ECOWAS
The three Sahel countries, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced the joint formation of force to help combat jihadist operations in their nation. In recent years Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have been experiencing attacks from terrorists which has made greatly affected the nations and even led to disassociating from France and forming […]
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso cut their relationship ties with the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS on Sunday. In a joint statement released by the leaders of the three military countries, their decision was without delay. Their criticism was based on sanctions imposed by ECOWAS as a way of reversing the […]
With the current situation of the Niger Republic overtaking the democratic government, airspace closed and land borders were locked after the two weeks coup d’etat. The military coup soldiers have however named the country’s former economy minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the new prime minister. This was made known on a national broadcast […]
France will begin evacuating its citizens from Niger, which was taken over by the military in a coup, on Tuesday, the French Foreign Ministry said. It said it would also evacuate other Europeans who wanted to leave the country, a former French colony. About 500 to 600 French citizens are in Niger. Italy […]
Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. Musa made this known yesterday at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, meeting organised between officials of Nigeria and Benin, the development […]
Mr Chinedu Eya a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State has made an appeal to King Charles III for the release of Senator Ike Ekweremadu. It would be recalled that Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta were sentenced to different prison terms on Friday in the United […]
The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his “inciting, self-serving and provocative” letter on the elections. Obasanjo had on Monday worried over the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of […]
Following a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians, the ECOWAS Court has “declared unlawful the suspension of Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and ordered the administration never to repeat it.” This development was disclosed today by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare. It would be recalled […]
The military in Burkina Faso says it has seized power and overthrown President Roch Kaboré, during an announcement on television by an army officer. Mr kaboré whereabouts are unclear, but the officer said that all those detained were in a secure location. The coup happen a day after military seized barracks with several gunshots […]
Tributes continue to pour in after the death of Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday. Keita’s rule was riddled with lots of controversies and criticism especially from the opposition before he was toppled through a coup in 2020. In the weeks before the 2020 coup, he had been struggling with protests […]
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