The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has directed the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to go after those calling for coup in the country.
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West African Elders Forum (WAEF) has urged African leaders to put citizens’ welfare, peace, and security at the center of governance, to consolidate democracy in the region.
The Gabonese army officers (Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions), on Wednesday morning, took over power from President Ali Bongo.
Nearly two weeks after the military took over power in Niger, the coup plotters have named former economy minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the country’s new prime minister.
ASHENEWS reports that the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have threatened the coupists in Niger Republic if within seven days, they fail to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum.
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has received support from the United States and the United Nations following his recent efforts at seeking restoration of constitutional order in the Niger Republic.
Following a military-led takeover in the West African country of Niger, the Interior Ministry has banned all demonstrations with immediate effect.
President Bola Tinubu said that an ECOWAS mission has been sent to the Niger Republic to intercede in the attempted coup in the country.
Niger presidential guards are holding President Mohamed Bazoum inside the presidential palace in the capital, which has been blocked off by military vehicles since Wednesday morning, security sources said.
The former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that coup should be seen as an organised crime and punished accordingly to allow democracy to survive in Africa.