Azeezat Olaoluwa

2 months ago | bbc.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa |Nkechi Onyinyechi Ogbonna

Niger coup leader sworn in as president for five yearsAzeezat Olaoluwa & Nkechi OgbonnaEPAGeneral Abdourahamane Tchiani led the military in a coup two years agoNiger's military ruler has been sworn in as the country's president for a transitional period of five years. Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger's elected President, Mohamed Bazoum.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa |Danai Nesta Kupemba

Nigeria is facing an escalating political crisis after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the oil-rich Rivers state and suspended the governor, his deputy and all lawmakers in the state parliament for six months. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday evening Tinubu said he had received "disturbing security reports detailing incidents of vandalisation of pipelines by some militants without the governor taking any action to curtail them".

Dec 5, 2024 | linkedin.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa

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Dec 2, 2024 | yahoo.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa

An Islamic school teacher, Masud Abdulrasheed, is struggling to come to terms with the killing of his seven-year-old daughter in drone strikes by Nigeria's military during a religious festival in their large but sparsely populated village exactly a year ago. The military said the bombing was caused by "a failure of intelligence", leading the army to mistake the open-air festival in Tudunbiri for a gathering of jihadist fighters.

Sep 26, 2024 | aol.com | Wycliffe Muia |Azeezat Olaoluwa

President Patrice Talon has announced he would step down in 2026 elections [AFP]Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon's security, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a coup, the state prosecutor has said. Ex-sports minister Oswald Homeky was caught on Tuesday while handing over six bags of money to the head of the Republican Guard, Elonm Mario Metonou, the prosecutor told a press conference.