LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s presidency has said some members of the presidential guard tried to move against President Mohamed Bazoum, warning that the army was ready to attack them if they did not back down. The presidency’s official Twitter account said on Wednesday that presidential guards engaged in an “anti-Republican demonstration” and tried “in vain” to…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State has concluded plans to honour the late military officer, Gideon Orkar, who was executed over a failed coup by naming a 9.7 kilometre road after him. The state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mike Inalegwu, disclosed this while briefing journalists Tuesday after the state executives meeting at the Government…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Armed Forces of Nigeria has warned unscrupulous elements who engage in fabricating and spreading unfounded misinformation about coup. While advising the general public to disregard such information and go about their normal activities in a statement signed by Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Turkur Gusau sighted by NewsRangers, the Nigeria…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Burkina Faso army captain on Friday announced the ouster of military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and the suspension of the country’s constitution and transitional charter in a statement read on national television. Army Captain Ibrahim Traoré said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular Ghanaian activist who organised protests against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government was charged with treason on Monday after making a comment about organising a coup on social media. Oliver Barker-Vormawor, leader of the #FixTheCountry movement, which held protests in the West African country over economic hardships among other issues, was detained…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the beginning of the month, it looked like Guinea-Bissau was about to fall victim to what has been called West Africa’s coup epidemic, but some are now doubting the official version of events. Having seen more than a dozen coups or attempted coups since independence in 1974, and being used as…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body after a coup last month, legal sources said Thursday. They said the Constitutional Council on Wednesday determined that “Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel in the national armed forces, president of the Patriotic Movement for Preservation…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The long-awaited trial on the killing of Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso’s influential leftist leader killed more than three decades ago, has been suspended as a result of the West African country’s recent coup. The trial has been paused until the constitution is reestablished, a lawyer for the prosecution said Monday. The suspension…