Four months after Nigeria’s military high command denied that there was attempted coup plot against the President Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, the military has officially confirmed that some of its officers, indeed, plotted to unseat President Bola Tinubu. Recall that in October 2024, there were reports that officers ranging from the rank of Captain […]
Two military officers are on the run after they were named among those who allegedly plotted a coup to terminate Nigeria’s democracy, according to a report by The Cable. Military authorities have continued to make arrests after preliminary interrogations of 16 suspects who were seized in the first week of October over the botched plot. […]
Samuel Ogbuku, managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has reportedly been arrested by military intelligence for allegedly co-sponsoring a failed coup plot against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to military intelligence sources, Ogbuku, who is known to be a nominee of former Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva, was arrested for allegedly transferring a […]
Owei Lakemfa Mahamat Idriss Deby, 37, bedecked in the military fatigue of a four star general, spotting a red beret and some decoration on his chest, was seen at the Nigeria Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Friday, May 14. He had at least two other four star generals in similar fatigue, red and blue berets, […]
Opposition supporters flooded into Bamako’s central square on Friday to celebrate the overthrow of the Mali President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, where they were warmly praised by the country’s new military rulers, Daily Times Nigeria gathered. Thousands gathered in the capital’s Independence Square, the birthplace of a months-long protest movement, many of them draped in Mali’s […]
The perception popularly held that the Igbo masterminded the 1966 coup has been clarified by Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu who stated that the coup was never an Igbo coup, but stated that it was rather foiled by an Igbo man Iwuanyanwu stated this on Saturday in Abuja during his 75th birthday celebration organised by a committee […]
The West African Bar Association (AFBA) has condemned the attempted coup in Burundi, maintaining that the foiled coup was a major setback towards the sustenance of democratic governance in the country. The body also implored President Pierre Nkurunziza to jettison the idea of his third-term bid and concentrate more on good governance that would translate […]
Heavily armed soldiers were deployed in Burundi’s capital on Monday to quell persistent street protests against the president’s bid for a third term, which sparked a coup attempt that was foiled last week. In Bujumbura’s Musaga neighbourhood armed soldiers faced off with hundreds of angry protesters who called for President Pierre Nkurunziza to reverse his […]
Heavy gunfire and explosions have rocked Burundi’s capital Bujumbura hours after a senior army officer said he had dismissed the country’s president following weeks of protests over a controversial third term, our correspondent has said. “We understand military factions loyal to the president are fighting those loyal to the coup leader,” “An independent TV station […]
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday warned those contemplating a military coup in the country or handling over to the military to desist from doing so as such is no longer fashionable. Obasanjo stated this while hosting the South West women wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Hadjia Aisha, wife of […]