French President, Emmanuel Macron has announced that his country will withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger Republic following the July coup that overthrew democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum. France has 1,500 troops at its base in Niger and refused a request by the new military rulers for its ambassador to leave. France’s troops were also asked to leave its former colonies Mali and Burkina Faso. Thousands of people have protested in recent weeks in the capital Niamey, including outside a …
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Blessing Onu, the Chairperson of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the financial dispute between the Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation, has ordered the football body to produce payment slips for players and officials of the women’s national team at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. She gave the order while quizzing the NFF president Ibrahim Gusau, who appeared before the committee on Thursday, August 24 in Abuja. Onu said documents of how the …
The military junta that seized power in Niger last week, has alleged that the ousted government has granted France permission to carry out strikes on the presidential palace with the aim of freeing President Mohamed Bazoum. This announcement came from Army Colonel Amadou Abdramane, one of the leaders of the coup, who addressed the nation on state television, Monday morning, July 31. According to Abdramane, the approval was acknowledged by Niger’s Foreign Minister, Hassoumi Massoudou, who was acting as …
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death of a 27-year old man, fatally shot by a rubber bullet during riots on Saturday July 1, the Marseille prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday July 4. It comes amid the civil unrest across France after a 17-year-old boy , Nahel Merzouk, was separately shot dead at point-blank range by a policeman during a traffic stop in a Parisian suburb last week. Thousands have been arrested in the week …
A man has killed five of his family members including his father and three younger siblings after he took them hostage. According to Mail Online, the 22-year-old man barricaded himself in a house with his father, stepmother and three children in the small eastern town of Douvres about 30 miles east of Lyon on Tuesday night, July 19. Local reports said negotiators descended on the scene overnight and set up a perimeter around the town, before they ‘attempted in …
The Nigerian women’s 4x100m relay team will compete at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA after France’s withdrawal due to its failure to name a team for the event. The French Athletics Association on Thursday, June 30 unveiled its list of athletes for the championships without including its women’s 4x100m relay team while six athletes namely Amandine Brossier, Shana Grebo, Diana Iscaye, Sokhna Lacoste, Sounkamba Sylla and Marjorie Veyssiere were named in the 4x400m team. Although no official …