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Washington, Aug. 12, 2023 – Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, has commended Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for their role in checkmating Niger’s military leadership and restoring constitutional order in Niger Republic. In a post on his private handle on X, (Twitter), Blinken praised Tinubu’s leadership of ECOWAS in what he described as shared efforts with the U.S. to remove the military leaders in Niger from power. Blinken had tweeted: “Spoke to Nigerian President Tinubu to commend his leadership of …

Niamey (Niger), Aug. 12, 2022 – The Nigerian embassy in the Niger Republic has denied reports that the embassy was set on fire by irate demonstrators in Niamey, Niger Republic. Liti Auwalu the Nigerian Ambassador to Niger Republic, said this in a statement of Saturday. The statement said that in spite of the demonstrators’ attempts to enter the embassy, the situation was controlled by the Nigerien military and police and the mission was well-guarded. “It has been brought to our notice that fake videos showing the torching of the Chancery …

 Abuja, Aug. 10, 2023 – President Bola Tinubu says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is committed to return of democracy to Niger Republic. Tinubu said this in his closing remarks at the second ECOWAS extraordinary summit held in Abuja on Thursday. The issue at the meeting was the seizure of an elected government by a military coup which ousted a democratically elected government of President Mohamed Bazoum. ECOWAS in its resolution decided to deploy its standby military troops immediately to restore constitutional government in Niger. “We have …

Abuja, Aug. 10, 2023 – Presidents of 10 West African countries are attending the second extraordinary summit of ECOWAS on Niger coup being held today in Abuja. Those in attendance are President Bola Tinubu, the ECOWAS Chairman and President of Nigeria, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, President. Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco of Guinea Bissau and President Everiste Ndayishimiye of Burundi. Others are President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania, President Nana Akofo-Ado of Ghana, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Patrice Talon of Benin …

Niamey, Niger, Aug. 9, 2023 – Niger’s deposed president is running out of food and under increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an adviser said Wednesday. The U.S. State Department expressed deep concern about the “deteriorating conditions” of his detention. President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African nation’s democratically elected leader, has been held at the presidential palace in Niamey with his wife and son since mutinous soldiers moved against him on July 26. The family is living without …