On December 7, the mutineers highlighted deep-seated problems within the institution, issues that soldiers had raised for ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 11 kidnapped victims and recovered arms and other items in coordinated operations ...

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 ...

Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed nine women protesting the army’s handling of communal clashes in the ...

West Africa awoke to fresh tremors on December 7, 2025, when a group of soldiers in Benin Republic briefly seized the ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

The Nigerian Army has directed North-West troops to escalate operations against bandits, promising stronger support and resources for decisive action. Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force (North ...

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 ...