The federal government yesterday said Nigeria has not closed its borders with Niger Republic.
A regime of sanctions against this country's northern neighbor, Niger Republic, went into effect early this week with men of the Nigeria Customs Service preventing the export of fuel, grain and other essential commodities across the Jibia border in Katsina State, Daily Trust learnt in Katsina.
There is greater frankness today about development policy failures in Africa. It was reflected in President Barack Obama’s speech in Accra, Ghana on July 11 when he stated: "Development depends on good governance. That is the ingredient that has been missing in far too many places for far too long."
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) this morning adopted a motion moved by the Hon. Member from Swaziland Marwick Khumalo against the massacre witnessed in Guinea on September 28 where at least 150 protesters calling on Guinea's military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara to step down were allegedly shot dead by security forces.
The Federal Government has denied closing Nigerian border against Republic of Niger.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua observed yesterday that anything that disturbs the peace and stability of the neighbouring Niger Republic would also affect Nigeria.
About 15 million Nigerians from the seven states of Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Kano , Jigawa, Yobe and Borno states have threatened to migrate to the neighbouring Niger and Chad Republic , should the federal government embark on the construction of the Kafin Zaki Dam project.
Sakina Mati is a farmer and community leader in the village of Guidan Batoye, in the Maradi Region of Niger. She began to manage the regeneration of useful trees on her fields 15 years ago together with other women farmers in the village. While she started with no trees on her farm, she now has up to 150 trees. She is very committed to this effort and is now leading the village committee that ...
Former Director-General of the Nigerian Security Organisation (NSO), Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, has advised the Federal Government to show more interest in the affairs of Niger Republic, saying any breakdown of law and order in that country will have consequences in Nigeria.
THE decision of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to suspend Niger Republic on October 20 for its defiance of the ban on the recent legislative elections in that country, marks a major shift in policy of the 16-member bloc and bodes well for the sub-region. Before now, ECOWAS had been accused of inaction, and even of purposelessness.
