Tag: Niger Republic
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Niger Coup: Sani warns Senate against approving Tinubu’s request for military intervention
Former lawmaker and Kaduna-born politician, Shehu Sani has appealed to the Senate not to approve President Bola Tinubu’s request for military action against the Republic of Niger. Sani made the appeal to the upper chamber via his platform X social media account on Friday.
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Niger Coup: ECOWAS insists on confronting coup plotters
As the seven-day ultimatum issued to Niger coup plotters winds down, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has insisted it will confront the junta in Niger Republic. TheNewsGuru.com reports that on Wednesday, Defence Chiefs from ECOWAS member states met at the defense headquartes in Abuja the Nigerian capital.
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Niger: Trouble in the Neighbourhood – By Dakuku Peterside
Niger Republic is Nigeria’s next-door neighbour. She is not the best neighbour Nigeria would desire but, as a sovereign nation, we have no control over her. Her economic statistics, population demographics, poverty and security threats – terrorism, insurgency, and inter-communal conflicts – are too much baggage for a neighbour any nation will want to have.
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Coup: Hunger, blackout loom as ECOWAS blocks supplies to Niger
Starvation, total blackout loom as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) takes drastic measures to restore democracy to the Republic of Niger, whose government was overthrown by the military junta last week.
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ECOWAS gives Niger coup plotters seven-day ultimatum to return President Mohammed Bazoom
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the mastermind of the supposed coup in Niger Republic, to return power to the democratically elected president.
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BREAKING: ECOWAS enforces no flight zone on Niger
In response to military coup in Niger Republic, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has enforced a no-flight zone over the country. The decision was announced on Sunday by the ECOWAS, at an urgent meeting following the increasing tension stirred by the military actors who are attempting to take over in Niger. This…
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EU withdraws financial support from Niger Republic
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.
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Niger coup: Junta warns against intervention as West African leaders meet
Niger’s military leaders have warned against any armed intervention in the country as West African leaders are set to gather in Nigeria’s capital on Sunday for an emergency summit to decide on further actions to pressure the army to restore constitutional order.
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Nonsense comes calling next door – By Chidi Amuta
Nigeria’s immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, has a tragic sense of humour. His unrelenting indifference to the condition of the humanity of his compatriots often came out in the things he decided to make important or ignore. One of them is his kinship attachment to Niger Republic. In the dying days of his presidency, he…
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The coup in Niger and the Moncada Barracks attack – By Owei Lakemfa
EXACTLY 70 years separate the July 26, 1953 suicidal attack on Moncada Barracks by Cuban youths who wanted to remove the military from power, and this Wednesday’s coup in Niger Republic which removed elected President Mohamed Bazoum and restored military rule.