Tag: Niger Republic
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Why I fled to Niger Republic – Abdulrasheed Maina
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on Friday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that his leg would have been amputated if he did not travel to Niger Republic for medicare. Maina, in his affidavit to support the bail application filed before Justice Okon Abang, said a surgical operation was performed…
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UPDATED: Maina lands Nigeria from Niger Republic after arrest [See photos]
A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abulrasheed Maina has been returned to Nigeria from Niger Republic to face his ongoing money laundering trial. Maina, who was arrested in Niger after jumping bail, was received by men of the Nigeria Police Force at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Thursday. The aircraft…
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Why we are extending rail construction to Niger Republic – FG
The Federal Government says it approves the extension of rail construction from Lagos-Kano-Katsina to Marradi in Niger Republic for economic and commercial benefits. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the explanation on Friday when he featured on Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) live programme, “Good Morning Nigeria” Specifically, the Minister said the…
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FG defends $1.959bn rail construction project Nigeria to Niger Republic
The Federal Government says it approves the extension of rail construction from Lagos-Kano-Katsina to Marradi in Niger Republic for economic and commercial benefits. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the explanation on Friday when he featured on Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) live programme, “Good Morning Nigeria.” The programme focussed on “Nigeria…
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BREAKING: Buhari departs Nigeria for Niger Republic
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Monday for Niamey, Niger Republic to participate in the Fifty-Seventh Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The one-day summit will deliberate on the Special Report on COVID-19 to be presented by President Buhari who was appointed the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against…
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25 ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members return from Niger Republic
Twenty five repentant Boko Haram members who surrendered to troops in Niger Republic on Wednesday arrived in Maiduguri with members of their families. They were brought to the Borno State capital, in a military aircraft in the company of soldiers led by Major General Bamidele Shafa, coordinator of the Federal Government Safe Corridor programme. “We…
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Buhari visits Niger Republic tomorrow
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Zinder, Niger Republic, on Tuesday. The Presidency, in a statement on Monday, said Buhari would use the one-day official trip to “participate in the programme of activities marking the 60th anniversary of the formal Proclamation of the Republic of Niger.” The statement, which was released by his Special Adviser…
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The Nigerien Connection, By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo In September last year (2017), President Muhammed Buhari received his Nigerien counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou in Daura, Katsina State; Issoufou had reportedly visited, to ask after PMB’s health and also congratulate him on Nigeria’s exit from recession; the discussion, apparently also included “the fight against Boko Haram, the economic challenges in the Lake…
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Herdsmen/farmers crisis: Nigeria, Niger republic partner to tackle menace
The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has assured the republic of Niger that Nigeria will partner with its government to tackle herdsmen/farmers’ conflict. Dambazau stated this when Nigerien lawmakers paid him a visit on Friday in Abuja. The minister disabused the lawmakers’ minds of the misconception that herdsmen from Niger were responsible for…
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Nigeria, Niger Republic partner to construct refinery in Katsina
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu on Wednesday signed an agreement with the President of the Republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou and the Energy Minister of the Republic of Niger, Mr. Foumakoye Gado to construct a refinery in the border town between the Republic of Niger and Katsina State. According…