ECOWAS Council Meets on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Exit, Senegal Crisis
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Thursday, February 8, 2024, convened a meeting of its mediation and ...
Tag: Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Sends 300 trucks Carrying Goods to Niger
In a bid to reduce the shortage of food and other necessary items as a result of the sanctions slammed ...
Burkina Faso Soldiers Announce Overthrow of Military Government
Armed soldiers in fatigues and masks appeared on television in Burkina Faso on Friday night to confirm the ouster of ...
Ex-President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, Bags Life Imprisonment for Thomas Sankara’s Murder
A military tribunal has sentenced a former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, to life imprisonment for the murder of ...
West African Leaders Hold Emergency Summit Over Coups
West African leaders hold a key summit on Thursday as a wave of coups buffet a region struggling with poverty ...
Burkina Faso’s President Arrested By Mutinous Soldiers
Mutinous troops in restive Burkina Faso arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Monday and detained him in army barracks ...
Former President, 13 others on Trial for the Death of Thomas Sankara
A military court in Ouagadougou on Monday began the long-awaited trial of 14 men, including the former president, accused in ...
Kidnappers Abduct Ex-AIG Hakeem Odumosu’s Wife
Some notorious gunmen yesterday abducted the wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Hakeem Odumosu, from her residence...
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Gospel Singer Timilehin Ajayi Charged, Remanded for Girlfriend’s Murder
The Nasarawa Police Command has announced that it has formally charged 32-year-old Timilehin Ajayi who murdered his 24-year-old Corps Member,...
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Odo-Ayedun Ekiti Residents Nab Fulani Electric Cable Thief
An unidentified Fulani suspect has been arrested in Odo-Ayedun Ekiti in Ekiti State for stealing huge electric cables. The thief...
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Police Arrest Illegal Weapon Manufacturers, Cultists, Murderers
The Nigeria Police Force has discovered an illegal weapons manufacturing factory at Tse Akamabe Area of Kwande LGA, Benue State...
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