Voice Air Media, VAM News Update THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The resolution was taken at the…
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Rumpus in ECOWAS as Mali, B’ Faso, Niger take move
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic announced, on Sunday, that they had quit their membership of the Economic Community of West African States. The three countries, which are currently under military rule,…
Back-To-Zero-Point: Retired police superintendent turns beggar in Niger— Report
Standing tall at over six feet with a bulky build which gave away his years as a Two-Star Traffic Warden police officer, Sunday Ogwo Okpalle, now slightly bent, having lost the ramrod…
BREAKING: FG receives 108 Nigerian migrants stranded in Niger
The Federal Government says it has received 108 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in neighbouring country, Niger Republic. The Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Commission For Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI),…
Chief Judge: Niger starve judiciary of funds
The Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Halima Abdulmalik, has lamented that successive governments in the state starve the judiciary of the much-needed funds to carry out its duties. Abdulmalik called…
Niger: France Backs Down, speaks on Envoy, Troops Withdrawal
VAM News Update President Emmanuel Macron has said that France would soon withdraw its ambassador from Niger Republic, followed by its military contingent. The colonial power had kicked against the coupists who…
Airspace Now Re-opened In Niger After Coup
Niger’s military rulers have announced the reopening of the country’s airspace to all commercial flights. VOICE AIR MEDIA reports that this is nearly a month after it was closed following a coup….
President Macron: No Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Without France
VOICE AIR MEDIA French President Emmanuel Macron has boasted that without France’s military operations in the Sahel region, “there would probably no longer be a Mali…Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there…
JUST IN: Niger allows Mali, Burkina Faso troops to intervene in case of attack
Niger has authorised Mali and Burkina Faso’s armed forces to intervene on its territory in case of an attack. The three allies’ foreign ministers said they had met in the Nigerien…
Tears as Nigerian military buries 22 personnel killed in Niger
VAM News Update No fewer than 22 military personnel who died in combat in Niger State are being laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,…