Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have strongly condemned recent coup attempts in Guinea-Bissau and Benin, warning that such actions pose a serious risk to peace and ...

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, has confirmed that 11 Nigerian Air Force personnel who were detained in Burkina ...

Had last week's coup attempt in Benin been successful, it would have become the ninth to take hold in the region in the last ...

That December 7, 2025, failed coup in Benin Republic,was a rude and ugly reminder of Nigeria’s political, social and economic ...

The African continent, long a theatre of political experimentation and turbulence, has in recent years witnessed a dramatic resurgence of military interventions in governance. Since 2020, at least ...

The Nigerian military aircraft C-130 carrying 11 soldiers that made emergency landing in Burkina Faso over technical challenge, have remained detained by the authorities in Ouagadougou seven days ...

West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday threatened "targeted sanctions" on anyone obstructing Guinea-Bissau's return to ...

Presidents and their deputies from across west Africa met Sunday in Nigeria for a regional meeting whose agenda was dominated by two recent coup attempts.

President Bola Tinubu is currently attending the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. Represented by his Vice, ...

Six days after a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft made a precautionary landing in Burkina Faso, the 11 military personnel on ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic have remained hostile to Nigeria because of its opposition to the overthrow of democracy in the three French-speaking West African countries. Had last Sunday’s ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has confirmed that Nigerian soldiers aboard the C-130 aircraft that made ...