Ope Adetayo

Niger­ian op­po­si­tion sup­port­ers say the tri­bunal’s rul­ing was ex­pect­ed but were nev­er­the­less wait­ing for a sur­prise.

Mil­i­tary lead­ers are ex­ploit­ing dis­en­chant­ment with de­mo­c­ra­t­ic lead­er­ship amid de­te­ri­o­rat­ing eco­nom­ic con­di­tions.

Prigozhin’s death will slow the Wag­n­er ma­chine in Africa but its val­ue to mil­i­tary regimes will con­tin­ue to be prized.

ECOW­AS ul­ti­ma­tum for Niger coup lead­ers to re­store de­posed pres­i­dent or risk in­ter­ven­tion is set to ex­pire on Sun­day.

Niger coup presents a diplo­mat­ic dilem­ma for the West African bloc whose new lead­er­ship is keen to en­trench a new or­der.

Wag­n­er’s mutiny in Rus­sia has been eyed with in­ter­est and con­cern in Africa as ques­tions mount over its op­er­a­tions.

God­win Eme­fiele was sec­ond-longest-serv­ing gov­er­nor of Nige­ria’s cen­tral bank and over­saw its biggest eco­nom­ic down­turn.

Con­flict pos­es threat to Chad and wider Sa­hel amid fears over arms pro­lif­er­a­tion and re­turn­ing fight­ers, an­a­lysts say.

A con­tro­ver­sial an­nounce­ment in Tin­ubu’s in­au­gur­al speech has set off a chain of events in Africa’s largest econ­o­my.

From the econ­o­my to se­cu­ri­ty, Buhari’s lega­cy will be one of mis­steps and mis­deeds as he hands over pow­er, an­a­lysts say.