Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar has formally apologised to Burkina Faso for the unauthorised entry of a Nigerian ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Burkina Faso on Wednesday released 11 personnel of the Nigerian Air Force who were detained Dec. 8 after ...

Burkina Faso has released Nigerian soldiers who were detained after their aircraft made a forced landing in the Sahelian ...

The Federal Government has expressed uncertainty over the current status of the 11 Nigerian soldiers and the aircraft ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 aircraft and its 11-member crew, earlier detained in Burkina Faso, have resumed their ...

The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government has confirmed that Burkina Faso authorities have released 11 Nigerian soldiers ...

Eleven Nigerian military personnel remain in detention in Burkina Faso, six days after a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft ...

The soldiers, comprising NAF pilots and crew members, regained their freedom after Tinubu dispatched a delegation led by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, to Ouagadougou on ...

The emergency landing, which occurred in Bobo-Dioulasso on Dec. 8, 2025, was described as a precautionary measure following ...

Nigeria has apologized to Burkina Faso over an emergency landing last week by its military aircraft that violated the ...

Nigeria’s foreign minister, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, travelled to Ouagadougou on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, to deliver an ...