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...
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday in Abuja raided hawkers of unwholesome drugs at the Nyanya/Mararaba axis of Abuja. Addressing newsmen after the exercise, the team leader of the operation, Mr Umar Suleiman, said the operation followed an earlier surveillance carried out...
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) said it had provided power supply to over 700 households and businesses in Danchitagi community in Niger to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. Mr Ahmad Salihijo, Managing Director of the agency said this while inspecting the project on Saturday in Danchitagi...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday repatriated another batch of 150 Nigerians stranded in Niger. NEMA had earlier on Feb. 20 received 150 Nigerians stranded in the neighbouring country. NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, received Wednesday’s returnees at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Umar Bago of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Niger. Prof. Clement Alawa, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) Academics, University of Abuja, the INEC Returning Officer, announced the results of the election on Monday in Minna....
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Suleiman Wachiko has defeated a two-term House of Assembly member, Bako Kasim of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win Bida North Constituency election. Prof. Audu Rufai, the Returning Officer for the 2023 Bida North State Constituency election, who announced...
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says e-commerce in Africa is set to grow by 50 per cent by 2025. The Acting Executive Secretary, UNECA, Mr Antonio Pedro, this at the opening of the 9th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Niamey, Niger...
Niger Government has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Supreme Court. A statement by Justice Nasara Danmallam, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, in Niger in Minna on Saturday, said the case with...
Alhaji Ahmed Inga, Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA),said it has commenced meetings on how to mitigate floods as the rainy season draws closer. Inga said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday. He said the agency has...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) brought back 1,003 Nigerians stranded in Niger Republic and Libya into Kano in 2022. Coordinator of its Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday that the exercise had the backing of the International...
Countries in the Lake Chad Region – Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad – are to benefit from the European Union’s (EU’s) €102.5 million humanitarian aid, according to the bloc. A statement signed by the bloc indicated that the EU made the pledge at 3rd High Level Conference on the...
Seven persons lost their lives, while five others sustained injuries in an auto crash at Gunu village, Munya Local Government Area of Niger on Tuesday night. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in Niger, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday that...
Bill and Melinda Foundation says its new commitment of 1.4 billion dollars to Africa, including Nigeria is to spur the region-led innovation to build a pipeline of climate-smart agriculture projects for smallholder farmers. Mr Enock Chikava, Interim Director, Agricultural Development of the foundation stated this in an interview with...
The decade long insurgency by the Boko Haram in the north east part of Nigeria has wrecked havoc on many lives including families, societies and communities as well as affected a wide spectrum of social and economic sphere. The Boko Haram has transformed into a transnational threat, thereby creating...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the stability of Chad Republic and all neighboring countries, is in Nigeria’s interest. The president made this position known while receiving a Special Envoy from the Transitional President of Chad, Gen. Mahamat Idris Derby in the State House, Abuja, on Friday. The Nigerian leader, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Head of Mission of the Multinational Joint Task Force(MNJTF), Ambassador Mamman Nuhu has commended troops of the MNJTF for their efforts in the ongoing Operation LAKE SANITY, urging them to sustain the onslaughts against Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. Amb. Nuhu, who is...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – MNJTF troops at Forward Operations Base Arege in conjunction with the Air Task Force (ATF) have raided Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists enclaves in the vicinity of Tumbun Fulani and Tumbun Rago, where about twenty terrorists were neutralized. The Chief of Military Public Information, Colonel Muhammad...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said repeated attacks in northwest Nigeria have forced over 11,500 Nigerians to flee across the border into neighboring Niger in November, resulting in humanitarian crisis. Armed groups, locally called “bandits”, have repeatedly attacked villages in...