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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will follow its sanctions against the military junta in the Republic of Niger to the letter. But the Northern Elders Forum (NEF)…

The (ECOWAS) has kicked against plans by the military junta in Niger to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. In a statement read out on national television on Sunday, Amadou Abdramane, spokesman of the junta,…

Niger’s military leaders headed by General Abdourahmane Tchiani have disclosed the reason they ignored the delegation led by Nigeria’s former military Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar (retd) in their efforts…

The military junta in the Niger Republic has reportedly opened for dialogue with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the development comes after a team of…

•Military chiefs to forward required number of men, equipment, funds to CDS•Protest rocks Kano, senior lawyers warn Tinubu against deploying soldiers•Doctor visits outsted President Bazoum, wife, son in detention…

Several member-countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), including Ivory Coast, Republic of Benin, Senegal and Nigeria, have committed troops to the regional bloc’s planned military…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has warned Russia that it will hold the country accountable if the Wagner Group, a private military contractor, violates human rights in Niger. POLITICS NIGERIA…

Amid the unrest in Niger Republic, emerging reports indicate that thousands of supporters of coup leaders gathered close to a French military base on the outskirts of Niamey. The protesters shouted “Down with France,…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, has spoken on the living condition of ousted Niger president Mohamed…

The Coalition of Northern Groups(CNG) has expressed its stand on the fallout of the expiration of ECOWAS ultimatum to Niger and the second extraordinary ECOWAS Summit held in Abuja, calling on the authorities concerned not…

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma reported back to jail on Friday only to be swiftly released, the…

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday denounced the World Bank’s decision to suspend new funding in response to a…

China Gezhouba Group Co. LTD, a Chinese construction and engineering firm, has suspended the construction of the Niger Republic Kandadji Dam project due to financial sanctions imposed on the French-speaking country…

…Say cutting power supply and threatening force could hurt Nigeria’s strategic…

The sanctions imposed on Niger by the regional bloc Ecowas since last month’s coup are intended to put pressure on the junta there. But they may have an impact on other parts of the region. There are concerns in…

France and Mali have suspended issuing visas to each other's citizens as the row between the former allies worsens. The French embassy suspended issuing new visas in the Malian capital Bamako earlier this week after Paris placed the…

President Alhassan Quattara of Cote D’Ivoire on Thursday said the prolonged keeping of the President of Niger Republic, Mohammed Bazoum hostage is an act of terrorism President Quattara stated this while speaking…

Niger’s junta has told a top United States diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighbouring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials…

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in NIger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray made the declaration while reading…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has welcomed the regional bloc leaders currently meeting in Abuja over the Niger’s imbroglio.  ECOWAS had…

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has stressed the need to prioritise diplomatic negotiations and dialogue in resolving the political crisis in the Republic of Niger. Tinubu, who is the chairman of the Economic…

The newly appointed prime minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, will lead 21 new ministers forming the new government. The military leaders announced this on national TV on Thursday, two weeks after toppling…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received a delegation of Nigerian Muslim leaders, led by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, and accepted their mediation in the Niger coup by engaging the head of the Nigerien military junta,…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday told over 150,000 supporters in the capital of Harare they would be “lost” if they did not re-elect him at this month’s tense polls. “If Harare fails to vote…