a year agoThe Nigerian army has issued a rare statement denying reports of an alleged coup plot.The Nigerian Defence Headquarters said it was categorically false. It follows reports that the Presidential Guard had been mobilised because of the suspected coup
a year agoNight raid by IS-West Africa on a Nigerian police barracks in Gajiram, Borno:
2 years agoAt least 40 missing, 'presumed dead' in northwest Nigeria boat accident - official
2 years agoTotal collapse of the electrical grid in Nigeria has caused widespread blackouts across the largest economy in Africa
2 years ago Jitender Sachdeva, founder and Group President, Skipper Seil Group, announcing plans to invest $1.6B into Nigeria, in the power sector, over the next 2 years. Says he’s been doing business in Nigeria for 25 years, across healthcare, power and defence
2 years ago The President of Nigeria: We follow the developments in Gabon closely and we have deep concern about the political and social stability there
2 years agoMilitary reinforcements from Niger's forces on the borders with Nigeria and Benin
2 years ago ECOWAS: We are still giving diplomacy a chance in Niger, but all options are on the table
2 years ago ECOWAS Commissioner: Our forces are ready to respond to the situation in Niger if other means fail
2 years ago Nigerian Minister of Defense: Our army will not take part in any actions aimed at sabotaging democracy in Nigeria
2 years agoDirector of the International Organization for Migration Mission in Nigeria: We are ready for any scenario of asylum from Niger, as happened in Sudan
2 years agoDirector of the International Organization for Migration Mission in Nigeria: All Niger's borders are closed
2 years ago Ivorian President: "ECOWAS" decides to start its military intervention in Niger "as soon as possible"
2 years ago The President of ECOWAS has Ordered the Deployment of the ECOWAS-Standby Force to restore Constitutional Order in the Republic of Niger
2 years ago Negotiation with the military government in Niger must be the "foundation of our approach", Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a new ECOWAS summit on Niger.
2 years ago President Bazoum is represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Niger at the ECOWAS Summit (Abuja, Nigeria)
2 years ago 2nd Extra-Ordinary Summit on the Socio-Political Situation in the Republic of Niger. Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria arrives at the Summit
2 years agoThe military council in Niger meets envoys of the President of Nigeria and the President of "ECOWAS"
2 years agoRFI:African countries are planning to send a contingent of 25,000 troops to Niger as part of a military invasion.Nigeria can provide more than half of the military contingent. In addition Senegal, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire can send their soldiers as well
2 years ago Nigerian President Tinubu seeks his country's Senate support to back a regional military intervention in neighbouring Niger
2 years ago The last round of contacts between the military junta and ECOWAS has failed and the talks have collapsed when the delegation left the country. Parallel to this, the Nigerian junta has withdrawn from their functions the ambassadors in France, the United States, Togo and Nigeria.
2 years agoNigeria cuts power supply to Niger Republic
2 years ago The West African Economic Community "ECOWAS" will hold an emergency summit Sunday in Nigeria on the Niger coup
2 years ago Suspected Islamic State West Africa (ISWA/Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah)Militants Kill 7 Christians at a Church in Lukoja, Kogi State, Nigeria
2 years agoA US convoy vehicle was attacked in Nigeria, but no Americans were involved or hurt, the White House said Tuesday
2 years agoNo fewer than 29 fishermen in Mukdolo village along Dikwa-Ngala Road have been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants while fishing in the Lake Chad region
2 years ago Nigeria presidential candidate Peter Obi says to challenge election result in court
2 years ago "We call on all parties, candidates, and supporters to refrain from violence or inflammatory rhetoric at this critical time," says State Dept. spokesman Ned Price following the presidential election in Nigeria
2 years ago Unknown Gunmen attack, burn down another police station in Anambra
2 years ago One person has been killed and about four persons abducted but later freed in fresh crisis between the people of Oso-Edda, Amasiri and Nde Ndukwe Communities in Ebonyi State
