Tag: coup
51 Years of Nigeria’s 1st coup: What British Intelligence officials wrote about it
The first set of people to call the coup an Igbo coup were Igbos. According to M. Chidi and C.…
Nigeria’s first coup, Biafra: British Secret files (Part Two)
The soldier who nipped the coup in the bud and ensured it failed miserably was Gowon. Lt Col Yakubu ‘Jack’…
British secret files on Nigeria’s first bloody coup, path to Biafra
It was a soundless morning, dark, pulsating, starless. The harmattan spiked the 2am air with prickly cold and fog. With…
Gabon: AU Commission chief condemns coup attempt
The Chairperson of African Union (AU) Commission, Mr Moussa Mahamat, on Monday condemned the failed coup in Gabon.
Just IN: Gabon kills 2 leaders of aborted coup
The chief military rebel who led a failed coup in Gabon on Monday has been arrested and two of his…
Gabon foils coup
A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is "under control", following an…
Coup in Gabon, army seizes radio station
There are reports of military coup in Gabon, as the military seized the state-owned radio station in the capital Libreville…
News Analysis: Did America have foreknowledge of Gabon coup?
Did the United States have a foreknowledge of today’s coup in Gabon as it happened days after President Donald Trump…
Coup: Turkey arrests 118 soldiers
Turkish Authorities on Tuesday arrested 118 Soldiers over their alleged links to a group believed to be behind a coup…
103 soldiers detained over botched coup
Suspected of having links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in mid-2016, 103 Turkish soldiers…
Duterte dares Philippines military to launch coup against him
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Tuesday, dared military officers, allegedly disgruntled over his order to revoke an amnesty granted…
EFCC’s freezing of two state govt accounts worst coup in nation’s history – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the freezing of the accounts of Governments of Benue and Akwa…
Mugabe, the West, and a Coup
Military coup has never been a solution to anything. Tanks in the public sphere will always be a pox on…
Saraki’s Farcical Coup of July 4th
In reviewing the farcical coup—orchestrated by the president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki—that took place on Tuesday, July 4,…
Breaking: We’ll resist coup plotters – Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says the nation will never allow the military to…