The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked a major ...

By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Robbie Corey-Boulet LAGOS, Dec 8 - Nigerian fighter jets and ground troops moved on Monday to help restore order after a foiled coup attempt in Benin, aiming to head off a ...

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

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize President Patrice Talon, according to an account provided by Benin's government.

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

Nigeria’s military sent fighter jets and ground forces into neighboring Benin to support President Patrice Talon, after a group of soldiers attempted to seize control of the West African nation.

This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.

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A Nigerian human rights advocate, Francis Nwapa, has blamed the military coup in the Republic of Benin on what he described as Nigeria’s longstanding governance failures and the erosion of its ...

Former Nigerian Air Force (NAF) chief of logistics, NAF spokesman and one time Nigeria’s defence attache to Russia AVM ...

Benin thwarted an attempted coup after loyalist forces, backed by Nigerian and regional troops, regained control. President Patrice Talon said the situation was under control as arrests followed.

The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked ...