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Massive Joint Security Operation Secures Release of 308 Abductees in Kwara and Niger States
In a significant breakthrough for Nigeria’s internal security architecture, a coordinated, intelligence-driven military operation has successfully secured the release of 308 individuals who had been held captive by armed groups. The rescue, which President Bola Tinubu described as the largest single-day operation of its kind, targeted hideouts within the expansive Kainji Lake National Park. This […]
NDDC Boosts Maternal and Neonatal Health Through Strategic Training of Traditional Birth Attendants in Niger Delta
The Niger Delta Development Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Federal Government’s Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative by training traditional birth attendants to help reduce preventable deaths among mothers and newborns. This strategic intervention, recently rolled out across Delta and Bayelsa states, marks a critical pivot in the commission’s approach to […]
Niger Military Junta Entrenches Authoritarian Rule and Intensifies Repression Three Years After Seizing Power
Three years after the military coup that destabilized one of the Sahel’s last standing democracies, Niger’s ruling junta has effectively entrenched an authoritarian regime, dismantled the country’s democratic framework, and escalated a campaign of state-sponsored repression. According to a comprehensive report released by Human Rights Watch, the military leadership under General Abdourahamane Tiani has spent […]
European Parliament Urges Niger to Free Detained Ex-President
Over two-and-a-half years since the military coup that reshaped the geopolitical landscape of the Sahel, Niger’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum, remains in a state of legal limbo. Alongside his wife, Hadiza Bazoum, the former head of state has been held under house arrest in the presidential palace in Niamey without a clear legal basis, a […]
