The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the remand of alleged coup plotters in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling, also ordered accelerated hearing in the case. Justice Abdulmalik equally ordered the DSS to give the lawyers and family members access to the defendants within a…
Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff has reaffirmed the Armed Forces’ commitment to constitutional order, warning that any personnel involved in attempts to overthrow the democratic government will be prosecuted. Air Marshal Sunday Aneke delivered the warning on Wednesday at a high-level strategy session with commanders at the Nigerian Air Force headquarters in Abuja. His remarks…
The military rulers of Guinea-Bissau have issued a transitional charter lasting 12 months, barring both the interim president and prime minister from standing in the country’s forthcoming elections. The 29-article document requires presidential and legislative polls to take place at the conclusion of the transitional period, with the transitional president setting the election date. The…
The Nigerian Senate has given the green light for President Bola Tinubu to send troops to Benin Republic following an attempted coup that threatens the neighbouring nation’s democratic institutions. The approval came swiftly on Tuesday after the Senate reviewed Tinubu’s letter at the Committee of the Whole, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The…
Nigeria has deployed both air and ground forces to the Benin Republic after a failed attempt by military officers to overthrow President Patrice Talon. Military insiders confirmed that Nigerian troops have already arrived in Benin and are assisting in securing key government institutions. The attempted coup, which took place on Sunday, 7 December 2025, posed…
Benin Republic’s armed forces have thwarted a coup attempt led by Lt.-Col. Pascal Tigri, who had briefly declared himself leader on national television, local media reported on Sunday. ECOWAS reacted by pledging support for Benin, including the potential deployment of its regional standby force to safeguard the country’s constitutional order. The commission also condemned the…
Rumours were rife in Cote d’ Ivoire about unconfirmed reports of a military coup amid high political tensions that have engulfed the West African country on Wednesday. Social media reports sparked alarm with claims of alleged significant violence and internet disruptions, fuelling speculations that President Alassane Ouattara had either been captured and killed by the …
Turkish Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya on Monday said security forces have detained 45 people in nationwide raids over the past week for alleged links to a coup attempt in 2016. The detained are accused of links to the Gulen movement, which Ankara blames for the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Yerlikaya said on…
By: Luka Binniyat. James Mangai, my egregious childhood buddy, now aging with a widening bald head, and an amusing grey mustache, just left my house. Friendship and the Barracks It’s been a while since we met, though we both live in Kaduna, with our wives and kids, some of them now…
Gabon’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch, is free to leave the country and travel abroad the leader of the coup that toppled him said on Wednesday. “He has freedom of movement… and can travel abroad if he wishes,” general Brice Oligui Nguema said in a statement read on state television….
