Nigeria's fading influence leaves West Africa vulnerable as coups rise and foreign actors step in. Countries like Chad, Mali, ...

By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Robbie Corey-Boulet LAGOS, Dec 8 - Nigerian fighter jets and ground troops moved on Monday to help ...

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize ...

Today, the Nigerian armed forces stood gallantly as a defender and protector of constitutional order in the Republic of Benin ...

Nigeria’s military sent fighter jets and ground forces into neighboring Benin to support President Patrice Talon, after a ...

President Bola Tinubu ordered the Nigerian Air Force to enter Benin Republic and take over its airspace to help dislodge the ...

A coup attempt in the Republic of Benin was thwarted on Sunday with the backing of the Nigerian armed forces, following an ...

The government of the Benin Republic confirmed in a detailed account on Monday that Nigerian fighter jets carried out ...

A high-level delegation from Abuja has visited Ouagadougou to ease tensions after a Nigerian military plane was forced to ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Burkina Faso on Wednesday released 11 personnel of the Nigerian Air Force who were detained Dec. 8 after ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

Nigeria has deployed fighter aircraft to the Benin Republic following Sunday’s military coup that removed President Patrice Talon. Reliable security ...