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ECOWAS lifts economic, travel sanctions on Niger, others
ECOWAS asked its withdrawing member states to reconsider their decision in view of the benefits enjoyed…
Protest in Niger against Tinubu’s government over rising food prices
Hordes of protesters blocked major roads in Minna, lamenting the high cost of living. There were…
Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger’s ECOWAS exit: Nigeria expresses sadness
Nigeria remains open for engagement with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger so that all the people…
Niger’s ousted leader to be charged with treason – Junta
Niger’s military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President, Mohamed Bazoum, for high treason and…
Former Kano Emir Sanusi meets Niger coup leaders
A video of Sanusi meeting with the coup leader, Abdourahmane Tiani, went viral on Wednesday. …
Int’l Group drags ECOWAS to court over proposed military intervention in Niger
An International Civil Right Group, Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA) has dragged the Economic Community of…
Niger coup: EU suspends security cooperation and budgetary aid
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell joined the US and France in refusing to recognise the…
Niger coup attempt: President Mohamed Bazoum held
Presidential guards in Niger have seized President Mohamed Bazoum and blockaded his residence, as well as…
JUST IN: FG confirms first anthrax case in Niger
The Federal Government, on Monday, confirmed the first case of anthrax in Nigeria, stating that the…
OPINION: Bago: Why Niger must not miss this opportunity
By Yusuf Danlami Nda Even the holy book says beware of false prophets! Undoubtedly we have…
Bago picks Niger governorship nomination form
By Saidu Idris 365Daily – A ranking member of the House of Representatives and former speakership…
OPINION: Who holds Niger to ransom?
By Gimba Kakanda This weekend, some Abuja-based friends on the road to Minna to attend a…
322,000 Nigerian refugees in Niger, Cameroon, Chad – FG
A total of 322,000 Nigerian refugees are currently in the Republics of Niger, Cameroon and Chad,…
Police rescue abducted APC Chairman in Niger
The Police Command in Niger State, on Saturday, said it has rescued the abducted All Progressives…
Niger Governor inaugurates vigilante corps, tasks them on caution
Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger, on Tuesday, counselled 161 special vigilante corps on the need to…
Insecurity: Niger Govt. bans all forms of processions
Agency report The Niger State Government has announced a ban on all forms of processions across…
Bandits invade Niger community, attack military camp
Idris Saidu 365Daily – Bandits have attacked a military camp located at Zazzaga, Munya Local Government Area,…
Lagos, Ebonyi, Niger residents pay highest for petrol in March – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says residents of Lagos, Ebonyi and Niger states paid the…
Police kill 3 suspected kidnappers, recover firearms in Niger
The Police Command in Niger has disclosed that it shot and killed three suspected kidnappers at…
Heavy gunfire heard near Niger’s presidential palace
Heavy gunfire was heard in the area of the presidential palace in Niger’s capital around…
Niger Govt releases 2019/2020 NECO result
The Niger Government has released the National Examination Council (NECO) results for candidates in public schools…
Niger records outbreak of avian flu
The Niger Government has announced the outbreak of avian influenza (flu) in a cluster of poultry…
Kidnappings: Niger shuts all public secondary schools
Niger State government has ordered the closure of all public secondary schools in the state for…
Bandits finally release abducted Kagara students
Bandits have finally released the abducted Kagara Government Science College students, their teachers and family members.…
NDLEA arrests 8 drug traffickers in Niger, confiscates drugs worth N19m
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, has arrested eight suspected drug traffickers…
Mohamed Bazoum wins Niger’s presidential runoff
Former Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum and candidate of Niger’s ruling PNDS Party, has won the presidential…
It was a terrible experience, Niger kidnap victims recount ordeal
Some of the abducted passengers of a bus, who regained freedom at the weekend, on Monday…
Niger Governor receives 53 abducted NSTA passengers
Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has received the 53 abducted passengers of the state-owned Niger State…
Niger bandits give conditions for peace
By Moses Okorie Bandits terrorizing Niger State and its environs have given the state government condition…