Options before ECOWAS — Ehi Braimah

It’s been over three weeks since the military junta led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani sacked the administration of democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic – our next door neighbor – on July 26. During the period, leaders and…

Vote my tribe or I kill you  — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Democracy has been turned into coup at the polls – and the result is announced in the darkest wee hours when robbers are wont to strike!   The Nigerian elections of February 25 and March 18 were turned into deadly battles…

Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup

Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. The group of far-right and ex-military figures are said to have prepared for a “Day X” to storm the Reichstag parliament building and…

4 killed in Sao Tome’s failed coup bid, state media reports

Four people were killed in a failed coup attempt on Sao Tome and Principe, the state news agency STP-Press said Sunday reporting a toll from the armed forces chief of staff. The military, which Friday thwarted a coup bid in…

Let me tell you the story of coups in Nigeria – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Now people are calling Nigeria world capital of poverty but once, this country held the world record in coup-plotting. It is a wonder of the modern world that Nigeria has stayed all of 20 years without witnessing a coup. The…

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