Coup in Burkina Faso, as military sack transition govt
BURKINA FASO: A DAY after the interim President and Prime Minister of Burkina Faso were detained where they were holding cabinet meeting, the military struck in the West African country. The whereabouts of Michel Kafando and Isaac Zida, who were to pilot the French colonized country to democratic transition, were unknown but the military […]
Ex-cop who discovered murdered remains of Tafawa Balewa dies
NIGERIA: A FORMER cop who discovered the remains of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, the late Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, is dead. The retired Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Babankowa, discovered the body of Balewa after he was murdered following the coup d’etat of January 15, 1966. President Muhammadu Buhari, who lamented Babankowa’s death, said the […]
