TROOPS of the Economic Community of West African States have said they are ready to participate in a standby force…
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THE Defence Headquarters today vehemently refuted circulating social media claims suggesting that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) had been…
THE Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed calls from certain quarters that the military interfere in the democratic process in Nigeria.…
THE 14th Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Wednesday met with the coup leaders of Niger Republic in…
NIGER’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours.…
SENEGAL has said it would be prepared to send troops into Niger if regional bloc Ecowas decided to do so.…
POWER supply from Nigeria to the Republic of Niger was stopped on Wednesday, as sanctions against the neighbouring country by…
NIGER’s ousted president has been seen for the first time since the military detained him in a coup last week.…
THE EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country’s army took power in a coup. It comes…
UNITED States Vice President Kamala Harris and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed strong support for Nigeria’s efforts toward the…
GENERAL Abdourahamane Tchiani is the new leader of Niger following a military takeover, state television reported Friday. The chief of…
NIGER’s President Mohamed Bazoum is in good health after being taken captive by his own presidential guard, the French foreign…
SOLDIERS in Niger claimed to have removed President Mohamed Bazoum from power late on Wednesday, hours after members of the…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that the ECOWAS leadership will not accept any action that impedes the smooth functioning…
ACCESS to the official residence of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum was blocked off early Wednesday by members of the elite…
BURUNDI’s justice ministry has confirmed that the country’s former prime minister, Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, is in police custody following reports…
SOUTH African police have said that the planned opposition protests on Monday are not a mere shutdown but an attempt…
THE deputy head of Sudan’s ruling council, Mohamed Daglo, has called the 2021 military coup a “mistake”. In a televised…
MOLDOVA’s president has accused Russia of plotting to use foreign “saboteurs” to overthrow her pro-EU government. Maia Sandu nominated a…
THE Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Femi Fani-Kayode, an All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, over his his allegations…