DAKAR, Senegal -- A Nigerian Air Force plane made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso late Monday due to an in-flight ...

Nigerian soldiers on a ferry mission remain in detention in Burkina Faso after a precautionary landing. Diplomatic efforts ...

Senator Ayodele Arise urges military action against Burkina Faso to secure the release of detained Nigerian soldiers, drawing ...

Tuggar says Nigeria will support ECOWAS states against coups, confirms talks with Burkina Faso over detained Nigerian ...

Nigeria confirms its soldiers remain in Burkina Faso after a NAF aircraft made a forced landing. Government says diplomatic ...

Military elements attempted to topple Benin’s government in early December 2025. However, unlike other coups across the Sahel ...

Mr Tuggar also noted that the Air Force aircraft landing in Burkina Faso had nothing to do with Nigeria’s intervention in the recent military coup in Benin.

Security expert, Zagazola Makama, has sharply criticised the seizure of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft ...

Confusion over diplomatic standoff deepens after conflicting reports about the soldiers’ whereabouts ...

Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian military personnel detained after Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft made what the ...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - States in Africa's Sahel region accused Nigeria of violating their airspace, saying one of its military transport planes landed in Burkina Faso on Monday ...

The Confederation of Sahel States (AES) has announced the detention of 11 Nigerian soldiers in Burkina Faso after preventing ...