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Algeria on Sunday warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to carry out military intervention in the Niger Republic after the military junta ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. The North African country maintained its firm belief that a negotiated political solution was still possible. According to Algeria, history …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to instruct the former governors who are now serving as ministers in his administration to stop collecting life pensions, exotic cars and other allowances from their states while they serve as ministers. SERAP also …

President Bola Tinubu Confusion is trailing the Federal Government’s palliatives package to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory stemming from distribution hitches, alleged underhand dealings and inadequacy of the materials to meet the needs of Nigerians. While some of the states have taken custody of the …

The housing allowances for the newly appointed ministers may cost the country about N343.25m yearly, according to findings from The PUNCH. With that annual allocation, in four years, the Federal Government will spend N1.37bn on the 45 ministers-designate’s  accommodation. The allowances are based on data collated from a document obtained from …

The military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at a meeting in Ghana, coordinated a plan for a possible military operation in Niger, Abdel-Fatau Musah, the West African bloc’s commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, said. “We have already discussed and coordinated all potential actions …

Count down to the proposed visit of the South Eastern governors and other Igbo leaders, to President Bola Tinubu, over the security situation in the zone. The National President of Association of Igbo Town Unions (ASITU), Chief Emeka Diwe, has urged the President to release the leader of the Indigenous …

Prominent pro-Democracy and civil rights advocacy group- Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA), has described as unconstitutional and illegal, the harassment by police and the eventual arrest of a popular Ilorin Isese devotee and activist, Adegbola Abdulazeez, a.k.a. Talọlọrun (Who is God), who incidentally has been remanded in jail …

In a last minute effort to avoid potential military action, West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN), have opened a last-ditch diplomatic option with the military junta in Niger. The representatives from ECOWAS are expected to arrive in Niamey, the …

Hundreds of Nigerien Nationals resident in Kano on Saturday staged a peaceful protest calling for the reinstatement of President Mohamed Bazoum held by the military Junta in their home country. The Nigeriens who staged the demonstration around WAPA in Fage Local Government Area of the state,also condemned the military coup …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI). A statement issued on Friday, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the approval was in furtherance of President Tinubu’s commitment to easing the impact of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians …