Tragedy struck today Sunday, January 7, in Anambra State when a boat capsized at the River Niger, killing no fewer than five persons, while many others were rescued. The boat, it was gathered, left Kogi through the River Niger heading to Onitsha, Anambra State, reports The Nation. A video made available to our correspondent by […]
•Gunmen At least four people have been killed, while 39 others have been kidnapped by bandits who invaded Kuduru, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The bandits also invaded Garam and Azu, two communities Niger State. Last Saturday, December 23, bandits invaded Garam community, which is five minutes drive from Bw...
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday ordered the immediate release of Mohamed Bazoum, Niger’s president who has been held captive since the coup that overthrew him on July 26, and that of his family. The Court “orders the defendant (the military authorities in Niamey, editor’s note) to [&hell...
Niger’s ruling military has agreed to terms and conditions of a transition back to civilian rule, and will present the plan to a regional bloc, the chief diplomat from mediator Togo announced yesterday. Speaking on Niger’s national television, Togo Foreign Minister Robert Dussey said he had reached an agreement “on the content and timing of [&...
•Tinubu The Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, yesterday sent a three-man negotiation team to mediate in the Niger Republic political crisis. The ECOWAS Authority, which is chaired by President Bola Tinubu, during the its 64th Ordinary Session, held at the State House Conference Cent...
The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) yesterday Saturday, December 9, faulted the decisions of the Court of Appeal on the governorship disputes in Plateau, Kano and Zamfara states. The youths, which cited verdicts on governorship elections in Kano, Plateau and Zamfara states, said discriminatory application of legal standards between the North...
•Ndume Senator Ali Ndume has explained why the current sanction imposed on the Republic of Niger by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should be lifted. Ndume said the sanctions are biting hard on the ordinary people in the two countries, reports The Nation. ECOWAS had in July 2023 imposed economic sanctions on […]
•Niger Republic flag Niger’s military leaders said yesterday that they were ending two European Union security and defence missions in the country, after earlier in the day agreeing to strengthen military cooperation with Russia. The Nigerien foreign ministry said that it was ending the agreement between Niger and the EU regarding the Niamey-b...
•Second Niger Bridge Construction giant and contractor of the Second Niger Bridge, Julius Berger, has formally handed over the multi-billion naira project to the federal government. In a brief ceremony at toll area of the bridge, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, expressed satisfaction with the project, confirming that the contractor had carr...
•Tinubu and Bazoum The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has stated that Nigeria will continue to engage with the government of the Niger Republic to ensure the release of the country’s deposed President, Mohamed Bazoum. Former Nigeria’s Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), said in August that Bazoum told the del...
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