The lineup for the 2026 Global Citizen Festival has been revealed, with Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, Lainey Wilson, John Legend, Shaboozey and TOMORROW X TOGETHER among the artists set to perform in New York City this fall. The annual festival will return to Central Park’s Great Lawn on Saturday, September 26. Hugh Jackman…
By Ayobami Okerinde United States striker Folarin Balogun has become one of the biggest talking points at the 2026 FIFA World Cup because of the controversy surrounding the suspension of his one-match ban. The 25-year-old, who has scored three goals for the tournament co-hosts, was initially ruled out of Tuesday’s Round of 16 clash against…
Mary Moore, a widow of an American citizen, was kidnapped on September 8, 2025, in Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, while preparing to travel to Lagos for a scheduled immigration visa interview with the United States consulate. Moore noted the traumatic experience exclusively to SaharaReporters on Thursday. She had planned to board an Air Peace flight…
Download Music Mp3:- Major Smooth – Global Citizen (Igbo Man) GCIM Ifeanyichukwu Udemgbo, musically known as Major Smooth, is a Nigerian musician. Originally from Enugwu state in the Southeastern part of the country. Igbo, is a Nigerian tribe that is found in the East, Southsouth and Northcentral parts of Nigeria in West Afrika. This song…
South African singer Tyla and Nigerian music star Ayra Starr will perform at this year’s Global Citizen Festival on September 27 in New York City’s Central Park. The event will be headlined by The Weeknd and Shakira, with Hugh Jackman as the host. The festival supports Global Citizen’s mission to fight extreme poverty and tackle…
1 LAGOS – GENESIS Energy, a pan-African clean energy infrastructure development and asset management company, has announced a strategic partnership with Global Citizen, the world’s leading international advocacy organisation on a mission to end extreme poverty, as a Campaign Policy Partner on its Scaling Up Renewables in Africa campaign. The landmark agreement, formalised during an…
Global music stars, The Weeknd and Shakira, will headline the 2025 Global Citizen Festival on September 27 in New York City, as the event returns with a mission to fight climate change, boost clean energy in Africa, and help thousands of children access education. The concert will take place on the Great Lawn of Central…
An investigation by West Africa Weekly’s Editor-in-Chief, David Hundeyin, has raised serious concerns about foreign interference in Nigeria’s media landscape, particularly surrounding a popular emigration-themed content series published by Zikoko Citizen, a civic-focused vertical of the youth culture platform Zikoko. The series, titled “1000 Ways to Japa”, has published weekly stories since October 2024, chronicling…
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Mali has announced the successful transfer of Mr. Yaya Cissé, a Malian national who had been sentenced to death and imprisoned in Mauritania since March 30, 2012. This was made possible under the General Convention on Judicial Cooperation framework signed between the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and…
The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced Marco Ramirez, an American businessman, to 10 years imprisonment for theft and fraud. According to PremiumTimes, Nigerians are the victims of $1.2 million in visa fraud and over $360,000 in theft. As plaintiff in the suit, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) further disclosed…
