ECOWAS Rejects Niger Junta’s 3yrs Power Transition Plan
The ECOWAS vehemently rejected the Niger Junta’s decision on a transition of power to that of a democratic government only after 3years “Our ambition is not to confiscate power,” General Abdourahamane Tiani said in a televised address. Any transition of power “would not go beyond three years”, he said. However, the West African Commissioner for […]
World Isese Day Isese is the Yoruba word for Tradition and this day is celebrated all over the world by traditionalist as a day to highlight ancient Yoruba tradition and culture. The appropriate greeting for Isese Day is “Isese l’agba”… Isese day celebrates Yoruba tradition in a displace of culture, heritage and spirituality. This […]
ECOWAS Military Chiefs Decide on D-Day To Intervene In Niger
A plane conveying the ECOWAS delegation to Niger capital, arrived Niamey at about 1pm on Saturday. This was a day after Military Chiefs expressed readiness to intervene on the toppled government of Nigerien President, Bazoum. Niger’s governing council (military), confirmed the arrival of ECOWAS representatives headed by Ex. Nigerian President Abdulsalami Abubakar. The West African […]
ECOWAS Reacts to Killing of Niger Soldiers
The Economic Community of West African States has condemned the killing of seventeen Nigerien soldiers by suspected jihadists. The attack happened on Tuesday near the country’s western border with Mali, according to a statement by Niger’s defence ministry. “The provisional toll” is 17 soldiers killed and 20 wounded, six of them seriously, “all evacuated to […]
Cook-A-Thon: Who Is Maliha Mohammed?
A Chef based in Mombasa of Kenya by the name Maliha Mouhammed has surpassed Hilda Baci’s record for the World Guiness Record Holder. Just after two months since the World Record Holder, Hilda Baci had been officially declared as the Guiness World Record Holder for the longest cooking hours after she heralded a Cook-a-thon of […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Seized Drugs Worth #56.9M
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, said it seized about 3,091.032kg of suspected illicit drugs with a value of N56.9M and more, between now and January 2023. Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, Commandant of the agency in Abuja disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday. Tsakuwa said that the illicit […]
Military Chiefs from ECOWAS Will Meet in Ghana
Military chiefs from the Ecowas will meet in Ghana this week to discuss intervention in Niger and political sources in the region. The meeting that was formerly scheduled for last week but was postponed after ECOWAS leaders approved “stand by” force deployment to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic. Recall that the president of the […]
Nigerien President’s Life At Risk; ECOWAS Plans Military Intervention
The Junta that ousted Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum and took over his government are speculated to have plans to terminate the life of the 1st citizen of the nation. This decision they are planning to carry out, should the Economic Community of West African States make any slight attempt to involve military influence in a […]