The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have agreed to continue the dialogue option while not dismantling the existing sanctions taken at the last summit. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, disclosed this at the end of the second extraordinary summit on the political situation in...
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) , has ordered the deployment of its standby military force to restore democratic order in the Niger Republic. This was made known in a communique issued after the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday to discuss issues about the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says the regional bloc will continue to champion diplomacy and dialogue, as well as earnest discussions with all parties involved, to restore constitutional governance in the Republic...
The coup leader in Niger Republic, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, has signed a decree on the formation of a new transitional government, media reported on Thursday. Tchiani signed the decree on Wednesday, the ActuNiger new portal reported, adding that the new interim government consists of 21 ministers. According...
The 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Mohammed, has met with the Niger military leaders who staged a coup two weeks ago. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor made this known after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday to brief him on his mediation efforts in...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received a delegation of Nigerian Muslim leaders, led by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, and accepted their mediation in Niger conflict. The leaders were at the State House to consult with the President on the situation in the Republic of Niger. The president had...
A former rebel leader and politician in Niger has launched a movement opposing the junta that took power in a July 26 coup. This is a first sign of internal resistance to army rule in the strategically important Sahel country. Rhissa Ag Boula said in a statement...
A new set of sanctions have been imposed on groups, organisations and individuals identified as giving support to the military junta in the Republic of Niger. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja while briefing State...
Tensions remain high in the aftermath of a coup in Niger Republic as the military junta refused entry to a negotiating mission planned for Tuesday by the United Nations, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU). The military governments of Mali and Burkina...
The Niger coup leaders on Tuesday, vowed to resist external pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum after ECOWAS imposed sanctions and Western allies suspended aid. The seventh power grab in West and Central Africa in three years has attracted global attention, partly due to Niger’s pivotal role...
Recent events in the affairs of our nation, most especially the risk of destabilising the entire West African region by the ECOWAS leaders necessitates the need to once again speak out and to call on all Nigerians to stand united in calling the ECOWAS leaders to order...
Niger is waiting for a response from the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, after coup leaders in Niamey ignored a deadline to reinstate the ousted president – a move the bloc has warned could lead it to authorise a military intervention. ECOWAS has said it would issue a...
The West African nation of Niger has been on the news for the past couple of days over the unfortunate military coup staged by the Presidential guards – “the enemy within”. The event has attracted international attention with condemnation from world leaders, calls for coup leaders to return...
Senate has urged President Bola Tinubu, as Chairman of ECOWAS, to encourage other ECOWAS leaders to explore further the political and diplomatic options and other means towards resolving the political impasse in Niger Republic. The upper chamber also called on the ECOWAS Parliament to rise to the occasion by...
Following the coup that toppled President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic, leaders of the Economic of West African Countries (ECOWAS) and the region’s Defence Chiefs in separate meetings have made far-reaching decisions aimed at resolving the political stalemate in the country. Contrary to the claim in a...
The Federal Government and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called for support from the international community to restore democratic rule in Niger Republic. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Ibrahim Lamuwa, stated this while briefing the diplomatic corps on the political situation in...
President Bola Tinubu has conveyed the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on recent military intervention in Niger. The ECOWAS decision is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpiabio and read at plenary on Friday. Tinubu, who is the...
Demonstrators took to the streets of Niger’s capital Niamey on Thursday in a show of support for the country’s new leadership, a week after a military coup in the West African country. People rallied on the streets of Niamey to signal their support for de facto president Abdourahmane...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned the leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against the engagement of military to military to restore democratic order in Niger Republic. Atiku, who stated this in...
France will begin evacuating its citizens from Niger, which was taken over by the military in a coup, on Tuesday, the French Foreign Ministry said. It said it would also evacuate other Europeans who wanted to leave the country, a former French colony. About 500 to 600 French citizens...