Tag: Coup
Military: We’ve no plans for coup in Nigeria
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked a report that the Guards Brigade had been put on high alert following unusual movements, leading to suspicion...
CDS: Military wants democracy, people calling for coup don’t love Nigeria
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the military is happy and better under democracy, stressing that the people calling for...
Coup: Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso quit ECOWAS after 49 years
Niger Republic, Mali, and Burkina Faso, on Sunday, January 28, 2024, declared they are immediately leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Failed coup: Sierra Leone charges ex-president with treason, plans exile to...
The former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, has been charged with four offences, including treason for his alleged role in a failed...
Coup: ECOWAS suspends Niger from regional bodies
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO) has officially suspended Niger Republic from all sub-regional bodies until constitutional order is...
Guinea’s ex-coup leader Camara rearrested after jailbreak
Guinea's ex-dictator, Moussa Dadis Camara, was recaptured and returned to prison on Saturday, hours after an apparent jailbreak led by a heavily armed men...
Gabon’s coup leader appoints new National Assembly members
Gabon's coup leader, General Brice Oligui Nguema, on Saturday, October 7, 2023, appointed members of a new National Assembly and Senate for a transitional...
Military foils coup in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s military junta, on Wednesday, said a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing specifics...
Coup: African Union suspends Gabon
The African Union (AU) has suspended Gabon’s membership in the wake of the coup in the Central African country.
AU’s Peace and Security Council, on...
Tinubu discusses Niger, Gabon coups with Canadian Prime Minister
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, held a phone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, in which issues concerning a deepening...
