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Aug

20

2023

PRP warns Tinubu and ECOWAS against intervening militarily in Niger

News, PoliticsAfrica, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ECOWAS, Niger, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been asked by the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) not to declare war on the Niger Republic as a result of the most recent coup there. The party's position was outlined in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja by Alhaji Falalu Bello, the party's national chairman. PRP stated that it was still optimistic that Nigeria and the ECOWAS would engage in constructive negotiation to settle the dispute with the Niger Republic. The party believes that going to war is "not in the interests of Nigeria, Niger, and…

Aug

20

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Lawmaker condemns kidnapping spree as gunmen kidnap 2 in Bauchi

NewsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Gunmen, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Two people have been kidnapped by suspected gunmen in the Gumau neighborhood of the Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Before stealing the victims away in the early hours of Saturday, the gunmen allegedly fired warning shots into the air to frighten the locals. In response to the occurrence, Hon. Dabo Ismail Haruna, who represents the Toro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, denounced the most recent kidnapping. After a break, he claimed the bandits had returned to terrorize villages by kidnapping people repeatedly for ransom. However, he promised his constituents that legislative action would be taken to…

Aug

14

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

NAF aircraft crashes while traveling to Niger state

MetroMetro, NAF, Nigeria, Security

One of their planes was involved in an accident, according to the Nigerian Air Force. On Monday, sources told our correspondent that the incident happened as the plane was en route from Kaduna to Minna, the capital of the Niger state. In a statement released on Monday, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the NAF's director of public relations and information, acknowledged the occurrence.. He said the aircraft left Zungeru Primary School on its way to Kaduna but was later found to have crashed in a village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. According to what was written, a Nigerian Air…

Aug

13

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Adamu Garba says Algeria will supply free electricity to Niger Republic.

Economy, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsEconomy, Niger, Nigeria, Opinion

Adamu Garba, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), asserted that Algeria had chosen to provide the Niger Republic with free electricity. According to Naija News, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) turned off the country's electricity supply. Adam Umar El-yandiski, the TUC's public relations officer for the Kano State subregion, called Channels Television to corroborate the information. He maintains that there is no relationship between the connection that supplies electricity to the Niger Republic and the provision of electricity to any other area of the nation because it receives its power directly from the national grid. Pressure was…

Aug

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Northern leaders caution Tinubu against going to war with Niger.

Metro, OpinionBola Ahmed Tinubu, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Northern leadership functioning under the umbrella of the Arewa Consultative Forum has warned President Bola Tinubu to avoid a fight with the Niger military junta. The group issued the warning while advocating a conversation to end the crisis in a statement released by its general secretary, Murtala Aliyu, on Friday. According to ACF, military intervention or deployment to disperse coup plotters in the Niger Republic won't guarantee peace and stability in the ECOWAS subregion. In response to a military coup d'état that ousted the democratically elected president of the Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum, OHAFIATV News had earlier reported that…