Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has knocked the administration of President Bola Tinubu over poor implementation of the removal of subsidy from petroleum products as well as the floating naira. Obasanjo said though the policies were necessary, they were wrongly implemented. According to a statement made available to journalists on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo also …

France will withdraw its ambassador and end all military cooperation with Niger sequel to the coup, President Emmanuel Macron, has said. “France has decided to withdraw its ambassador. In the next hours our ambassador and several diplomats will return to France”, Macron said. The president added that military cooperation was “over” and French troops would leave in “the months to …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday  said he was managing a serious situation and that he was the one holding back the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), heads of State and government. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, also implored a delegation of Islamic scholars (Ulamas), who were previously …

The Foreign Affairs Ministry in Germany has thrown its weight behind the European Union (EU) sanctions against the Niger Republic military junta. EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss the Niger situation, including sanctions, at a meeting in Toledo, Spain, on 31st August 2023. The EU, one of the biggest providers of aid to Niger, said last month it was …

A delegation of leaders of major Islamic groups in Nigeria on Wednesday met with President Bola Tinubu and got his approval to dialogue with their colleagues (Islamic Scholars) in the Niger Republic on how to restore peace and democratic government in the country. The clerics (Ulamas), who are opposed to war with the Nigerien military, as threatened by the Economic …

Power supply from Nigeria to the Republic of Niger was stopped on Wednesday, as sanctions against the neighbouring country by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) increases. Impeccable sources in Nigeria’s power sector confirmed the development, while the AFP also reported on Wednesday that Nigeria had cut its electricity supply to Niger. On Sunday, ECOWAS, led by Nigerian …

The African Union (AU) has demanded that Niger’s military “return to their barracks and restore constitutional authority” within 15 days as the European Union (EU) intensified pressure on the coup leaders on Saturday by suspending security cooperation with the jihadist-hit country. Head of the Presidential Guard since 2011, General Abdourahamane Tiani appeared on state television on Friday to declare himself …

A former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has blamed the military takeover in the Republic of Niger, and the rise of military coups in West Africa on what he described as the “shrinking civic space and strangulation of democracy by the political class”. In a live broadcast last Wednesday on national television in the Republic of Niger, the coupists announced the …

The Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu will host a special meeting of the regional leaders on Sunday in Abuja. This follows the coup in Republic of Niger that has . Armed presidential guards seized power in Niger Republic on Wednesday, detaining President Mohamed …