A Guinean court has sentenced ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in jail for crimes against humanity on Wednesday, after a landmark trial over...
Abbas Yushau Yusuf On the 31st of December 1983, forty years ago today, the military, led by Major General Muhammad Buhari, Nigeria’s former civilian President, overthrew...
“It’s now so bad that courting the votes of the electorates is no longer an important component of the democratic process since politicians can get from...
By Abubakar Ibrahim The political landscape of Africa has long been marked by its share of upheavals, and the emergence of coup d’états is not...
Members of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerien military to restore constitutional order and...
Abbas Yushau Yusuf On April 22, 1990, a group of military officers attempted to overthrow the five-year regime of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Major...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received a comprehensive briefing on the coup attempt to oust President Umaru Embalo of Guinea-Bissau on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Heavy gunfire has been heard in the capital of Guinea-Bissau near the seat of the gov ernment, according to media reports. Armed men surrounded the...
By Bala Ibrahim. According to history, the 1963 Togolese coup d’état was the first military incursion that occurred in West Africa, and by extension, the...
He was one of the five mutinous Nigerian Army Majors who led the 1966 coup that ended the first democratic Nigerian government. Adewale was born...