Explore the Nigeria’s history of military rule with this list of past heads of state who rose to power through successful ...

Legit.ng has looked at the list of military coups in Nigeria, from the first in 1966 to the latest alleged plot in 2025, and ...

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of ...

The July 29 counter-coup remains a stark reminder of how ethnic mistrust and political short-sightedness can plunge a nation into darkness. Nigerian Federal Leader Major General Yakubu Gowon (wearing ...

Nigerian authorities on Saturday denied that more than a dozen officers had been arrested over a coup plot, pushing back on ...

By Kazeem UgbodagaWidespread reports claiming that several Nigerian military officers were arrested over an alleged coup plot against President Bola Tinubu have stirred public anxiety, but a careful ...

Islamist insurgents launched simultaneous attacks in four districts of Northeastern Nigeria using armed drones and heavy firepower, and torched a military barracks before being repelled by troops, a ...