January 28, (THEWILL) - The military regimes in Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso, have announced the immediate withdrawal of their membership from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in protest of their suspension from the regional...
December 10, (THEWILL) - Leaders of the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, have reiterated their commitment to counter terrorism and other threats to peace, security, and stability in the region.
To this end, at the 64th ordinary session of...
November 22, (THEWILL) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has urged the Heads of State and Government in the region to lift the sanctions imposed on Niger Republic.
The Head of State in ECOWAS had imposed...
October 29, (THEWILL) - Mariam Abubakar, a mother of six is one of the thousands Nigerian Refugees from Sabon Birnin and Isa communities of Sokoto state who were seeking asylum after being displayed by armed groups mostly referred to...
October 11, (THEWILL) - The military junta in Niger has ordered the United Nations (UN) resident and humanitarian coordinator, Louise Aubin, "to take all necessary measures to leave Niamey within 72 hours".
The Nigerien Foreign Ministry, in a statement...
September 25, (THEWILL) - French President, Emmanuel Macron, has announced that France is imminently withdrawing its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the next months.
"France has decided to withdraw its ambassador. In the next hours...
September 08, (THEWILL) - The Uganda national team beat Niger 2-0 on Thursday in their final Africa Cup of Nations group stage match, but it was not enough to see them through to the next round. Goals from Azizi...
August 27, (THEWILL) - While Nigeria is championing the concerted efforts at restoring democracy in the Niger Republic, democracy is dying off in Nigeria.
Ironically, it is not the military, being the conventional enemy of democracy, that is culpable,...
August 26, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, received the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Mary Phee, at State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
THEWILL reports that Phee met with President Tinubu to discuss US support...
August 25, (THEWILL) - The military junta in Niger has given Mr. Sylvain Itte, the French ambassador in Niamey, and his German and Nigerian counterparts, a 48-hour ultimatum to leave the country.
Niger’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the development in a...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
