Niger’s government on Saturday evening on national television announced that it was breaking off “with immediate effect” its military cooperation agreement with the United States. According to reports, the declaration came a day after a senior US delegation left Niger following a three-day visit to renew contact with the military junta that ousted the president…
No fewer than 113 stranded Nigerians in the Niger Republic were on Monday, received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)into the country. According to a press statement by the Lagos Territorial Office coordinator of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, the returnees were flown into the country by the International Organisation for Migration in a voluntary capacity…
Niger military junta has given the United Nations coordinator 72 hours ultimatum to leave the country. In a statement seen by AFP, the foreign ministry said that the government had ordered Louise Aubin, the UN’s resident and humanitarian coordinator, “to take all necessary measures to leave Niamey within 72 hours”. It pointed to “obstacles” that…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the military junta in the Niger Republic to replicate Nigeria’s previous transition plan. The Informant247 had earlier reported that Niger’s self-declared head of state, Abdourahmane Tiani had said the country would return to civilian rule within three years. Tiani made the proposal after a meeting with the…
The military rulers who took control of Niamey on July 26 have made a swift move by giving the French ambassador 48 hours to depart Niger. The decision was announced by Niger’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in a statement released on Friday. The French ambassador, Sylvain Itte, was instructed to leave the country following his…
Nigeria’s former head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Tuesday, after meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said that diplomatic interventions to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic will succeed. It would be recalled that the former head of state on Saturday, led a delegation…
As part of efforts to defuse the political crisis, Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting with some stakeholders in the ECOWAS intervention in Niger Republic impasse Tinubu, who is the chairman of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS reported to be hosting the President of the ECOWAS…
Following the deposition of the Niger president Mohamed Bazoum in a military coup on July 26, the African Union (AU) on Tuesday, suspended Niger Republic from all its activities until power is relinquished to the ousted President According to Reuters, AU announcement in a statement released on Tuesday while reiterating calls for the military junta…
The immediate past governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai has warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against military intervention in Niger Republic. It would be recalled that the chairperson of ECOWAS, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said the bloc had resolved to use force as a last option if the coup leaders in Niger…
Abdourahmane Tiani-led Niger coupists has said that the country is fully ready to defend itself against any form of attack from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tiani, while speaking on Saturday night in a televised address, stated that the country is not keen on war but will resist any “manifestations of it”….
Following the threat of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) troops that they were waiting for order to strike, Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed war planes in Niger Republic to support the military junta in the country It would be recalled that the regional bloc had given Niger coup plotters a week ultimatum…
Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights chief, has dismissed the prosecution of deposed president Mohamed Bazoum by the Niger’s military junta, saying there was no legal basis for it. The Niger junta had on August 13 2023, said it will prosecute ousted Bazoum for high treason over his exchanges with foreign heads of state…
The activation of the standby force in Niger Republic by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore constitutional order has begun. It was gathered that the ECOWAS made this known on Wednesday, after a meeting of the bloc’s defence chiefs in Accra, Ghana’s capital city. It was learned that although the defence…
The United States secretary of state, Antony Blinken on Monday, lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Niger Republic crisis. Blinken made the commendation while speaking with the president via phone, according to a statement released by the US state department. “The Secretary commended President…
Top military officials representing ECOWAS member countries are slated to assemble in Ghana later this week to deliberate on potential involvement in Niger, as confirmed by sources in both military and political circles within the region. The gathering, scheduled for Thursday and Friday after its initial postponement from the previous weekend, is a direct outcome…
In a distressing incident, a Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter involved in a crucial casualty evacuation mission experienced a crash today, August 14, 2023, around 1:00 pm local time. The tragic event unfolded near Chukuba Village within Niger State, after the aircraft had embarked on its journey from Zungeru Primary School towards Kaduna. The aircraft,…
The border closure in Northern Nigeria due to the ongoing crisis in Niger Republic has led to significant economic losses, with Northern traders reporting a staggering weekly loss of around N13 billion. Following President Bola Tinubu’s order on August 4 to close borders with Niger Republic, a directive that has now been enforced by Nigerian…
The leading opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, faulted that only a government with no priority for its citizens’ security would go to war. It could be recalled that in July, a colonel-major in Niger Republic, Amadou Abdramane announced the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum from office in a coup. Meanwhile, the Economic Community…
The leader of the Niger military junta, Abdourahmane Tchiani, on Saturday during a meeting with Nigeria’s intervention team comprising Islamic scholars, said that the coupists are ready to explore diplomatic dialogue. The Informant247 gathered that Bala Lau, the national chairman of Jamatul Izalatu Bida Waikamatu Sunnah was said to have led the islamic scholars and…
Following the directive of the military force by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to return normalcy to Niger, some protesters in Kano state have taken to the streets to kick against the imminent use of force to resolve the Niger coup crisis. It was learned that the protesters on Saturday, embarked on…
