Niger
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 […]
It is no news that food is being hijacked from trucks transporting food to different parts of the country and looting of warehouses by citizens to help cushion the skyrocketing prices in markets. It will be recalled that in Abuja and Niger suspected hoodlums have looted trucks and warehouses where grains and other items […]
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 sanctions and intervention of ECOWAS on the Niger Republic for the military junta to return ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, Nigeriens have called for mass recruitment of volunteers to assist its army. The call for volunteers is spearheaded by a group of locals in Niamey if the junta needs help. One of the founding […]
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 […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the presidential election petitions tribunal that President-elect Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the February 25 election and was validly returned as the winner without needing to get 25 percent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). INEC stated this in […]
A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says the Nigerian market tops the list of cocaine smuggling regions in Africa. In The Global Report on Cocaine 2023 released on Thursday, the UN agency said the steep growth in supply has been matched by a similar swell in demand. […]
A spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential campaign council and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is like a man that had one of his testicles removed. He reiterated that the APC presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu will win the forthcoming election by a huge margin. […]
The Australian government, on Wednesday, warned its citizens to desist from travelling to Nigeria over the recent flooding that has ravaged some parts of the country. This was contained in a travel advisory issued to Australians on the consulate’s website and obtained by The PUNCH, it read, “There have been significant casualties and […]
The Federal Government said, yesterday, that it has conducted a major analytical operation that was focused on individuals financing the Boko Haram terrorist group and its affiliates in the country. The government, which disclosed this at the opening session of a five-day Compliance Summit organized by the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering […]
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