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This was the fifth military coup d'état since the country gained independence from France in 1960, and the first since 2010. [16] The coup was condemned by the United States and France, and by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, the latter of which threatened military intervention against the junta, leading to the 2023 Nigerien crisis. [17]
Since Nigeria became independent in 1960, there have been five military coup d'états in Nigeria. Between 1966 and 1999, Nigeria was ruled by a military government without interruption, apart from a short-lived return to democracy under the Second Nigerian Republic of 1979 to 1983. [1] However, the most recent coup occurred in 1993, and there ...
Nigerien crisis (2023–2024) On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger, during which the country's presidential guard removed and detained president Mohamed Bazoum. Subsequently, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Commander of the Presidential Guard, proclaimed himself the leader of the country and established the National Council for ...
1966 Nigerian coup d'état. On 15 January 1966, rebellious soldiers carrying out a military putsch led by Kaduna Nzeogwu [5] and 4 others, killed 22 people [6] including the prime minister of Nigeria, many senior politicians, senior Army officers and their wives, and sentinels on protective duty. [7] [8] The coup plotters attacked the cities of ...
President Shehu Shagari is ousted by Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari, GOC 3rd Armored Division. The Nigerian military coup of 1983 took place on 31 December that year. It was coordinated by key officers of the Nigerian military and led to the ousting of the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari and the installation of Major ...
The 1975 Nigerian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Nigeria on 29 July 1975 [1] [2] when a faction of junior Armed Forces officers overthrew General Yakubu Gowon (who himself took power in the 1966 counter-coup ). Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba announced the coup in a broadcast on Radio Nigeria (which became FRCN in ...
The 1966 Nigerian Counter-coup (also known as the " July Rematch ") was the second of many military coups in Nigeria. It was masterminded by Lt. Colonel Murtala Muhammed [4] and many other northern military officers. The coup began as a mutiny at roughly midnight of 28 July 1966 [5] and was a reaction to the killings of Northern politicians and ...
Sani Abacha GCFR ((listen ⓘ); (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria with an iron-fist as the military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his sudden death in 1998. Abacha's seizure of power was the last successful coup d'état in Nigerian military history.