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Tinubu calls for investigation into recurring boat mishaps

Nigerian News

Tinubu calls for investigation into recurring boat mishaps

Bode September 12, 2023

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has called for a thorough and comprehensive investigation into the recurring tragedy of fatal boat incidents across the nation. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. President Tinubu said...

Very high ranking officers in attendance of the launch of ‘Op Safe Domain II’.

Security News

Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Niger inaugurate ‘Op Safe Domain II’ against maritime crimes

Bode September 12, 2023

Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo and Niger Republic have inaugurated “Operation Safe Domain II” as a collaborative effort toward eradicating piracy and maritime crimes within their maritime domain especially the Gulf of Guinea. Speaking at the inauguration on Monday, the Director of Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMCC) Zone E,...

Security News

How we intercepted 399 Kaduna-bound Improvised Explosive Devices – NDLEA

Bode September 11, 2023

By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – No fewer than 399 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) been transported to Kaduna by one Oluwagbenga Leke has been intercepted by operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a...

Nigerian News

Man electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer cables in Niger

Bode September 8, 2023

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...

OPINION

Resurgence of coups in Africa and the panacea, By HASSAN GIMBA

Bode September 3, 2023

In the past three years, at least eight African countries have witnessed military coup d’états. This is coming when it was thought that Africa’s democracy had come of age when we were beginning to think that coups had gone for good, consigned to an era in the past when...

WORLD

Without France there would be no Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger – Macron

Bode September 1, 2023

Without France’s military operations in the Sahel “there would probably no longer be a Mali … Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still be Niger”, French President Emmanuel Macron told French publication Le Point. Macron is referring to the former colonial power’s interventions in the mid-2000s, Operations...

Coups only make crises worse – UN chief

WORLD

Coups only make crises worse – UN chief

Bode September 1, 2023

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said coups only make crises worse, emphasising the need for durable governance and the rule of law. Guterres said this on Thursday while highlighting the succession of military coups unfolding across Africa at a press encounter at UN Headquarters, in New York. ...

Niger coup leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani

WORLD

Niger junta orders police to expel French ambassador

Bode August 31, 2023

Niger’s ruling junta has ordered police to expel France’s ambassador, a move marking a further downturn in relations. The coup leaders are following the strategy of juntas in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso, in distancing themselves from the region’s former colonial power amid a wave of anti-French sentiment....

Security News

3 officers, 22 soldiers killed in Niger ambush, says DHQ

Bode August 17, 2023

The Defence Headquarters has provided detail on the soldiers killed in an ambush and the crash of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) MI17 helicopter on Monday in Niger State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, while briefing newsmen on Thursday, said that a total of 36 officers...

WORLD

Niger generals vow to prosecute ousted President Bazoum for ‘high treason’

Bode August 14, 2023

Niger’s military regime vowed late Sunday to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and slammed West African leaders for imposing sanctions on the country. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions on Niger in response to the coup and has not ruled out...

Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa

Security News

Nigeria military never received any coup request – Defence HQ

Bode August 13, 2023

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has debunked social media reports alleging that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) received request to effect change of leadership in the country. The Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General, Tukur Gusau, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday,...

Sanusi in a meeting with the Niger coup leaders

OPINION

Let’s not confuse our policy on Niger By UMAR ARDO Ph.D

Bode August 11, 2023

I write to advise that President Bola Tinubu streamlines his policy thrust and direction on the Niger imbroglio so as to achieve the desired outcome as quickly and as cheaply as possible. As made abundantly clear, the policy objective of ECOWAS is the restoration of constitutional government...

WORLD

Niger coup leader threatens to kill Bazoum over ECOWAS military intervention – Report

Bode August 11, 2023

Niger’s coup leader has threatened to kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if neighbouring countries attempt any military intervention to reinstate him. According to a report by The Associated Press on Thursday, two “Western officials” said the putschists issued the threat while speaking to a top U.S. diplomat. ...

Nigerian News

ECOWAS orders deployment of standby military force to Niger

Bode August 10, 2023

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) , has ordered the deployment of its standby military force to restore democratic order in the Niger Republic. This was made known in a communique issued after the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday to discuss issues about the...

WORLD

Niger ex-rebel launches anti-coup movement in first sign of internal resistance

Bode August 9, 2023

A former rebel leader and politician in Niger has launched a movement opposing the junta that took power in a July 26 coup. This is a first sign of internal resistance to army rule in the strategically important Sahel country. Rhissa Ag Boula said in a statement...

WORLD

Niger junta vows to resist external pressure to reinstate President Bazoum

Bode August 8, 2023

The Niger coup leaders on Tuesday, vowed to resist external pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum after ECOWAS imposed sanctions and Western allies suspended aid. The seventh power grab in West and Central Africa in three years has attracted global attention, partly due to Niger’s pivotal role...

WORLD

Niger coup and geopolitics in ECOWAS region By PAUL EJIME

Bode July 31, 2023

A major decision of the 30 July emergency Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is the seven-day ultimatum, which the regional leaders handed the coup makers in Niger to either release and reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum or face “all necessary measures, including the use...

WORLD

EU suspends budget support, security cooperation with Niger

Bode July 30, 2023

The European Union (EU) says it has suspended its financial support and cooperation on security with Niger with immediate effect following the military coup there. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell disclosed this in a statement. The coup leaders declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as head of state on Friday, ousting...

United States Vice President, Kamala Harris

WORLD

U.S., UN back Nigeria on democratic restoration in Niger

Bode July 28, 2023

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have backed Nigeria’s efforts toward the restoration of constitutional order in Niger Republic. This is contained in a statement by Dele Alake, presidential spokesman. The presidency said that the support was made in separate telephone...

WORLD

President Bazoum’s govt has been ousted – Niger soldiers

Bode July 27, 2023

A group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation’s national television late on Wednesday, hours after the President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum was held in the presidential palace says his government has been ousted from power. Reading from a statement, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, seated and flanked by...