Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nation’s government and armed forces had thwarted a coup ...

President Bola Tinubu yesterday commended the gallantry of Nigeria’s military for responding swiftly to the request by the ...

The Economic Community of West African States on Sunday ordered the deployment of elements of its standby force to the Republic of Benin, hours after condemning what it described as an attempted ...

Amid rising insecurity, the call for state police in Nigeria intensifies. Explore the arguments for decentralization, the ...

Rebel soldiers seized control of Benin's state television on Sunday morning, announcing that they had deposed President ...

The Federal Government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and ...

The Nigerian government has condemned the attempted forcible seizure of power in the Republic of Benin, following an ...

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has urged the Federal Government, the country’s 36 governors ...

We woke up this morning, Sunday December 7, 2025 to news of a military putsch in Benin. The putschists announced on national ...

In what could be termed a disturbing deepening crisis in the once-vibrant People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the faction of the ...

A message from the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of the president.

Again, given the extensive work that went into Ekweremadu’s Bill for the Creation of State Police, the National Assembly has ...