Tag: Coup

Coup d'états are not an alien phenomenon to Nigeria. For a time, they were the unmistakable reality of the Nigerian ...

Whether there is a coup or not is immaterial now, whether a coup would have succeeded if indeed there was ...

Nigeria’s political landscape has witnessed several transitions since its return to democratic rule in 1999. From that moment, the country’s ...

Recall that Babangida ordered the execution of Vatsa for allegedly plotting a coup against his junta in 1986 The family ...

The coup was quickly tagged an Igbo one due to high number of northern politicians killed by the putsch​ists while ...

The mutineers stormed their home and almost killed him and his siblings before abducting his father Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former ...

Abacha's regime was dogged by grand larceny, widespread corruption, brutal repression and human rights abuse A retired Colonel of the ...

Professor Ibrahim Jibrin highlighted that the subversion of democracy by West African leaders contributes significantly to the region's military coups ...

He also alleged that they planned to torpedo the nation’s democracy but Nigerians scuttled the move. The Federal Government has ...

He said the protest in the northern part of the country was part of an elaborate plot and attempt to ...