Niger's military government says it has released some 50 people detained after last year's coup including former ministers, ...

Niger’s military junta has freed dozens of former government officials and military officers detained after a coup in 2023 as part of what military authorities have described as efforts to reform the ...

Suspected Islamist fighters launched a coordinated attack on an army base and a military outpost in Nigeria's northeastern ...

Nollywood actor and comedian, Okey Bakassi has warned that the recklessness of the present crop of political office holders in the country could lead to a military coup. He noted that many ...

According to the organisation, at least five protesters were killed and dozens left severely injured—some with life-threatening injuries—during the protest in Abuja. Those wounded were ...

The military governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from Nigeria ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least four Nigerian soldiers were killed when suspected Islamist fighters launched coordinated attacks on two military bases in northeastern Borno State, security ...

Police say soldiers and members of a Shiite Muslim group have clashed in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, killing six people ABUJA, Nigeria -- Soldiers and members of a Shiite Muslim group clashed in ...

Mamman Vatsa, a former FCT minister, was accused of plotting a coup against Mr Babangida and was executed by firing squad alongside other alleged coup plotters. Filmmaker Obi Emelonye has opened ...

Shi'ite Protesters Clash With Nigerian Military, Police in Abuja By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian police said on Saturday they had come under intense gunfire a day earlier in a ...

ABUJA - Nigerian police said on Saturday they had come under intense gunfire a day earlier in a neighbourhood of the capital, Abuja, during clashes between security forces and Shi'ite Muslim ...