Coup D’état

Following allegations that some senior military officers were plotting to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Friday, summoned senior officers to the army headquarters in…

January 15 every year is Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day: wreaths are laid, statements are made, soldiers, government officials and the Nigerian Legion attend parades, pigeons symbolizing peace are released, a dinner is organized for…

The leader of Burkina Faso’s short-lived coup d’état, General Gilbert Diendere has taken refuge in a Vatican nunciature on Wednesday, just as the army launched an offensive against men of his presidential guard on Tuesday.A nunciature…

Detained Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Yacouba Isaac Zida, who was detained last week by coup plotters from the Presidential Guard led by General Gilbert Diendere, has been released on Tuesday.In a statement made available to Reuters…

President of Africa’s most populous nation, Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has joined other African leaders in condemning the coup d’état in Burkina Faso, calling it a “brazen contravention of the constitution.”Buhari said this in a…

In what seem like a direct movement against the trend (bearing in mind that the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United State have choosen to be diplomatic in their response to the crisis), the Federal Government yesterday said that…