military Coup

January 16, (THEWILL) — As a country, Nigeria shall be 66 years old come October this year. On January 15, 1966, six years after political independence, the military, led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogu, seized power from the democratically...

February 06, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has reinstated the flight suspension between Nigeria and Niger Republic, following the coup d’état of July 26, 2023, in the West African country. The government, however, said that over-flight aircraft passing through Niger...

November 22, (THEWILL) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has urged the Heads of State and Government in the region to lift the sanctions imposed on Niger Republic. The Head of State in ECOWAS had imposed...

October 11, (THEWILL) - Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, the wife of Gabon’s deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba, has been jailed for money laundering. Sylv, suspected of allegedly embezzling public funds, was jailed late on Wednesday, her lawyer, Francois Zimeray, said...

September 13, (THEWILL) - Can the current raft of coup d’etats in Africa be a signal to the end of imperialism in the continent? That is the question on the lips of most keen watchers of progress in Africa...

September 07, (THEWILL) - The military junta in Gabon has released ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba from house arrest. Spokesperson of the Junta, Lt. Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi, who made this known in a statement read on national television on Wednesday...

September 04, (THEWILL) - The leader of the military junta in Gabon, General Brice Oligui Nguema, has been sworn in as the country's Transitional President. Dressed in the red ceremonial costume of the Republican Guard, Nguema, on Monday, swore to...