Month: August 2023

African Union Backs ECOWAS Response To Coup In Niger

ADEOLA YUSUF

The African Union has pledged support to the West African community of nations, ECOWAS . The union’s chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat ,in a statement ,said  he stands behind the group’s response to the coup in Niger. After a key summit in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Thursday, ECOWAS instructed its military chiefs to put together an intervention force for a possible deployment in Niger ,but stressed that the key priority was to move forward by peaceful means. READ ALSO: UN Chief Worries About Detained Niger President’s Health, Safety U.S. To Hold…

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UN Chief Worries About Detained Niger President’s Health, Safety

ADEOLA YUSUF

UN Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres, has expressed concern about the reported “deplorable living conditions” of the president of Niger in arbitrary detention. UN Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Mr Farhan Haq, said this at a news conference in New York on Thursday. President Mohamed Bazoum and his family are believed to be living without electricity, water, food or medicine, according to media reports. The democratically elected leader has been detained since soldiers seized power on 26 July. READ ALSO: U.S. To Hold Niger Military Junta Accountable For Detained Leader’s Safety…

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U.S. To Hold Niger Military Junta Accountable For Detained Leader’s Safety

ADEOLA YUSUF

The United States would hold the junta that took power in Niger Republic accountable for the safety of democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, his family, and detained members of the government. “The United States joins the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in calling for the restoration of constitutional order in Niger,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. The United States recently paused certain foreign assistance programs for Niger after the military junta overthrew the democratically elected president. READ ALSO: JUST IN: Zaria Central Mosque…

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JUST IN: Zaria Central Mosque Collapses, Kills 4, Injures 7

ADEOLA YUSUF

The victims were observing the Asr (evening) prayer around 4pm when the building carved in   Four persons died on Friday evening when the Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna State on collapsed. Platforms Africa reports that the victims were observing the Asr (evening) prayer around 4pm when the incident occurred. READ ALSO: Burkina Faso’s Junta Suspends Radio Station Over Niger Criticism Mutilated Body Of Nursing Graduate Found In Ibadan Niger, Togo, Benin Fail To Remit $16.11m Electricity Bills To Nigeria UNESCO Calls For Ban Of Smartphones In Schools Confirming the…

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Burkina Faso’s Junta Suspends Radio Station Over Niger Criticism

ADEOLA YUSUF

Burkina Faso’s junta-led government has suspended one of the country’s most popular radio stations after it broadcast an interview deemed “insulting” to Niger’s new military leaders. Radio Omega was immediately suspended on Thursday “until further notice,” Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo said in a statement. He said the measure was “in the higher interests of the nation.” The station, part of the Omega media group owned by journalist and former foreign minister Alpha Barry, ceased broadcasting after the statement was issued late Thursday. The channel had run an interview…

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Mutilated Body Of Nursing Graduate Found In Ibadan

ADEOLA YUSUF

The mutilated body of a young nurse, identified as Omoniyi Boluwatife, was found dead after a night club outing in Ibadan. Boluwatife, a Nursing graduate of Lead City University Ibadan was officially inducted into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria two days earlier. She was said to have gone to a club around Awolowo Road to celebrate her joyous moment which eventually turned into a nightmare when she was tragically discovered lifeless the following morning. READ ALSO: Real Reason Naira Continues To Fall – CBN Why ECOWAS Activated Military…

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Real Reason Naira Continues To Fall – CBN

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) attributed the ongoing depreciation of the Naira against the US Dollar to the prevalence of unofficial diaspora remittances. This was stated by the acting governor of the central bank, Folashodun Shonubi, during his delivery of a Distinguished Personality lecture titled “Diaspora Remittances and Nigeria’s Economic Development” at the National Institute for Security Studies in Abuja. The lecture was aimed at members of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 16. READ ALSO: Why ECOWAS Activated Military Action Against Niger Junta – Tinubu Why Nigerians Will…

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Why ECOWAS Activated Military Action Against Niger Junta – Tinubu

ADEOLA YUSUF

ECOWAS Soldiers On Stand-by while Coupists get diplomatic option, as Tinubu insists; “If we don’t do it, no one else will do it for us.”   President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is committed to ensuring democracy returns to Niger Republic. Platforms Africa reports that Tinubu stated this while delivering his closing remarks at the second ECOWAS extraordinary summit held in Abuja on Thursday. Top on the agenda was the political impasse in the land-locked country, after the military junta defied…

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Why Nigerians Will Pay More For Cooking Gas – Marketers

ADEOLA YUSUF

The hike in the foreign exchange rate and activities in the international market may result to increase in the price of cooking gas, says the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM). Mr Olatunbosun Oladapo, the President of the association, issued the warning on Thursday in Lagos. Oladapo noted that a gas terminal operator sent out an official notification of the changes in price, attributing the increase to a significant hike in forex rate and scarcity of same. READ ALSO: Niger, Togo, Benin Fail To Remit $16.11m Electricity Bills…

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Niger, Togo, Benin Fail To Remit $16.11m Electricity Bills To Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

The money is for electricity consumed in the first quarter of 2023       Niger,Togo, Benin Republic failed to remit $16.11 million for electricity consumed in the first quarter of 2023,the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),has said. The agency said in its first quarter report that international customers had a remittance performance of 0 per cent to the Market Operator (MO) in Q1 2023. The international customers include Société Béninoise d’Energie Electrique (SBEE) of Benin Republic (Paras-SBEE and Transcorp-SBEE), Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET) (Odukpani-CEET) and NIGELEC- electric…

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