Brigadier General, Jonathan Temlong, has said the flag being displayed by rioters in Abuja, Kano is not the Nigerian Armed Forces Flag but a Russian flag. Temlong, who was the pioneer commander of ...

Why would they fly the flag of a country and not mention its name but instead sing the praises of the military? The Nigerian Armed Forces flag has three colored stripes: red on the top ...

Islamist militants have ramped up an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria and attacked dozens of fortified army bases since the ...

In the northern states of Borno, Kaduna, Kano, and Katsina, protesters were seen waving hundreds of Russian flags, with some calling for a military coup. The Russian Embassy in Nigeria has denied ...

Their young and dashing military rulers ... fantasised about Russia’s national flag and what it symbolised for their ‘freedom’, Nigeria appears concerned that some of the Nigerian protesters ...

Protesters carrying Russian flag for Kano “Similarity between di Russian flag and di Nigerian armed forces flag fit cause misunderstandings, making di situation more complicated. Di Nigerian ...

Later on Tuesday, security chiefs from the armed forces and police among others ... said those pushing individuals to carry Russian flags in Nigeria were "crossing the red line and we will not ...

Some commentators argue that the controversial flag being flown was not necessarily foreign, but that of Nigeria’s military that shares the Red/Blue/White hues of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Burkina Faso and Niger after the military took over. The protesters waving the flags in Nigeria openly called for a coup and Russian intervention in the country. Nigeria’s chief of defence has ...

ABUJA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria has detained some tailors ... protesters were seen waving hundreds of Russian flags with some calling for a military takeover. "We are waving the Russian flag ...