Niger

August 14, (THEWILL) - The Niger military junta has said that the ousted President, Mohamed Bazoum, would be prosecuted for “high treason”. Junta Spokesperson, Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday night. Abdrahmane, who slammed West...

August 14, (THEWILL) - Abuja-based Public Commentator, Ambassador Abraham James, has called on President Bola Tinubu and other leaders of the ECOWAS nations to tread carefully over the agitation for military action against the military junta in Niger,...

August 11, (THEWILL) - The military junta in Niger has reportedly threatened to kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) attempts any military intervention to restore democracy in the country. According to...

August 11, (THEWILL) - France and the United States have expressed support for all measures by ECOWAS to restore constitutional authority in Niger Republic. This was made known in separate statements issued by the US and France, on Thursday...

August 10, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has declared the emergency extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Authority of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened. Shortly after declaring it open, he broke the summit into...

August 10, (THEWILL) - Leader of the military junta in Niger, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, has announced a 21-man government. The announcement of the cabinet came on the eve of the emergency meeting of ECOWAS leaders in Abuja, the Nigerian...

August 09, (THEWILL) - A former rebel leader in Niger, Rhissa Ag Boula, has created a political movement, Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR), to restore ousted President, Mohamed Bazoum, to power. In a statement seen on Wednesday by...

August 09, (THEWILL) - Can Nigeria's foreign policy be revived? Can we have, once again, a Nigeria of the1960s up to the 90s? Can the giantship of Nigeria within the African continent still be rightly claimed beyond the...

August 09, (THEWILL) - “The agreements between the States of West Africa do not authorise military intervention to restore a regime or organise a counter-coup.” – Blaise Compaore. Slightly over a week ago, i.e. on July 26, the Presidential Guard...

August 08, (THEWILL) - The Military junta in Niger Republic has named a former Economy Minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, as the country’s new Prime Minister. Spokesperson for the military junta, Amadou Abdramane, announced the new appointment on national...