The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Friday, called for Niger’s democratically elected officials to be released at once, following their detention in the July coup. Türk, in a statement, urged the generals to restore constitutional order…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has urged troops of the Nigerian Army to remain resolute in bringing the nation’s adversaries to their knees and restore sanity in troubled areas across the country. Lagbaja gave the charge…
The military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet on Thursday and Fiday in Accra, Ghana amid tensions over a possible military intervention in Niger, according to Ghana’s army spokesman. ECOWAS member states had initially…
…Agric traders recount weekly loss of N13bn …More dangers in military intervention than benefits — NLC warns FG The tension associated with an impending war earlier announced by the ECOWAS leaders last week has been doused with the Niger Republic…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says 1,534 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed in the country. It added that 4,160 suspected cases have been reported in 139 local government areas in 27 states. In its diphtheria situation…
The Niger State Police Command has recovered a six-month-old baby, Chinedu Samson, allegedly taken away by a yet-to-be-identified person from his mother’s shop at Kure Market, Minna, the state capital, on Sunday. The baby’s mother reported the case on Tuesday,…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, Abubakar Atiku, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to uphold the declaration of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that he (Atiku) won 21 states in…
Dr Aliyu Umar, Executive Director, National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Niger has advised farmers not to rush into planting with the first rain. Umar gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bida…
Two persons were allegedly killed and an unconfirmed number of travellers kidnapped in Tashar Amale, Rafi local government area of Niger State by armed bandits in the state. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday, the eve of…
The National Emergency Management Agency brought back 1,003 Nigerians stranded in Niger Republic and Libya into Kano in 2022. The Coordinator of its Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Saturday that…
