Niger boat mishap claims 30
By Obinna Unaeze The Niger Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) on Monday said the death toll from Sunday’s boat mishap in Mokwa Local Government Area had risen from 24 to 30.…
Niger Govt signs N30.5bn hospital, redevelopment contracts
By Mohammed Baba Busu Niger Government has signed contract agreements for the conversion of Shiroro Hotel to Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Teaching Hospital (IBBUTH) and the redevelopment of the…
Niger Govt to recruit 1,000 health workers
By Rita Iliya Niger Government says it is working on recruiting not less than 1,000 health workers to address shortage of manpower in its health sector. Gov.…
Niger crisis: Tinubu insists military intervention last resort
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said all diplomatic options would be exhausted with the military junta in Niger Republic before any military intervention. A statement on Thursday…
ECOWAS debunks fake transition proposal in Niger
By Maureen Okon The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday debunked the transitional proposal for the Republic of Niger as fake. In a communique sent by the…
Niger Govt taking steps to block revenue leakages – Official
By Rita Iliya The Niger Commissioner of Finance, Alhaji Lawal Maikano, says the Gov. Umaru Bago-led administration is taking steps to block revenue leakages and replough the money…
President Bola Tinubu
Crisis: Tinubu directs Ulamas to return to Niger
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has directed the delegation of Muslim Ulamas mediating in the Niger Republic crisis to return to the junta in order to have a tentative…
AU suspends Niger until restoration of constitutional order
The African Union (AU) Commission has on Tuesday suspended Niger from the pan-African bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country following the latest military coup. The decision…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
UN chief calls for restoration of constitutional order in Niger
By Cecilia Ologunagba 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…
President Bola Tinubu
Niger crisis: Tinubu welcomes Central Africa’s support for ECOWAS
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has praised the solidarity of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the political impasse in the Republic of Niger. This is…