LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A team from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS left the Republic of Niger without meeting the leader of the junta which seized power in a coup or the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. According to a delegation member on Friday, the team led by former Nigerian military ruler, Abdulsalami Abubakar could not…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Sunday in Abuja called for the immediate release and reinstatement of President Mohamed Bazoum as the legitimate Head of State and Government of the Republic of Niger. In a communique at the end of the Extraordinary Summit on Socio-Political Situation in the Republic…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 25 primary school children were killed when their thatched-roof classrooms caught fire in southern Niger on Monday, the council of ministers said in a statement. Fourteen more children were injured, including five in a critical condition, the statement said. The school is in the town of Maradi, more than…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger has declared two days of national mourning from Friday, after at least 69 people were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist insurgents. The attack happened in the country’s south-west, near the border with Mali. Victims included a local mayor and the leader of a self-defence militia, the government said. A…