INTERNATIONAL

Leader of the Niger junta, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, weekend, appeared to have shifted from his earlier hardline stance  and agreed to dialogue with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on a lasting political solution to the situation in the country,…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament was yesterday divided over how best to address the political impasse caused by the coup in Niger Republic. This is as hundreds of Nigerians yesterday took to the streets of Kano in protest against…

A 28-year-old US based Nigerian lady, Oluwatobi Seton, has been sentenced to nearly 5.5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Oluwatobi, a resident of Bloomington, Indiana,was found guilty of conspiring  with…

Russia on Friday warned against a military intervention in Niger, a day after West African leaders said they would muster a “standby” force in their efforts to return the president toppled by a coup. “We believe that a military solution to the crisis…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold Russia to account if the Wagner Group, a private military contractor of the Eastern European nation, violates human rights in the wake of the Niger coup, an official of the West African…

Niger’s junta has threatened to kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if neighbouring countries attempt any military intervention to reinstate him. According to a report by The Associated Press on Thursday, two “Western officials” said the putschists issued the threat while speaking to a…

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma reported back to prison on Friday only to be swiftly released, in the latest twist over the 81-year-old’s contempt of court sentence. Zuma was ordered to report back to prison and arrived at 6:00 am (0400 GMT)…

Amid intervention efforts to reverse the military coup that saw Niger president Mohamed Bazoum ousted two weeks ago, the President of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, has affirmed that the conciliatory moves were an ECOWAS affair as opposed to a matter between Nigeria…

Burkina Faso’s junta-led government has suspended one of the country’s most popular radio stations after it broadcast an interview deemed “insulting” to Niger’s new military leaders. Radio Omega was immediately suspended on Thursday “until further notice,” Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo said…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday, said Nigeria’s loose fiscal and monetary policies were creating excess liquidity, making it difficult for the naira to stabilise against the dollar two months after authorities allowed the currency to trade freely. Aisen, disclosed this in Lagos,…