peters was best known for producing the hit comedy, Flatmates, in the early 2000s.
Nigeria: ‘Zlatan Knows I Never Touched Mohbad, I Just Wanted What He Owed Me’ – Sam Larry
[Premium Times] “People should ask his wife, Wunmi, why he owed people. I miss Mohbad. He was a good person, and I genuinely liked him.”
Nigeria: Speaking Truth to a Society That Punishes Talent
[Premium Times] There are certain difficult conversations that many Nigerians shy away from. These are the conversations that challenge long-standing beliefs and confront the root causes of poverty, inequality and the dysfunction that has become charac…
Liberia: Stand Rejects Ban On Students’ Celebrations
[New Dawn] The Solidarity and Trust for a New Day (STAND), in firm alliance with WE THE PEOPLE Movement, says it rejects a recent joint statement issued by the Ministry of Education and the Liberia National Police on June 18, 2025, titled “Enforcement …
Nigeria: Gospel Singer Timilehin Ajayi Sentenced to Death By Hanging for Killing Girlfriend
[Premium Times] In January, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ajayi was arrested in Nasarawa State while attempting to dispose of the severed head of a 24-year-old Youth Corps Member serving in Abuja.
Nigeria: Detty December Started As a Nigerian Cultural Moment. Now It’s Spreading Across the Continent – and Minting Money
[The Conversation Africa] Every December in Nigeria and Ghana a giant party takes place, unfolding in a whirlwind of concerts, festivals, weddings, art shows, dress-ups, meet-ups and travel. Locals and diaspora west Africans returning from overseas com…
Nigeria: Actress Angela Okorie’s Police Escorts Risk Sanctions Over Public Conduct in Viral Video
[Leadership] The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has ‘strongly’ frowned at the conduct of some armed police officers seen in a viral video escorting a Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie, while she jogged on the street.
Liberia: Labour Ministry Resolves Musicians’ Union Dispute, Orders Induction of Elected Leaders
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The Ministry of Labour has validated the September 2024 elections of the Musicians’ Union of Liberia (MULIB), ordering the immediate induction of the elected leadership after months of internal disputes and delay.