The President of African Development Bank , Dr Akinwumi Adesina may have commenced consultation as pressure mounts on him to contest the 2023 presidency. Unconfirmed reports indicated that since his arrival in the country , the issue of presidential race has been cropping up in his interactions with top national leaders. Adesina was at the…
“A timeline for a return to constitutional order will be proposed within a reasonable time, after consultation with forces in society,” the statement said, without further details. “After a transition, the country will return to constitutional order, Sidsoré Kader Ouedraogo read. Government and parliament have been dissolved, and all borders are closed. There will also be a…
Several sources (including AFP and RFI) report the arrest by soldiers of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of the Republic of Burkina-Faso, democratically re-elected for a second term in 2020. Soldiers positioned themselves in front of the RTB, Public Radio Television in Ouagadougou. The head of state is believed to be detained in a military…
🇧🇫 #BurkinaFaso Coup Number 9 seems to be under way || Countries in Africa with highest number of coups
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba took command of Burkina Faso on January 24, after the arrest of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré by mutinous soldiers. Who is this senior infantry officer in the Burkinabe Armed Forces? Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. A name that has been in the news since Sunday January 23 in Africa. But what can…
Niger’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, is worried about his life and his position. Faced with the situation in Burkina Faso marked by mutinies in strategic barracks in Ouagadougou, Mohamed Bazoum left the presidential palace to go to sleep in his residence. According to BeninWebTv, the President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum, remained on the alert. According to…
The Coup in Burkina Faso appears to be progressing with coup leaders set to make formal announcement. The President of the republic had earlier been arrested . Meanwhile, the African Union has condemned the Coup attempt in a strongly worded statement.
The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited got a morale booster for 2022 business following commendation by an economic expert for the performance of the Petroleum industry in 2021. Prof. Uche Uwaleke, a professor of capital market at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi who gave the commendation in Abuja said with the…
Burkina Faso’s President, Roch Marc Kaboré, has been arrested and detained by soldiers in a coup attempt, following heavy gunfire heard around his home in the capital, Ouagadougou, on Sunday night, local report states. On Monday morning, armoured vehicles belonging to the presidential guard were seen covered in bullets and the seats soaked in blood,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stopped the registration of alcohol in sachet, small volume PET and glass bottles below 200 millilitres.The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this in a statement issued by the agency on Monday. Adeyeye said the registration of new alcoholic drinks in…
