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Nigeria, Coups And I – General Babangida

Global UpfrontFeb 25, 2025February 25, 20250

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has given insight into his involvements and the spate of five coup d’etats Nigeria had between 1966 and

West Africa Is The World’s New Epicentre For Terrorism – Nigeria Is Expanding Its Air Force In Response

Global UpfrontJan 15, 2025January 15, 20250

By Samuel Oyewole, Francis Okpaleke & Oluwole Ojewale When the Nigerian Air Force celebrated its 60th anniversary in May 2024, its spokesperson declared it was

Military Rule Is On The Rise In Africa – Nothing Good Came From It In The Past

Global UpfrontNov 21, 2024November 21, 20240

By Samuel Fury Childs Daly In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and

Echoes Of Military Coups In Nigeria

Global UpfrontNov 14, 2024November 14, 20240

By Olusegun Adeniyi Two important books that speak to the most brutal military era in Nigeria’s history will be publicly presented in Abuja in the coming

Rethinking Responses To Coups In West Africa

Global UpfrontOct 29, 2024October 29, 20240

By Aissatou Kante, ISS Africa ECOWAS should use its special summit on regional integration in 2025 to reconsider its approach to managing coups. Recurrent coups

Civilian Support For Military Coups Isn’t A Bug – It’s A Feature

Global UpfrontOct 22, 2024October 22, 20240

By Salah Ben Hammou In September 2024, authorities in Benin detained the country’s former sports minister and a prominent businessman for allegedly plotting a coup

Military Power Grabbers of Africa

Global UpfrontSep 18, 2024September 18, 20240

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Nigeria is no longer in the bad books of the world as a land where the military covet and control power.

Can ECOWAS Survive The Revolt By The Nascent ‘Alliance Of Sahel States’?

Global UpfrontJul 7, 2024July 7, 20240

By Emman Ozoemena What is the geopolitical implications of the emergent sub-regional by the trio of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in West Africa? Recall

The Spectre Of Unconstitutional Change Of Government (UCG)

Global UpfrontJul 5, 2024July 5, 20240

By Jibrin Ibrahim, jibrinibrahim@dailytrust.com This week, I am attending a conference in Sao Tome, on the persistence of the threat of coups and other forms

Military Coups Can’t Succeed Without Politicians’ Collaboration, General Abdulsalami

Global UpfrontJun 2, 2024June 2, 20240

Nigeria’s former Head of State (June 1998-May 1999, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, says the military cannot take over without politicians being involved. General Abdulsalami, who handed