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🔌🇳🇬🇳🇪 Nigeria cuts power to Niger
There are rolling blackouts in Niger’s capital, Niamey, as well as the other major cities of Maradi and Zinder.
People have power supplies for about an hour at a time and then the power goes off for four or five hours.
The Niger electricity company, Nigelec, says this is a result of Nigeria cutting supplies as part of sanctions imposed by the West African bloc, Ecowas, over the coup.
Nigeria is the major supplier of electricity to Niger.
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There are rolling blackouts in Niger’s capital, Niamey, as well as the other major cities of Maradi and Zinder.
People have power supplies for about an hour at a time and then the power goes off for four or five hours.
The Niger electricity company, Nigelec, says this is a result of Nigeria cutting supplies as part of sanctions imposed by the West African bloc, Ecowas, over the coup.
Nigeria is the major supplier of electricity to Niger.
#Nigeria #Niger
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🇳🇪🇳🇬 No order to begin action against Niger said Nigerian army
Nigeria's army has said it has not received an order "to commence military action against the military junta in Niger".
In a statement reacting to a report that Nigerian soldiers were mobilising in preparation, a spokesperson said that the armed forces could not begin a mission on behalf of the regional group, Ecowas, without the mandate from the heads of state.
Brig Gen Tukur Gusau said that the "military option was the last option to be taken in case every other option fails to reverse the situation" in Niger.
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Nigeria's army has said it has not received an order "to commence military action against the military junta in Niger".
In a statement reacting to a report that Nigerian soldiers were mobilising in preparation, a spokesperson said that the armed forces could not begin a mission on behalf of the regional group, Ecowas, without the mandate from the heads of state.
Brig Gen Tukur Gusau said that the "military option was the last option to be taken in case every other option fails to reverse the situation" in Niger.
#Niger #Nigeria
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⚡🇳🇬🇳🇪 Senators reject Tinubu’s request for the military invasion of Niger
Nigerian Senators have declined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's request to invade the Republic of Niger.
President Tinubu has been urged to focus more on a clamp down on Boko Haram, bandits and the agitators of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
It was gathered that the Senators implored President Tinubu to approach the Niger coup situation with a non-kinetic dialogue approach to reach a peaceful resolution with the military junta in Niger.
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Nigerian Senators have declined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's request to invade the Republic of Niger.
President Tinubu has been urged to focus more on a clamp down on Boko Haram, bandits and the agitators of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
It was gathered that the Senators implored President Tinubu to approach the Niger coup situation with a non-kinetic dialogue approach to reach a peaceful resolution with the military junta in Niger.
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🇳🇬🇳🇪 Opposition and senate mounts in Nigeria over possible Niger intervention
Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider a threatened military intervention against junta leaders in neighbouring Niger.
"The Senate calls on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as chairman of ECOWAS to further encourage other leaders of ECOWAS to strengthen the political and diplomatic options," senate said.
Senators from northern Nigerian states, seven of which share a combined border of roughly 1,500 kilometers with Niger, have already advised against any intervention until all other options had been exhausted.
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Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider a threatened military intervention against junta leaders in neighbouring Niger.
"The Senate calls on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as chairman of ECOWAS to further encourage other leaders of ECOWAS to strengthen the political and diplomatic options," senate said.
Senators from northern Nigerian states, seven of which share a combined border of roughly 1,500 kilometers with Niger, have already advised against any intervention until all other options had been exhausted.
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🇳🇬 Nigerian military warns about plot to instigate army to overthrow president Tinubu
The Nigerian Armed Forces High command says there are plots from different quarters to instigate members of the army of Nigeria to overthrow the present administration led by Bola Tinubu.
Spokesman for the Nigerian Armed Forces, however, told that the military does not express dissatisfaction with the existing system in the country and will not allow itself to be involved in any actions against current administration.
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The Nigerian Armed Forces High command says there are plots from different quarters to instigate members of the army of Nigeria to overthrow the present administration led by Bola Tinubu.
Spokesman for the Nigerian Armed Forces, however, told that the military does not express dissatisfaction with the existing system in the country and will not allow itself to be involved in any actions against current administration.
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🇳🇬🇺🇸🇺🇳 Nigeria's Tinubu to meet US president at U.N. General Assembly
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will meet U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, his spokesman said on Saturday.
The U.N. general assembly is scheduled for Sept. 18 to 26 in New York.
Presidency spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement Tinubu had accepted the invitation, which was delivered by U.S. presidential envoy and assistant secretary of state for African affairs Molly Phee.
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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will meet U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, his spokesman said on Saturday.
The U.N. general assembly is scheduled for Sept. 18 to 26 in New York.
Presidency spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement Tinubu had accepted the invitation, which was delivered by U.S. presidential envoy and assistant secretary of state for African affairs Molly Phee.
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🇳🇬🇳🇪 Nigeria's president pushes for nine-month transition in Niger
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has suggested a nine-month transitional period for the Niger junta to return the country to civilian rule.
Tinubu said Niger could emulate the example of former Nigerian military ruler Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, who returned the country to democratic rule in 1999 after a nine-month period.
Tinubu said the Nigerian example had "proved very successful, leading the country into a new era of democratic governance".
“The president sees no reason why such cannot be replicated in Niger, if Niger’s military authorities are sincere,” the statement from the presidency said.
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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has suggested a nine-month transitional period for the Niger junta to return the country to civilian rule.
Tinubu said Niger could emulate the example of former Nigerian military ruler Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, who returned the country to democratic rule in 1999 after a nine-month period.
Tinubu said the Nigerian example had "proved very successful, leading the country into a new era of democratic governance".
“The president sees no reason why such cannot be replicated in Niger, if Niger’s military authorities are sincere,” the statement from the presidency said.
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🇳🇬🇮🇳 Nigeria's Tinubu to attend G20 summit in India to promote investment
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu plans to attend the G20 summit in India this month to try to promote foreign investment in Nigeria and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure, his spokesman said on Friday.
"The focus of the summit will be heavily predicated on the urgent need to attract foreign direct investment and to ensure that we are able to mobilize private capital from around the world toward the development of Nigeria's public infrastructure," Tinubu's spokesman said.
The summit in India will hold on September 9 and 10.
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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu plans to attend the G20 summit in India this month to try to promote foreign investment in Nigeria and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure, his spokesman said on Friday.
"The focus of the summit will be heavily predicated on the urgent need to attract foreign direct investment and to ensure that we are able to mobilize private capital from around the world toward the development of Nigeria's public infrastructure," Tinubu's spokesman said.
The summit in India will hold on September 9 and 10.
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's state police tells universities to act to avert possible student unrest
Nigeria's state security services on Monday asked university vice-chancellors and heads of tertiary institutions to discourage their students from engaging in acts that can cause unrest, as the country faces widespread strike action over the cost of living.
The Department of State Services said it has uncovered plots by certain politicians to mobilise students and youth groups to stage violent protests in the country to discredit the government over socio-economic matters, but did not provide further details or name any politicians.
It added that "the service has identified the ring leaders of the plot as well as sustained monitoring around them in order to deter them from plunging the country into anarchy."
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Nigeria's state security services on Monday asked university vice-chancellors and heads of tertiary institutions to discourage their students from engaging in acts that can cause unrest, as the country faces widespread strike action over the cost of living.
The Department of State Services said it has uncovered plots by certain politicians to mobilise students and youth groups to stage violent protests in the country to discredit the government over socio-economic matters, but did not provide further details or name any politicians.
It added that "the service has identified the ring leaders of the plot as well as sustained monitoring around them in order to deter them from plunging the country into anarchy."
#Nigeria
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🇳🇬🇺🇳🇳🇪 Nigeria's Tinubu tells UN he seeks to restore democratic order in Niger
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday he was seeking to re-establish constitutional order to address political and economic problems in neighboring Niger following a July coup and welcomed any support for the process.
In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Tinubu assailed military coups in Africa. "The wave crossing parts of Africa does not demonstrate favor towards coups. It is a demand for solutions to perennial problems," Tinubu said.
#Nigeria #UN #Niger
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday he was seeking to re-establish constitutional order to address political and economic problems in neighboring Niger following a July coup and welcomed any support for the process.
In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Tinubu assailed military coups in Africa. "The wave crossing parts of Africa does not demonstrate favor towards coups. It is a demand for solutions to perennial problems," Tinubu said.
#Nigeria #UN #Niger
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🇳🇬 While the Afrika Korps is being deployed in Burkina Faso, and in Mali the local army, with the support of the Wagner PMC, continues to crush radical Islamists, on the other side of the Sahel the situation with banditry is increasingly worsening.
On Thursday, unknown armed bandits entered the home of a local chief in the western Nigerian state of Kwara, abducted his wife and two eyewitnesses to the crime, and killed the chief himself as he tried to resist the attackers.
The brother of the deceased said that the kidnappers had already demanded 100 million Nigerian naira (about 10 million rubles) as ransom. According to him, raids on farms and periodic kidnappings of civilians are quite common in all neighboring communities. And statements to the police do not change the situation in any way.
📌 Such murders and abductions of not only local leaders and government officials at the grassroots levels, but also the civilian population in general are somewhat commonplace.
▪️ Just this week, two chiefs were killed in neighboring Ekiti State and a government official was kidnapped outside the capital, Abuja.
▪️ Overall, at least 230 kidnappings were officially documented in the first two weeks of January.
▪️ And on Christmas Eve, Fulani bandits carried out mass attacks on more than 20 villages in Plateau State in central Nigeria.
▪️ The security situation is also complicated by the dominance of radical Islamists in northeast Nigeria, as well as separatists from the “Indigenous People of Biafra” in the southeast.
▪️ It has reached the point that 48 Nigerian public organizations are calling on the country's President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency.
As evidence, they cite statistics that between May 2023, when President Tinubu took office, and January 26 this year, more than 2,400 people were killed in mass attacks and more than 1,850 were kidnapped.
However, there has been no response from the authorities yet.
🔻During the 9 months of the reign of the current leader of Nigeria, the security situation continues to deteriorate.
Of course, it is too early to sum up the actions of the new administration, but the emerging trend shows that the authorities are disconnected from the aspirations of the people.
Moreover, this is expressed not only in the security sphere, but also in foreign policy. Particularly in the case of Niger, where the sanctions of ECOWAS, where Nigeria presides, primarily harmed the organization's member countries.
#Africa #Nigeria
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On Thursday, unknown armed bandits entered the home of a local chief in the western Nigerian state of Kwara, abducted his wife and two eyewitnesses to the crime, and killed the chief himself as he tried to resist the attackers.
The brother of the deceased said that the kidnappers had already demanded 100 million Nigerian naira (about 10 million rubles) as ransom. According to him, raids on farms and periodic kidnappings of civilians are quite common in all neighboring communities. And statements to the police do not change the situation in any way.
📌 Such murders and abductions of not only local leaders and government officials at the grassroots levels, but also the civilian population in general are somewhat commonplace.
▪️ Just this week, two chiefs were killed in neighboring Ekiti State and a government official was kidnapped outside the capital, Abuja.
▪️ Overall, at least 230 kidnappings were officially documented in the first two weeks of January.
▪️ And on Christmas Eve, Fulani bandits carried out mass attacks on more than 20 villages in Plateau State in central Nigeria.
▪️ The security situation is also complicated by the dominance of radical Islamists in northeast Nigeria, as well as separatists from the “Indigenous People of Biafra” in the southeast.
▪️ It has reached the point that 48 Nigerian public organizations are calling on the country's President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency.
As evidence, they cite statistics that between May 2023, when President Tinubu took office, and January 26 this year, more than 2,400 people were killed in mass attacks and more than 1,850 were kidnapped.
However, there has been no response from the authorities yet.
🔻During the 9 months of the reign of the current leader of Nigeria, the security situation continues to deteriorate.
Of course, it is too early to sum up the actions of the new administration, but the emerging trend shows that the authorities are disconnected from the aspirations of the people.
Moreover, this is expressed not only in the security sphere, but also in foreign policy. Particularly in the case of Niger, where the sanctions of ECOWAS, where Nigeria presides, primarily harmed the organization's member countries.
#Africa #Nigeria
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