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… ets up court martial for 36 officers accused in 2025 coup plot By AFP April 25, 2026 04:25 (EAT) Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu reviews the honor guard during his welcome ceremony at Planalto Palace, before a meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia …
Nigeria sets up court martial for 36 officers accused in 2025 coup plotA polarized Brazil votes Sunday between leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro, with stakes including whether the country remains a regional leftist bastion or follows Latin America's recent rightward shift.
28 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A polarized Brazil votes Sunday between leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro, with stakes including whether the country remains a regional leftist bastion or follows Latin America's recent rightward shift.
28 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Nigeria's National Assembly has suspended all official visits to South Africa and ordered a boycott of South African-hosted legislative activities following reports of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals, with the directive covering lawmakers, parliamentary committees, and National Assembly staff until further notice.
12 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
South Africa's health department said more than a third of babies received no vaccines at the start of 2026, with the proportion of unvaccinated children under one year old tripling from 12 percent in 2017 to 36 percent this year to April. The department warned the decline leaves hundreds of thousands of infants at risk of life-threatening illnesses and called for urgent action to halt the decline and avert a surge in preventable diseases.
28 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
South Africa's Democratic Alliance, the second-largest party in the governing coalition, filed a court challenge to the Expropriation Act, which allows the state to seize land without compensation in the public interest. The law, signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in January 2025, has caused friction within the coalition ahead of November municipal elections.
4 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President Bola Tinubu has approved an expansion of Nigeria's army from eight to 12 divisions with the recruitment of 28,000 additional personnel, as the government seeks to bolster its response to persistent security threats. Four new divisions will be established in Makurdi, Ilorin, Jalingo and Benin City, to be implemented in two phases with some operational by September and others by December.
24 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Brazil's top court barred presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro from visiting his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, until after the first round of October elections. The suspension came after Flavio read out a handwritten letter from his father on YouTube, violating Jair's ban from using social media directly or through a third party.
14 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge authorized police to interrogate former president Jair Bolsonaro over a nine-millimeter Glock pistol registered in his name that was confiscated from a member of his security team during a vehicle stop in Brasilia. Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, is under house arrest and will be questioned at his home on Tuesday.
20 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will run for re-election in January 2027 and is set to be named his All Progressives Congress party's candidate at a ceremony in Abuja on Sunday after winning the party's primary.
24 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Joint US and Nigerian military airstrikes over the weekend killed 175 Islamic State jihadists in northeastern Nigeria, including the group's global second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki. The strikes also destroyed checkpoints, weapons caches, and logistical hubs used by the terrorist group.
20 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Nigeria will spend about $11.6 billion (Ksh.1.4 trillion) servicing its debt in 2026, nearly half of its projected government revenue, President Bola Tinubu said at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. Tinubu called for an overhaul of the global financial system, saying debt-servicing costs are crowding out spending on infrastructure, healthcare and education.
14 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Nigeria's armed forces inaugurated a military court to try 36 serving officers accused of mutiny and plotting to overthrow the government in a botched coup attempt late last year. The government initially denied the alleged putsch before announcing in January that it had foiled the plan; separately, six civilians including a retired major general were charged in federal court earlier this week.
25 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →