Muhammadu Sanusi II, Abdrahmane Tchiani, Niger Republic coup leader and Sultan of Damagaram, Aboubacar Oumarou in Niamey On Wednesday, pictures of the deposed emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, and the leader of the junta in the Niger Republic, Abdrahmane Tchiani, surfaced online. Sanusi was accompanied by the sultan of Damagaram, from Zinder in Niger, Aboubakar […]
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Southeast Governors have said that the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not responsible for the deteriorating insecurity in the region. The Governors insisted that criminal elements, rather than agitators, were responsible for the violent crimes in the region. Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum Hope […]
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Being the Full Speech of the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Second Extraordinary Summit of the Regional Bloc’s Leaders On The Socio-Political Situation In The Republic Of Niger in Abuja, on Thursday, August 10, 2023: On The Socio-Political Situation In The Republic […]
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Despite today’s resolution by the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, at its ongoing extraordinary summit in Abuja, Nigeria, ordering the military in member countries to be on standby, the regional body is likely to shun force and call for more dialogue with the coup leaders in the Niger Republic. ECOWAS […]
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Niger junta leaders The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday. It also […]
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By Banji Ayoola At last, calm reason seems to have prevailed over rashness as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) seems to be taking the pacific diplomatic and political approach, rather than its initial hawkish stand as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared that the bloc is exploring diplomatic negotiations and dialogue in resolving […]
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Outgoing Cambodian ruler Hun Sen on Thursday unveiled the country’s new government, headed by his eldest son and including his youngest son and his nephew in senior roles. Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won all but five of 125 seats in the lower house in July polls that were widely decried as a sham […]
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A pilgrim presents a Juventus football jersey to Pope Francis during the weekly general audience on August 9, 2023, at Paul-VI Hall in The Vatican. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AFP) Pope Francis expressed his sorrow on Thursday at the news of the latest deadly migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, urging people not to become […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun If there is an issue everyone—and I mean everyone—agrees on, it is that the cost of running the government needs urgent and radical pruning. One of the most topical issues in the public service system, administrative cost, is also where the government’s indecisiveness is highly exemplified. So it was no surprise when, […]
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Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States’ President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, is currently presiding over an Extraordinary Summit of the regional body on the Political Situation in Niger Republic. The summit at the State House Conference Center in Abuja is discussing recent developments […]
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