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    Niger gov makes a u-turn on dreadlocks ban following public outcry

    Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, has reversed his controversial directive ordering the arrest of individuals with dreadlocks, following widespread backlash from the public and...

    Niger forces arrest Nigerian bandit kingpin, Kachallah Mai Daji

    In the fight against cross-border banditry, the Niger Armed Forces have apprehended a notorious Nigerian bandit kingpin known as Kachallah Mai Daji near the...

    Niger gov signs 2024 budget into law

    Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has signed the state’s 2024 N613.2 billion budget into law. Bago warned officials of his government not to generate and...

    Niger, Benue, Kano marketers hike fuel, blame transport cost

    Oil marketers have increased the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol in northern states including Niger, Benue, Kano and Plateau. The Independent...

    Niger: ECOWAS demands shorter transition period from junta

    The Economic Community of West African States has demanded a shorter transition from the junta in Niger. The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads...

    Niger: ECOWAS rejects junta’s three-year transition plan

    The Economic Community of West African States has rejected Niger junta’s three-year power transition plan. ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musah,...

    Niger: ECOWAS tightens sanctions, junta demands power supply

    President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the biting sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States on the Niger junta would not...

    Niger: ECOWAS plans fresh sanctions on Burkina Faso, Mali, UN talks fail

    The Economic Community of West African States has imposed heavier financial sanctions on the Niger junta and entities supporting them including the governments of...

    Niger closes air space citing ‘threat of intervention’

    Niger’s military rulers announced Sunday that they had closed the country’s airspace, warning that any attempt to violate it would meet with an “energetic...

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    President Bola Tinubu on Monday declared a national emergency on food security, urging expanded irrigation infrastructure and participatory water resource management nationwide. Tinubu made the...

    You’re to report to N’Assembly, Reps tell Rivers Administrator

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has reminded Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) that by the provision...

    Insecurity: Be alive to your duties, PDP tells Aiyedatiwa

    The Peoples Democratic Party, Ondo State chapter has urged Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to be alive to his duties of safeguarding the lives and property...