Military

In July 2013, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, then Egypt’s army chief, sacked his benefactor and Egypt’s first democratically elected president, President Mohammed Morsi, in a military coup d’etat, installed himself as military ruler of the country and suspended the country’s...

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...

September 06, (THEWILL) - The Minister of Defence, Retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has lauded the gallant efforts of the military in the onslaught against criminal elements in the country. Magashi in a statement, issued on Tuesday, by his Special Assistant...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 13, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday commended the early response of the military and the  Kaduna State Government towards the rescue of 180 students and eight staff members of the Federal College of Forestry...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 19 (THEWILL) - Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), has presented cheques to next-of-kins of the deceased officers and men of the armed forces who died in battle front in 2019. Magashi personally presented the cheques to...