Apex Igbo cultural organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has demanded an apology from Nigeria over long held allegations that the 1966 coup was orchestrated by military...
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day today, the former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district in...
Benin prosecutors announced on Wednesday the arrest of three prominent individuals, including a commander of the presidential guard, on suspicion of planning a coup d’état in...
A South-West coalition reportedly made up of over 100 groups under the auspices of Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movement (AYDM), have warned those calling for the...
Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa declared on Monday that the Nigerian military will not tolerate any attempts to instigate a change of government. Musa...
The Democratic Republic of Congo today unveiled a new government which puts to an end the over five months of deadlock following President Felix Tshisekedi’s re-election....
An attempted coup d’etat in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been thwarted by government government forces, a report by the Army said on Sunday....
Police operatives in Turkey have detained 30 suspects over their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. Police launched raids...
Those calling for coup may have the Federal Government to contend with, as the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle has directed the Defence Intelligence...
The Customs Area Controller for the Sokoto/Zamfara Command, Comptroller Kamal Mohammed, on Tuesday, paid an inspection visit to the Illela Station of the Nigeria-Niger border in...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), on Monday dismissed a claim of a coup in the country, describing it as a figment of imagination. The DHQ was reacting...
The Nigerian military has warned those who calling for a coup d’etat in the country to desist from such as it would not hesitate to deal...
Leader of Niger Republic’s military junta, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, has vowed that his country would never rejoin the West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of...
The French Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced that it will begin pulling out troops from Niger Republic this week. The decision to withdraw the 1,500 troops...
The wife of ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Sylvia, has been charged with money laundering and other offences including forgery. This was according to Andre Patrick...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned President Bola Tinubu and other African leaders not to push the youths to the edge with their policies. Obasanjo, who spoke...
The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council has suspended Gabon with immediate effect following the coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. The suspension of Gabon...
Gabonese military officers who announced the removal of President Ali Bongo on Wednesday morning have reportedly arrested and placed him under house arrest alongside one of...
A group of senior military officers in Gabon have announced taking over power minutes after the Gabonese Election Centre announced President Ali Bongo as the winner...
President Bola Tinubu has accepted an invitation to meet with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to discuss measures to take in settling the...
Supporters of the military junta that overthrew Niger President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, have warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other...
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has lauded President Bola Tinubu on his efforts in leading the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to...
At least six Nigerien soldiers and 10 jihad terrorists were reportedly killed on Sunday during fighting in the western town of Sanam on Sunday, according to...
The military junta in Niger Republic that removed President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup on July 26, say it will prosecute him for “high treason and...
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has accused President Bola Tinubu of desperation to drag Nigeria into war with Niger Republic for ulterior motives. Spokesman of the...
The United Nations has called on the Niger military junta to immediately release detained President Mohamed Bazoum due to his debilitating health condition. UN High Commissioner...
A Fulani group under the aegies of the Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria, (KACRAN), has cautioned President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of...
Leaders of the Niger military junta that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 have threatened to kill the ousted president if the Economic Community of...
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Thursday met in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria for an emergency summit to deliberate over...
Generals from the new military governing council in Niger Republic are to head the defence and interior ministries as the coup leaders have formed a new...
A former Niger Tuareg rebel leader, Rhissa Ag Boula has launched a group to initiate serious opposition to the military junta that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum...
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shi’ite, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu not to allow foreign countries like...
The recalcitrant new military rulers in Niger Republic may have a United States of America (USA) military action to contend with if they fail to restore...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), has warned the Federal Government against undertaking the onerous measure of deploying Nigerian soldiers to invade Niger Republic in...
The President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum who has been in detention after members of his elite presidential guards overthrew his government last week, has spoken...
Hundreds of Nigeriens who are in support of last week’s coup which removed President Mohamed Bazoum from power, on Thursday, poured into the streets of the...
Ministers of Defence from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will meet in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday, where they are...
Leaders of the West African sub-regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday, held an Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads...
The United Nations has suspended all humanitarian operations in Niger Republic following the coup on Wednesday that removed President Mohamed Bazoum. The UN Office for the...
Mutinous soldiers in Niger Republic have announced the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup on national television on Wednesday night. In the announcement, the...
There are fears of a coup in Niger Republic as President Mohamed Bazoum is reportedly being held inside the presidential palace in the capital by the...
Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday urged security agents to question a...
The leader of the Burkina Faso coup, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, has delivered his first speech since the military took over power on Monday. Damiba, who...
The Prime Minister of Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok, has vowed never to step down in the wake of the military coup which has seen him and many...
The Sudanese authorities have reported a failed attempt to overthrow the country’s transitional government on Tuesday, accusing dissident “military officers and civilians” from the former government...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday decided to suspend the membership of Guinea and called for the immediate restoration of civil rule...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali after a constitutional court in the landlocked country declared the leader of military junta, Assimi...
An American journalist working in Myanmar has been arrested and detained as he was trying to fly out of the country which has seen mass protest...
Myanmar’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who was overthrown in a military coup on February 1, has attended a court hearing on Monday, her first...
The Defence Headquarters has criticised reports associating it with any takeover from the current democratic dispensation while pledging its loyalty to the Nigerian Constitution. This was...
