The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja against alleged plotters of a coup against President Bola Tinubu. Among the suspects are a retired Major-General,…
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Ex-Nigeria President Jonathan trapped In Guinea Bissau after Coup
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is currently stranded in Guinea Bissau after the military declared a takeover yesterday. The move comes a day after the presidential election results were about to be…
Airspace Now Re-opened In Niger After Coup
Niger’s military rulers have announced the reopening of the country’s airspace to all commercial flights. VOICE AIR MEDIA reports that this is nearly a month after it was closed following a coup….
African Union fires Gabon over coup
VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update Military leaders named the head of the Presidential Guard, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, as the country’s interim leader on Wednesday evening. AU’s Peace and Security Council said…
Coup: Niger junta orders security to evict French ambassador
VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE Niger junta has ordered the police to forcefully evict French ambassador, Ambassador Sylvain Itte, from the country. On August 25, Niger’s foreign ministry announced that Itte…
Coup: Face your job, AU tells Gabonese national army and security forces
THE head of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Wednesday, warned the Gabonese national army and security forces to adhere to their “republican vocation”. This is as he also strongly…
Coup: Soldiers Arrest Gabon President, Detain Son
VAM News Update Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for “treason”, military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown…
Another coup in Africa as Military Takes Over Power in Gabon
VAM News Update Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali…
Coup: Tinubu’s ECOWAS rejects Niger junta transition plan
VAM News Update THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the three-year power transition plan proposed by Niger Republic’s military junta. Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS commissioner for political…
Coup: ECOWAS announces deployment of standby force to ‘restore constitutional order’ in Niger
VAM News Update THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has directed the deployment of standby military troops to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. ECOWAS gave the directive on…