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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, met with ministers who were resigning to ... Show more

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Buhari meets Amaechi, Malami, other outgoing cabinet members: The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is currently meeting with some outgoing ...
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Buhari meets Amaechi, Malami, other outgoing cabinet members
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Niger: US withdraws troops, Russian military trainers arrive: After the military coup last year, the USA is withdrawing its troops from Niger ...
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Niger: US withdraws troops, Russian military trainers arrive
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Russian weapons and trainers arrive in Niger weeks after US military agreement ends | CNN
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Russian weapons and trainers arrive in Niger weeks after US military ...
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US will send senior delegation to Niger to discuss withdrawing troops : The United States will send a delegation to Niger on Thursday to begin face-to-face talks ...
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US will send senior delegation to Niger to discuss withdrawing troops
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Russian military instructors, air defence system arrive in Niger amid deepening ties
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Russian military instructors, air defence system arrive in Niger amid ...
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Niger: USA reportedly withdraws troops - Military junta turns to Russia: Niger's military junta is turning away from the USA and instead deepening its relations ...
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Niger: USA reportedly withdraws troops - Military junta turns to Russia
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Buhari mourns politician, Sidi Ali: Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday mourned the demise of journalist, author, and politician, Sidi Hamid Ali.
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Buhari mourns politician, Sidi Ali
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Niger-Benin pipeline: First drops of oil arrive at Sémè Kraké | Africanews: Niger is believed to be sitting on a billion barrels of crude reserves ...
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Niger-Benin pipeline: First drops of oil arrive at Sémè Kraké | Africanews
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West Africa: Russia sends military trainers to Niger: Niger is increasingly turning its back on Europe and the USA. In contrast, the military government in ...
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West Africa: Russia sends military trainers to Niger
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Eid-el-Fitr: Buhari appeals to Nigerians to unite, support leaders : Buhari urged Nigerians to unite and stand behind leaders at all levels ...
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Eid-el-Fitr: Buhari appeals to Nigerians to unite, support leaders 
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Niger, US begin talks on withdrawal of American troops | Africanews: "We can confirm that discussions have begun between the United States and Niger for ...
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Niger, US begin talks on withdrawal of American troops | Africanews
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Retrait des troupes américaines du Niger : "Les Russes donnent aux gouvernements ce que l'Occident ne peut pas fournir".
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Retrait des troupes américaines du Niger :
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He was an intellectual giant, Buhari mourns ex-minister, Onu: Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday mourned the first civilian governor of Abia State and ...
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He was an intellectual giant, Buhari mourns ex-minister, Onu
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West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns, as seizures skyrocket | Africanews
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West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns ...
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US begins talks on withdrawal of troops from Niger: Niger's government -- a military junta that ousted the country's president last year -- said in ...
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US begins talks on withdrawal of troops from Niger
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Bomb kills six Niger soldiers prompting airstrikes: A bomb blast has killed six Nigerien soldiers near the border with Mali, Niger’s army said Thursday ...
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Bomb kills six Niger soldiers prompting airstrikes
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The Unremarkable Deaths of Migrants Crossing the Sahara: No one can keep track of these disappearances, since no one even knows that they have happened.
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The Unremarkable Deaths of Migrants Crossing the Sahara
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SERAP demands audit of FG’s loans since 1999: Advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has urged President Bola Tinubu to release to it ...
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SERAP demands audit of FG’s loans since 1999
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US vs. Russia: Why the Biden strategy in Africa may be failing: The U.S. is expected to lose access to a critical drone base in Niger that it uses to fight ISIS ...
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US vs. Russia: Why the Biden strategy in Africa may be failing
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Defend Nigeria, support leaders, Tinubu, Buhari urge citizens: Tinubu, who was present at the Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi, Lagos, to observe the Eid prayer ...
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Defend Nigeria, support leaders, Tinubu, Buhari urge citizens
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The U.S. military will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger: Relations have frayed between Niger and Western countries since soldiers ousted the country’s ...
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The U.S. military will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger
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US, Niger to discuss withdrawal of American troops: Pentagon: Officials to meet in Niger's capital Niamey for 'orderly and safe' withdrawal of US forces from ...
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US, Niger to discuss withdrawal of American troops: Pentagon
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US has begun talks to withdraw its troops from Niger: Pentagon: Small delegation from Pentagon and US Africa Command to participate in discussions ...
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US has begun talks to withdraw its troops from Niger: Pentagon
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Airstrikes killed 30 terrorist kingpins, fighters in Borno – NAF: The air component of Operation Hadarin Kai (OPHK) has executed a precision airstrike on the ...
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Airstrikes killed 30 terrorist kingpins, fighters in Borno – NAF
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Niger: American soldiers leave, Russians arrive: More than a thousand American soldiers are to leave the Sahel state. The USA is shifting its attention in the ...
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Niger: American soldiers leave, Russians arrive
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4,000 displaced as Anambra demolishes illegal structures in Onitsha: Anambra State have demolished illegal structures and shanties along the bank of the River ...
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4,000 displaced as Anambra demolishes illegal structures in Onitsha
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U.S. Military to Withdraw from Niger, Shut Down Drone Base: The U.S. military has announced it will withdraw troops from Niger and close down a major drone base ...
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U.S. Military to Withdraw from Niger, Shut Down Drone Base
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Chad Asks US to Withdraw Troops From Key Outpost Ahead of Election: Chad called on the US to withdraw its troops from an army base in the central African country ...
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Chad Asks US to Withdraw Troops From Key Outpost Ahead of Election
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Spotlight on Africa - After Senegal's success, can Mali and Niger also hope for elections?
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Spotlight on Africa - After Senegal's success, can Mali and Niger also ...
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Niger Embraces Russia in a Strategic Shift from Western Alliances: Niger is advancing its autonomy in foreign policy by integrating Russian military trainers ...
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Niger Embraces Russia in a Strategic Shift from Western Alliances
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Prioritise education, Jonathan urges new Amnesty boss: Goodluck Jonathan has urged the new administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Denis Otuaro ...
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Prioritise education, Jonathan urges new Amnesty boss
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I’m for your success, Buhari tells Tinubu in birthday phone call: Former President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to the President Bola ...
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I’m for your success, Buhari tells Tinubu in birthday phone call
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No merger can stop Tinubu’s eight years – APC chieftain  : A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena ...
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No merger can stop Tinubu’s eight years – APC chieftain  
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Several Nigerien soldiers killed in ambush near Burkina Faso, Mali border: Twenty-three soldiers were killed in a “terrorist” ambush in western Niger during an ...
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Several Nigerien soldiers killed in ambush near Burkina Faso, Mali border
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Niger Orders Departure of U.S. Troops: The military junta in Niger has ordered U.S. troops to leave the country in a major setback to U.S ...
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Niger Orders Departure of U.S. Troops
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Tinubu’s adviser takes dig at Buhari over treatment of fallen soldiers: “It is the first time in the last ten years that a Nigerian President will attend such a ...
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Tinubu’s adviser takes dig at Buhari over treatment of fallen soldiers
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Niger Regime Chief Talks ‘Security Cooperation’ With Putin: The head of Niger's military regime General Abdourahamane Tiani spoke on Tuesday by telephone to ...
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Niger Regime Chief Talks ‘Security Cooperation’ With Putin
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‘How Buhari wanted to help drop Nyako’s N29 billion fraud case’ – Ex-minister: The EFCC is prosecuting Mr Nyako, his son, Abdulaziz as well as Zulkifik Abba ...
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‘How Buhari wanted to help drop Nyako’s N29 billion fraud case’ – ...
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Turkey, Iran and Morocco joust for influence in Africa's Sahel: Turkey, Iran and Morocco are vying for a greater economic and military role in Africa's Sahel ...
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Turkey, Iran and Morocco joust for influence in Africa's Sahel
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Niger Government Official Says US Must Justify Troops and Drone Base in Country: The US must explain why its troops and drone operations in Niger are legal and ...
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Niger Government Official Says US Must Justify Troops and Drone Base in ...
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Tinubu has done well, Nigeria complex — Buhari: The former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has praised President Bola Tinubu for performing well since getting to ...
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Tinubu has done well, Nigeria complex — Buhari
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Europe's failure in the Sahel: Finally out of France's shadow: The Sahel region snubs the West and turns to Russia. This is a foreign policy disaster for the ...
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Europe's failure in the Sahel: Finally out of France's shadow
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Nigerians struggle with soaring prices as Ramadan begins | Africanews: The country has just emerged from an embargo lasting almost eight months ...
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Nigerians struggle with soaring prices as Ramadan begins | Africanews
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to form joint force to fight jihadist insurgency | Africanews
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to form joint force to fight jihadist ...
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Buhari, ex-SGF’s signatures forged to move $6.2m from CBN -Forensic expert: The EFCC had alleged Emefiele, connived with one Odoh Ocheme, who is now on the run ...
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Buhari, ex-SGF’s signatures forged to move $6.2m from CBN -Forensic expert
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Where is the Lagos-Calabar rail?: In a recent story, I congratulated the Bola Tinubu administration for its decision to construct two so-called “superhighways” ...
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Where is the Lagos-Calabar rail?
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CBN printing of N22tn under Buhari fueled inflation –Edun: The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Wale Edun, has said the N22 ...
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CBN printing of N22tn under Buhari fueled inflation –Edun
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Buhari left poor economy for Tinubu, says Plateau gov: The Governor of Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, on Monday, lamented the economic hardship being faced by ...
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Buhari left poor economy for Tinubu, says Plateau gov
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N30tn loans: Senate uncovers fresh infractions, summons Cardoso: The committee has to summon the current CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, to explain certain ...
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N30tn loans: Senate uncovers fresh infractions, summons Cardoso
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Economic hardship will end soon, Cleric tells Nigerians: President, Christ Apostolic Church, Nigeria and overseas, Pastor (Dr) Henry Ojo has urged Nigerians to ...
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Economic hardship will end soon, Cleric tells Nigerians
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Lawyer urges EFCC to probe Buhari’s cabinet members: Human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe all ...
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Lawyer urges EFCC to probe Buhari’s cabinet members
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Mali: Insecurity Erodes Chances of Return to Civilian Rule in Niger and Mali: Attacks by jihadists are on the rise in both Niger and Mali, where juntas are keen ...
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Mali: Insecurity Erodes Chances of Return to Civilian Rule in Niger and ...
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The World Daily Brief: Czech Republic sanctions pro-Russian politician; Pentagon denies plans to withdraw forces from Niger
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The World Daily Brief: Czech Republic sanctions pro-Russian politician; ...
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Man working as watchman at Osmania University lands two government jobs: Golle Praveen Kumar prepared for competitive exams while working as a night watchman at ...
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Man working as watchman at Osmania University lands two government jobs
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The World Daily Brief for March 29: Sudan peace talks; Sahel junta turns away from U.S.
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The World Daily Brief for March 29: Sudan peace talks; Sahel junta turns ...
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No decision made on movement of US forces from Niger: Pentagon: 'To my knowledge, there continue to be ongoing discussions at this time," says spokesman Pat ...
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No decision made on movement of US forces from Niger: Pentagon
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Buhari never saw Oronsaye’s report, says ex-minister: Former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, says that Steven Oronsaye’s report was not presented to ...
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Buhari never saw Oronsaye’s report, says ex-minister
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BREAKING: Nigeria opens land, air borders with Niger Republic: President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria's land and air borders with the ...
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BREAKING: Nigeria opens land, air borders with Niger Republic
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Qatar remarks: Nigeria’s corruption problem runs deep: PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s remarks that Qatari investors should report Nigerian officials who solicit bribes ...
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Qatar remarks: Nigeria’s corruption problem runs deep