The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has urged the Heads of States and Governments in the region to lift the sanctions imposed on the Niger Republic. The Heads of States in ECOWAS had last July imposed sanctions on the Niger Republic to protest the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum by certain military officers led by erstwhile Presidential Read More
The Ginger Farmers Association of Nigeria has disclosed that a lot of their members who collected loans for the farming season were now dying of shock in seven states. Speaking at the National Assembly when the association led a delegation to thank the Senate and Senator Sunday Marshall Katung for sponsoring a motion on the ginger disease that affecting farmers, Read More
Niger’s junta has demanded that the head of the United Nations diplomatic mission there leave the country within 72 hours, accusing the U.N. of excluding Niger from its General Assembly last month. The army officers who seized power in a coup in July did not have a representative at the meeting of world leaders in New York. A U.N. spokesperson Read More
In Niger, the ruling military junta has issued arrest warrants for 25 former leaders. These include former Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou and former Foreign Minister Massoudou Hassoumi. Also on the list are former Trade Minister Alkache Alhada and former presidential staff deputy Daouda Djibo Takoubakoye.Former Ambassador to France, Aichatou Kané Boulama, is named too. Additionally, former Energy Minister Ibrahim Yacoubou Read More
An unidentified man was electrocuted while trying to steal transformer cables in the early hours of Friday inside the premises of Niger state Printing Press in Minna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the corpse of the man was found by some staff of the printing press hanging on the transformer on Friday morning. Head of Legal Unit Read More
The Niger state government has procured 200 luxury buses and declared free transport fares for students in public and private schools. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago disclosed this Friday in a press briefing in Minna. “Out of the 200 buses, 100 will ply Suleja to Abuja, while 50 buses will be in Minna . The remaining 50 will be distributed to Read More
We, the Niger State First Class Graduates (NSFCG), extend our warm regards and seek your invaluable support for employment opportunities and scholarships to further our education. This appeal is made with great respect and the utmost desire to contribute meaningfully to the growth and development of Niger state under your leadership. It is with great pride and inspiration that I Read More
Is ECOWAS ready to go to war with our closest ally (Niger Republic) to protect “democracy”? Is ECOWAS prepared to face the armed forces of Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic backed and trained by Russia’s Wagner? The military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso warned of an armed intervention in Niger and will counter with force. Guinea also Read More
Niger’s military rulers on Friday gave ambassadors from the United States, France, Germany and Nigeria 48 hours to leave the country. This comes amid escalating tension over the possibility of West African bloc ECOWAS’ military intervention to reverse the recent coup in Niger. ECOWAS had been urging for the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who was overthrown on July 26. Read More
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has not declared war on the people of Niger Republic nor is there any plan to invade the country. The president of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, said this Friday in Abuja while interacting with journalists. He, however, described as “unacceptable,” the 36-month transition plan announced by the Brig.-Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani-led Read More
The situation in Niger has made the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from neighboring Mali more complicated, said a UN spokesperson. “The current developments in the region are making an already complex operation even more complex. “And the time frame is quite short, said Florencia Soto Nino, associate spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “So, obviously, we are looking at how Read More
Former Nigeria’s military leader, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, have led another ECOWAS delegation to Niamey, Niger’s capital. The delegation arrived in Niamey on Saturday, a day after ECOWAS defence chiefs agreed on a date to militarily intervene in Niger. The delegation was firstly denied access into the city and could not meet the junta leader Read More
There are strong indications that members of the Niger junta have begun to evacuate their families to Bukina Faso and Dubai over the threat of invasion by the Economic Community of West African States. The exercise was, reportedly, carried out at the country’s Agadez Airport, a few days ago, and it involved Gulfstream G550 jets. A source familiar with the Read More
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has distributed assorted grains and other relief materials to over 1,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by incessant attacks by bandits in Shiroro and Munya local governments of Niger state. Disturbing the materials at the IDPs camp at Kuta Monday, ASUU president, Professor Emmanuel Osadeke, said the gesture is aimed at reducing the Read More
Northern Nigerian businessmen have lamented the loss of over N13 billion in weekly revenue. The Arewa Economic Forum’s chairman, Ibrahim Dandakata, on Sunday, made the lamentation due to the region’s borders being closed because of the Niger coup. According to him, informal trading in livestock and food items within seven Northern states bordering Niger is worth N177 billion. He said Read More
After refusing to meet the leadership of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), the Niger Republic coup leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, has yielded to dialogue. This decision was reached after meeting with Nigerian Islamic scholars led by the national leader of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau, in Niger Republic The country’s Prime Minister, Read More
West African nations on Friday worked on gathering troops for a possible military intervention in Niger as the leaders of an army coup resisted international calls for them to step down and restore the ousted president to office. The regional bloc ECOWAS ordered the activation of the standby force on Thursday, two weeks after generals ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in Read More
There is no doubt that the Northern region, especially the people of Fulani ethnic stock share filial, cultural and religious affiliations with the Republic of Niger. The Hausa and Kanuri people also have strong ties with Niger. The attempt by some religious and political leaders from the North and their counterparts such as Afenifere and Ohaneze Ndigbo from the South Read More
Teaming supporters and other dignitaries on Wednesday received the 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, in Niger Republic during his diplomatic visit to the military leaders.
The chairperson of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) has resolved to engage the actors in the Niger coup. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who revealed this on Thursday during ECOWAS second extraordinary session on the situation in Niger Republic, said the body will engage the military leaders. “More so, in reaffirming our relentless commitment to democracy, human rights, Read More
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has opened up on the lingering coup in Niger Republic. The priest who is popular for his predictions about nation issues also predicted a Third World War. Ayodele warned president Bola Tinubu who is also the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that declaring war on Read More
President Bola Tinubu has hosted other leaders of the West African state to the second extra ordinary meeting over the lingering coup in Niger. Read his full speech. Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission;Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission;The Special Representative of Read More
West African heads of state are discussing their response to last month’s military takeover in Niger at closed-door talks in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Thursday after the junta defied their earlier threat to use force to restore democracy. The meeting is taking place hours after Niger’s coup leaders named a new government, forcing their agenda before the summit. Since the Read More
Niger’s coupists have named a 21-man list of Ministers in the new government. Recall that the military leaders had earlier formed a new government despite ECOWAS sanctions. Mahamane Roufai Laouali, who was cited as the “secretary-general of the government,” read out the names on state television on Thursday, without specifying any further plans. Amongst those newly announced ministers are three Read More
Niger’s coupists have formed a new government despite the directive of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS). The military leaders announced 21 new ministers in a decree read out on national television. This comes ahead of an emergency summit by leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS on the coup in Niger, after the country’s military chiefs defied an Read More
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