By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FORMER NIGERIA’s President Goodluck Jonathan has described the military intervention in Guinea-Bissau as a “ceremonial coup” and insisted that the presidential election results be announced immediately. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Friday, Jonathan said the events in the West Afric...
By Owei Lakemfa THE MILITARY coup on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, that swept away President Umaro Sissoco Embaló did not come as a surprise. Embalo, a retired general who camouflaged as an elected President, was a lawless leader who consistently trampled the country’s constitution under his feet. He had a sense of entitlement and a […]...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s FEDERAL Government on Thursday confirmed that former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had finally left Guinea-Bissau safely after being trapped in the country when military officers launched a coup, closed its borders, and plunged the nation into uncertainty, raising global concern f...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FORMER NIGERIAN President Goodluck Jonathan has been escorted from Guinea-Bissau by military personnel as political instability deepened following a contested presidential election. Jonathan was in the country as part of a joint election observer mission deployed by the African Union (AU), ECOW...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CONFUSION DEEPENED across Guinea-Bissau as the country’s military shut down the presidential election process and blocked all exit routes, leaving former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and dozens of African observers unable to leave. The disruption unfolded mid-week after senior military ...
By Paul Ejime BY THREATENING to expel the joint mission of ECOWAS and the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) from Guinea-Bissau, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who has been ruling his country as a dictator, has not only displayed unacceptable hostility but utter disregard to the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State […]
