A charge has gone out to soldiers of the Nigerian Army to ensure their absolute loyalty to the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, President Bola Tinubu remains intact. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman gave the charge on Wednesday, …
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UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has firmly condemned the ongoing coup attempt as a means to resolve the post-electoral crisis in Gabon. UN Spokesperson, Stephanie Dujarric disclosed this at a news conference on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York. Gabonese military officers have canceled election results and dissolved state …
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Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has called on President Ahmed Tinubu to use his position as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to thwart the ongoing military taking over of the country’s affairs from the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic. …
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The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned an attempted coup in Niger. According to news reports, the officers seized President Mohamed Bazoum and blockaded his residence in the capital Niamey on Wednesday. This development had led to the African Union Commission Chair, to describe their actions as “tantamount …
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The Nigerian Army redeployed, canceled or amended postings of seven major generals, 45 brigadier generals and 597 other officers last week, in one of its most far-reaching shake-up exercise in recent years, PREMIUM TIMES can report. No reasons were readily cited for the new postings and cancellations and amendments of …
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Turkey has arrested 6,000 people after a failed coup, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowing to purge state bodies of the “virus” that caused the revolt. Mr. Erdogan’s top military aide, Col. Ali Yazici is among those now in custody. The overall death toll for the weekend violence has risen …
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