Lai Mohammed has opened up about the reasons he nearly resigned from ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, sharing ...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 11 kidnapped victims and recovered arms and other items in coordinated operations across the North-West and North-Central.
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Coup in Niger: Why Tinubu should use force

This article was published in this column on 4 Au­gust, 2023 following the coup d’état in Niger Re­public on 26 July, 2023. It is being reprinted because of the recent developments in Benin Republic: ...
FORMER Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, yesterday, reiterated that soldiers deployed to the Lekki Tollgate during the October 2020 EndSARS protests were issued blank bullets, insisting that no ...
Retired Nigerian Army Major General Danjuma Hamisu Ali-Keffi has written to the Presidents and Prime Ministers of the United ...
The Benin events mark the third coup attempt and first failed coup this year in the Sahel region. There have been 17 coup ...
North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY) has strengthened its operational capacity with the graduation of 60 soldiers from ...
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed nine women protesting the army’s handling of communal clashes in the ...
Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.
The 176 Guards Battalion under the Guards Brigade has trained and provided starter kits for 103 wives of personnel in Abuja. The four-day Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Programme, organised by ...
Former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has dismissed claims that Nigeria is on the verge of collapse, describing them as misguided and overlooking the nation’s long-standing resilience and ability ...
The cleric was kidnapped on December 3 in front of his home at Agingi Village along Rukuba Road. Military sources told counter-insurgency expert and security analyst Zagazola Makama that the cleric ...