Reports emerging from Niger Republic says that thousands of civilians cues to be recruited into the country’s volunteer military to beef up support for the military junta against the ECOWAS forces. Recall that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had imposed sanctions and threatened military action against Niger coup leaders if they failed […]
Niger East: Court Declines To Stop David Umar’s Candidacy
The Federal High Court Abuja has declined to issue an interlocutory injunction to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognising a Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger State, David Umar. However, the court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo on Tuesday, okayed accelerated hearing of […]