Coup d’Etat

On 26 July, Niger experienced the fifth military coup in its troubled history. The head of the Presidential Guard, General Omar Tchiani, led a group of army officers to overthrow and detain the civilian President Mohamed Bazoum. On the...

August 12, (THEWILL) -The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says Nigeria is already fighting some serious wars and that the country does not need more wars. Adeboye’s comment followed the controversy over...

August 09, (THEWILL) - The Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA), an international relations expert, Prof. Bola Akinterinwa and a lawyer, who claim to have family members in both Nigeria and Niger, Hamza Dantani, have urged...

August 08, (THEWILL) - Ahead of the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting on Thursday, in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu, in his capacity as the Chairman of the sub-regional body, has ordered additional financial sanctions through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...

August 07, (THEWILL) - The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), has scheduled a fresh meeting over the Niger Republic coup, as the deadline earlier set for the military junta, has elapsed. Nigeria's President and chairman of ECOWAS,...

August 03, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's President and Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has dispatched a delegation to the Niger Republic with a mandate to expeditiously resolve the current political impasse...

August 02, (THEWILL) - It is indeed disheartening to witness the recurring cycles of coup d'état in some African countries. From January 1, 2020, through December 2022, there were a dozen coup attempts on the continent. Of recent, the...

Last Wednesday's military coup d’etat in Niger Republic, a West African country and Nigeria's closest northern neighbour, is another wake-up call for African leaders on the need for good governance in their respective countries. Sixty-two-year old army general, Abdourahmane...

July 28, (THEWILL) - This is a three-part series I first published on the fiftieth remembrance of the overthrow and death of General Aguiyi Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of state. On the fifty-seventh remembrance, I have decided to...

July 09, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has warned that the threat to peace in West Africa had reached an alarming proportion with terrorism and an emerging pattern of military takeover that now demands urgent and concerted actions. Tinubu spoke...