LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital denouncing France, the country’s former colonial power, waving Russian flags, and setting a door at the French Embassy ablaze on Sunday before the army broke up the crowd. Demonstrators in Niger are openly resentful of France, and…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-MaxAir says one of its aircraft is temporarily trapped in Niamey due to the ongoing military coup in Niger. In a statement on Thursday, the airline’s management said the aircraft had successfully dropped off the last group of Niger pilgrims it became stranded. Although the aviation firm did not state the number…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the coup d’etat in Niger, a high powered delegation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have arrived the country’s capital Niamey for mediation. President Bola Tinubu who was weeks ago elected chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had during his inaugural speech warned against coup in the subregion…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Nigerian teenagers, irked by the illegal and unjust annulment of the June 12, 1993 general election by the Ibrahim Babangida administration, hijacked a Nigeria Airways aircraft flying from Lagos to Abuja and diverted it to Niamey, Niger Republic. The incident took place on a Monday, October 25, 1993, at a time…