LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger Republic has turned to Nigeria for help after being hit by fuel shortage. The West African country reached out to Nigeria despite months of diplomatic tensions and hostile rhetoric. Sunday PUNCH learnt that a delegation of senior officials of the military junta travelled down to Abuja to meet Federal Government representatives….
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling military government in Niger has expelled several members of the European civilian reconstruction mission EUCAP Sahel Niger from the country. The German head of the mission, Katja Dominik, was also affected, the government in Niamey said early Tuesday. The group arrived in the capital Niamey a few days ago and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger authorities freed a French citizen who has been detained for almost a week, France’s foreign ministry said. Stephane Jullien, who acts as a representative for French expatriates in Niger and as a liaison to French diplomatic services, was released on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the ministry on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The junta in Niger on Tuesday said it would end a military pact with neighbouring Benin, accusing it of authorising the deployment of troops on its territory for a possible military intervention against Niger by the West African regional bloc. The ECOWAS bloc is trying to negotiate with the leaders of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that a French official has been arrested in military-run Niger, and called for the junta to immediately release him. Military officers in Niger deposed elected President Mohamed Bazoum in July and last month ordered French officials to leave the country — an order that France has refused…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday floated the idea of a transition back to democracy in neighbouring Niger similar to the nine-month period his country underwent in the late 1990s. The Economic Community of West African States has imposed sanctions on Niger after troops ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup on July 26…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The military junta in Niger has canceled the visa of the French ambassador and instructed police to expel him, after ordering the diplomat last week to leave the country. In the letter shared by local media on Thursday and attributed to the Nigerien Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the junta said, “The diplomatic…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria’s foreign minister on Tuesday proposed a six-month transitional plan for neighbouring Niger, whose coup leader seeks a far longer timeline back to democracy. Ahmed Attaf gave his suggested framework after a tour last week to three of Niger’s neighbouring countries in the West African bloc ECOWAS, which has threatened to send…