Tag: Niger
Niger workers join NLC protest
Alhaji Yahaya Ndako, Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in Niger, said the protest against hike in petrol price was…
Meningitis outbreak kills 76 in Niger
An outbreak of meningitis epidemic in Niger has killed 76 people out of a total of 1,049 cases reported, since…
Osinbajo proffers solution to insurgency in West Africa
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has identified continuity in governance and political stability in the West African sub-region as…
Buhari congratulates Issoufou on his reelection
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic on his recent re-election. Buhari extended his best wishes…
EFCC recovers $2.3m armsgate money
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission probing the misappropriation and theft of $2.1 billion vote for arms procurement has recovered…
Niger’s presidential election heads for run-off
Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou won 48.4 per cent of the votes in Sunday’s elections, the electoral commission said, Reuters news…
Niger starts voting in presidential election
Niger began voting in an election on Sunday in which President Mahamadou Issoufou is running for a second term with…
CHAN: Nigeria crash out
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles were eliminated by Guinea in the ongoing Rwanda 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) as…
CHAN: Glo first to hail Eagles after 4-1 bashing of Niger
Few minutes after Nigeria handed 4-1 defeat to Niger, the country’s biggest corporate supporter of football, Globacom, was first to…
CHAN: Nigeria thrash Niger 4-1
Nigeria beat their neighbours Niger 4-1 in the African championship Chan in Rwanda. Moses Okoro opened the scoring for Nigeria…
Nigeria vs Niger: Three points non negotiable, Eagles assures
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s Super Eagles Team B have assured that their first match in the ongoing Rwanda 2016 African Nations…
CHAN 2016: Nigeria vs Niger 4pm Monday, As Rwanda beat Ivory Coast
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria will take on their counterparts from Niger Republic in their first match of the ongoing Rwanda 2016…
Niger court rejects bail for presidential hopeful jailed in baby scandal
A Niger court on Monday denied bail to Hama Amadou, a leading opposition figure and contender in next month’s presidential…
Jailed Niger opposition figure to contest election – Court
Niger’s constitutional court on Saturday approved 15 candidates for a presidential vote next month, including key opponent Hama Amadou, who…
Niger ‘winning war’ against Boko Haram: Army chief
Niger is “in the process of winning the war” against Boko Haram jihadists who have staged attacks from neighbouring Nigeria…
Niger to transfer 500 Boko Haram prisoners to Nigeria
Niger has agreed to transfer hundreds of prisoners from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram back to their home country…
Boko Haram militants kill four, wound two in Niger attack
Militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram killed four people and injured two others in an attack on a village…
Boko Haram kills 18 in Niger village
* Local imam killed by his nephew in attack, government says * Attackers fire rockets, fire indiscriminately on residents *…
Abubakar Audu died before his time— Tinubu
Kazeem Ugbodaga National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has lamented the demise of the…
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CHAN 2016 : Nigeria to play Tunisia, Guinea, Niger in Group C
Nigeria’s Super Eagles (Team B) have been grouped alongside Tunisia, Niger and Guinea in next year’s Orange African Nations Championship…
Niger opposition figure arrested after returning from exile
Niger opposition leader Hama Amadou was arrested when he flew in to the capital on Saturday as security forces blocked…
Niger: 25 dead in Boko Haram raid, clash with army
au Around 25 people have been killed in a Boko Haram attack on a village in southern Niger and subsequent…
Niger’s President picked to contest second term
Niger’s ruling party chose President Mahamadou Issoufou on Saturday as its candidate at elections set for next February, when he…
Niger Air Force bombs Boko Haram base, arrests 20 militants
Niger’s Air Force has bombed a Boko Haram base in the country’s southeast and arrested more than 20 militants, security…
US offers Niger surveillance planes as Boko Haram attacks continue
en The United States offered Niger two military surveillance planes Wednesday as attacks by suspected Boko Haram extremists continued in…
Boko Haram suicide attack kills two Niger soldiers
Two Niger soldiers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack by a group of suspected Boko Haram militants in…
Niger imposes state of emergency on region hit by Boko Haram
Niger imposed a state of emergency on the southeastern region of Diffa on Wednesday where at least 40 people have…
Boko Haram suicide attack kills four in Niger
Suspected Islamist militants from Nigeria’s Boko Haram group killed three civilians and a soldier in a double suicide attack across…
Boko Haram fighters kill two Niger soldiers, wound four in ambush
Boko Haram Islamist fighters killed at least two Niger soldiers and wounded four others in an attack on a village…
Boko Haram fighters kill at least 15 in Niger village raid
Reuters – Islamist Boko Haram militants operating out of Nigeria raided a village across the border in southern Niger and…