The Nigerien government has reportedly signed a military contract with Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, according to a new report. American journalist, Jackson Hinkle citing France 24 says Niger, who overthrew the elected president Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, has reached out to Wagner, a well known mercenary group known for its fighting in Syria, Ukraine, Africa…
General Abdourahamane Tchiani intensifies standoff with ECOWAS, rejects any interference in Niger’s internal affairs as he appoints new Governors for the 8 regions. They are; Agadez – Brigade General Ibro Boulama Dosso – Brigadier General Iro Oumarou Diffa – Brigadier General Ibrahim Bagadoma Niamey – Brigadier General Abdou Assouman Harouna …
The military junta in Burkina Faso and Mali have warned that any military intervention in Niger Republic to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be considered a “declaration of war against their two countries.” The warning from Niger’s military-ruled neighbours came a day after West African leaders, supported by their Western partners, threatened to…
The military junta in Niger has warned West African leaders meeting in Abuja against military intervention in the country’s ongoing coup. West African leaders will meet in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Sunday July 30, for an emergency summit on Niger, where a military coup took place earlier this week. The heads of state of…
President Bola Tinubu has decried the emerging pattern of coup d’état in West Africa. Nigeria’s President, who emerged on Sunday as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), charged the body to stand firm in defence of democracy. Tinubu emerged as the new ECOWAS president in a unanimous…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Naija News reports that Tinubu was elected at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), held in Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Speaking…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital territory on Friday fined the Nigerian government N250,000 for deliberate delay in suit seeking to stop the country’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from clampdown on press freedom in the country. A human rights lawyer, Samuel Ihensekhien, Jr, on…
ECOWAS Court of Justice has served hearing notice on the Buhari government in the suit filed by SERAP and 176 Nigerians on the unlawful suspension of Twitter. The suit is fixed for 22 June 2021 for the hearing of application for interim orders, SERAP said on Twitter on Monday night. “Having been duly served, President…
Buhari To Appear Before ECOWAS Court Over Twitter. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria”. The applicants are against the criminalization of Nigerians using Twitter and the escalating repression of…
ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a suit of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, filed against the Federal Republic of Nigeria, alleging that he was tortured, assaulted and subjected to inhuman treatment by security operatives when he was arrested in 2015. Vanguard reports that the regional court, in…
