February 3, 2022

Military Coups: West African leaders Hold Emergency Summit

February 3, 2022 8:28 am

West African leaders will on Thursday (today) hold a key summit as a wave of coups buffet a region struggling with poverty and a long history of turbulence.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that emergency talks in the Ghanaian capital Accra were triggered after Burkina Faso on January 24 became the third member of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be overtaken by the military in less than two years.

Burkina followed Mali, where a coup in August 2020 was followed by a second in May 2021, and Guinea, where elected president Alpha Conde was …

Senegal Beat Burkina Faso To Cruise Into AFCON Final

February 3, 2022 4:37 am

The Senegalese national team are through to a second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations final after breaking Burkina Faso hearts in their last-four tie in Yaounde yesterday, after Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gana Gueye, and Sadio Mane scored second-half goals to secure a 3-1 victory.

Aliou Cisse’s team had two penalties awarded in the first half only for the Ethiopian referee to change his mind both times following a VAR review.

However, they went ahead just after the midway point in the second period when Paris Saint-Germain defender Diallo popped up in the box to produce a striker’s finish.

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Buhari Condemns Guinea-Bissau’s Failed Coup

February 3, 2022 3:57 am

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday held a conversation with President Umaro Embalo of Guinea-Bissau shortly after the latter survived a coup attempt.

Buhari, in a statement Wednesday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, congratulated his Guinean counterpart, Embalo on surviving the coup attempt and commended the loyal troops in Guinea Bissau for showing patriotism leading to their ‘spectacular victory over the disloyal elements of the military.’

He condemned the coup attempt to and extended the goodwill and support of the government and people of Nigeria to the Guinea-Bissauans and the Embalo administration.

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#EndSARS: Senate Calls For Holistic Reform Of Police Force

February 3, 2022 1:05 am

Over 15 months after the 2020 Endsars protests, the Senate has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to evolve and implement holistic reforms in the Nigerian Police Force.

The national assembly noted that it believes that employing more able-bodied personnel, injecting more financial resources for the purpose of procuring arms, ammunition, and other policing gadgets, as well undertaking regular training will ensure efficient policing in the country.

This formed part of the recommendations contained in the 69-page report of the Joint Committee on National Security and Intelligence; Defence; Police Affairs; Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the mayhem …