Oladipo Diya died on Sunday at 78. The Abacha regime sentenced him to death in 1997 for treason, but he luckily escaped execution. Sanwo-Olu has joined several Nigerians mourning his demise. Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of former Chief of General Staff, Lt.-General Oladipo Diya. … Read more
The collation of the presidential election results is ongoing. The PDP and Labour Party have called on the electoral commission to halt the collation process, alleging irregularities, but the commission has forged on. Former President Obasanjo also joined to criticise the process but the APC accused him of calling for a coup against democracy. Eko … Read more
The Gambian government says it has thwarted an attempt to stage a coup. Eko Hot Blog reports that four soldiers had been arrested, and three alleged accomplices were on the run, a statement said. EDITOR’S PICKS British Airways: Flights Leaving US Grounded Over Technical Issue Met Office Forecasts 2023 Will Be Hotter Than 2022 Capitol … Read more
Equatorial Guinea’s President will continue his 43-year-rule after reelection for a sixth term in office. Eko Hot Blog reports that President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea on Saturday won a sixth term in office. EDITOR’S PICKS Tinubu To Nigerians: Don’t Allow Visionless PDP Near Nigeria’s Commonwealth Again NIS Directs Passport Offices To Work … Read more
Speculation is growing about Putin’s health, with a number of reports of the last few weeks suggesting that he could be seriously ill, potentially weakening his grip on power The latest of which include an unnamed oligarch telling a magazine that Putin was “very ill with blood cancer.” EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine War: West Must ‘Prepare … Read more
“…It took about five hours to restore order. It was a nightmare…” EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday got a comprehensive briefing on the coup attempt to oust President Umaro Cissoko Embaló of Guinea-Bissau. The attempted coup was, however, aborted by loyalist forces. Buhari was briefed on the sidelines of the … Read more
Presidential Election: Primate Ayodele Releases Fresh Prophecies for presidential election day EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday, released a fresh prophecies revealing what will happen on the presidential election day. He also prophesied about African countries, including Somalia, Libya, Angola, Sudan, South Sudan, South … Read more
Sustained gunfire was heard on Tuesday near the seat of government in the coup-prone West African state of Guinea-Bissau, AFP reporters said, in what the African Union and a regional bloc 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 … Read more
…the former Portuguese colony has seen nine coups or attempted coups since 1980. EKO HOT BLOG reports that at least one person is said to have been killed in the capital of the West African state of Guinea-Bissau amid fears of a coup attempt. Gunfire erupted near a government building in Bissau where President Umaro … Read more
A junior officer announced the suspension of the constitution, the dissolution of the government and parliament… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Soldiers in Burkina Faso on Monday announced on state television that they have seized power in the West African country following a mutiny over the civilian president’s failure to contain an Islamist insurgency. A … Read more
Ekohotblog report that the United Nations said on Saturday it would invite Sudanese military leaders, political parties and other groups to take part in discussions aimed at ending a crisis unleashed by a coup in October. UN mediation in the weeks after the coup succeeded in reinstating Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, but his resignation … Read more
Large-Scale Protests Planned as Sudan Military Tightens Grip After Coup Security forces also fired tear gas in east Khartoum “and chased protesters afterwards,” a witness there said. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at anti-coup protesters in and around the capital on Saturday, two days after the military attempted to … Read more
A coup attempt in Sudan fails, putsch plotters yet to be identified. A coup attempt in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, EkoHotBlog reports. The country grapples with a fragile transition since the 2019 ouster of longtime president Omar al-Bashir. Read Also 24-Year-Old Man Declared Wanted By EFCC For 955m Scam Top military and government sources told … Read more
West African leaders have suspended Mali from ECOWAS. EKO HOT BLOG reports that West African leaders decided at an extraordinary summit on Sunday to suspend Mali from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bodies after a second coup in nine months by the poor Sahel country’s military, but stopped short of reimposing sanctions. … Read more
 The Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah says he will only recant his Christmas message and tender an apology under one condition. Recall that Kukah had in a scathing but trenchant Christmas message said a non-northern Muslim president can’t get away with a fraction of what Nigerians overlook under the present administration, … Read more
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, has joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, imploying the military junta in Mali to set an acceptable time table for the country’s return to democracy. The president, in virtual and third Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS on the socio-political crisis in Mali, said that Mali as a … Read more
Colonel Assimi Goita speaks to the press at the Malian Ministry of Defence in Bamako, Mali, on August 19, 2020 after confirming his position as the president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP). – The military junta that took power in Mali on August 19, 2020, asked that the population … Read more
Turkish prosecutors on Saturday ordered the detention of 47 military personnel over their suspected links to a network, believed to be behind a coup attempt in 2016. Police launched simultaneous operations in 40 provinces across the country to catch the suspects upon the order of the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in the western province of … Read more
Mediators from West Africa’s regional bloc are due in Mali on Saturday for talks aimed at reversing a coup that has been condemned abroad. But the coup was celebrated by many in a country battling an Islamist insurgency and simmering political unrest. Leaders from the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have taken … Read more
Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan is leading a team of ECOWAS leaders to Mali where the military has overthrown the elected government of President Ibrahim Keita. The turn of events followed a mutiny on Tuesday by soldiers, who later arrested Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, in what transformed into a coup d’etat. Keïta was … Read more