Nigeria's fading influence leaves West Africa vulnerable as coups rise and foreign actors step in. Countries like Chad, Mali, ...

The coup attempt against Patrice Talon was thwarted with Nigerian military support, theoretical under the aegis of ECOWAS. It ...

Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.

Nigeria’s military sent fighter jets and ground forces into neighboring Benin to support President Patrice Talon, after a ...

ABUJA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's ‌Senate ​on Tuesday gave ‌its approval for President Bola Tinubu's deployment of ​troops ...

The Republic of Niger was captured by Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani in 2023. These three countries exited the Economic Community ...

The government of Benin Republic has confirmed that it requested Nigeria’s military intervention to stop what it warned could ...

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize ...

Kelvin Emmanuel says anti corruption agencies ignore cases, lack independence, and fail to prosecute officials in Nigeria’s ...

Amid limited manpower and ongoing internal security challenges, Nigeria is moving ahead with plans to deploy troops to Benin ...

Benin’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Olushegun Adjadi Bakari said about 200 West African soldiers, mostly from Nigeria and Ivory ...

How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 13:00 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream. Nigeria host Benin in the final matchday of the FIFA World Cup 2026 ...