Tag: Military coup

“Military won’t heed call to overthrow Tinubus govt.” Chief of Army Staff Lagbaja

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Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has said the military will not heed calls for overthrow of democratically-elected government to satisfy some interests. Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State yesacqterday, at the opening ceremony of the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference, Lagbaja said the call for army takeover was majorly coming from young Nigerians who never experienced the era of the countrys extensive military rule. According to him, the Nigerian Army was not ready to lose the new prestige it has painstakingly built in the…

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Military to go after coup dtat advocates in Nigeria – CDS Musa

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Chief of Defence Staff, (CDS) General Christopher Musa, has said those calling for coup dtat are enemies of Nigeria, saying the law will catch up with them. Musa stated this while speaking to newsmen during his operational visit and inauguration of facilities at Headquarters 6 Division of the Nigeria Army, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday. The CDS described those advocating for a coup dtat in Nigeria as adversaries who do not have the countrys best interests at heart, saying, Anybody calling for anything other than democracy is evil and…

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Military coups a setback for Africa- Nigerias UN envoy

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Nigerias permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has said the recent coups in African countries are regressing democracy on the continent. Speaking with newsmen in New York on Saturday, Muhammad-Bande said the effects of the coups would spiral into a setback for prosperity. According to him, African countries fought for the sovereignty of their nations and should be at liberty to choose how they would live. In the same vein, people also should be free within their own nations to determine how they live and so that is…

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Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government

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A Burkina Faso army Captain, Ibrahim Traore, has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television yesterday evening. Traore said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a worsening Islamist insurgency.  He announced that borders were closed indefinitely and that all political and civil society activities were suspended. It is the second takeover in eight months for the West African State. Damiba took power…

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Attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau as gunfire heard near Palace of Govt.

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Sustained gunfire was heard on Tuesday near the seat of government in the coup-prone West African state of Guinea-Bissau, AFP reporters said, as a regional bloc condemned what it called an attempted coup. Heavily-armed men surrounded the Palace of Government, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have gone to attend a cabinet meeting. The building is located on the edge of the capital Bissau, close to the airport. People were seen fleeing the area, the local markets were closed and banks shut…

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Just In: Coup in Sudan; Prime Minister, other top government officials detained

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An apparent coup attempt has been reported in Sudan. Military forces in the restive African country have arrested several members of the countrys civilian leadership and put Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok under house arrest, according to Al-Hadath TV. The broadcaster said the arrests took place before dawn on Monday. Citing unidentified sources, Al-Hadath said those detained include Industry Minister Ibrahim al-Sheikh, Information Minister Hamza Baloul, and media adviser to the prime minister, Faisal Mohammed Saleh. The spokesman for Sudans ruling sovereign council, Mohammed al-Fiky Suliman, and the governor of Sudans…

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