EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Head of Niger junta, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, defied ECOWAS leaders on Saturday evening by announcing a three-year transition programme to democracy. He announced this in a televised speech after meeting an ECOWAS delegation led by former Nigerian leader, General Abdulsalami Abubakar. EDITOR’S PICKS You Are Not Competent To Criticise … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has met with ousted Nigerien President, Mohamed Bazoum. This online media platform earlier reported the delegation arrived in Niamey on Saturday for a fresh round of negotiations with the military junta in the country under the leadership of General … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has met with the military junta in Niger Republic. The delegation, led by former Nigerian military head of state, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), met with Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine who received them at the airport. The meeting … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Niger Republic military Junta on Saturday failed to meet with the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) led by former Nigerian military head of state, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd). This online media platform reports the delegation, which also includes the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed war planes in Niger Republic following the threat of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) troops that they were waiting for order to strike. The regional bloc had given Niger junta a week ultimatum to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum or face possible sanctions, … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Prime Minister of Niger, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, on Friday, stated confidently that the deposed President, Mohamed Bazoum will face no harm. Zeine, in an interview with The New York Times, said, “Nothing will happen to him because we don’t have a tradition of violence in Niger.” EDITOR’S … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that West African defence leaders, under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have agreed upon a tentative date for potential military intervention in Niger, should diplomatic negotiations fail. However, the specific date remains undisclosed. EDITOR’S PICKS You Are Not Competent To Criticise Tinubu’s Reforms’ – APC Slams Bakare … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that defence chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are currently holding a second day of talks in Ghana on possible armed intervention in Niger. The defence chiefs aim to restore civil rule in the Niger Republic should diplomatic efforts to reverse a coup there fail. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said yesterday in Accra, Ghana, that it will not hesitate to invade Niger Republic, if all efforts to reverse the coup in the country fail. This came as the German government said it is in support of sanctions imposed on the military … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet on Thursday and Fiday in Accra, Ghana amid tensions over a possible military intervention in Niger, according to Ghana’s army spokesman. ECOWAS member states had initially mulled a military intervention against those who carried out Niger’s … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Niger’s military junta has said it is open to dialogue with the West African regional bloc ECOWAS. This is the first time the coup leaders have signalled an open door for talks with the regional body. The West African bloc had imposed sanctions on Niger and threatened to use force … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a significant turn of events, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has stepped forward to address the ongoing turmoil in Niger Republic. The nation’s political landscape was thrown into disarray as the Niger Military orchestrated a coup that toppled President Bazoum from … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that amidst the unfolding Niger coup crisis, Russia has issued a stern caution against any potential military intervention by regional bloc Ecowas, warning of a “protracted confrontation” and the destabilization of the entire Sahel region. Although Russia does not officially endorse the coup, the situation has drawn attention from the US, … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, on Friday, highlighted the dire conditions under which ousted Niger president, Mohamed Bazoum and his son are being held by the country’s coup leaders. Musah stated this on Channels TV amid reports that the coup leaders threatened to kill Bazoum if ECOWAS … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Director, Civil Society of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Hajiya Najatu Muhammed, has said the quest to declare war on Niger Republic by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) led by President Bola Tinubu is a ploy to distract Nigerians from the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Niger’s junta has threatened to kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if the Economic of West African States (ECOWAS) attempted any military intervention to restore his rule. This online media platform gathered that a United States military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the representatives of the junta told the … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday held the Second Extraordinary Summit on the Socio-Political Situation in the Republic of Niger, in Abuja, Nigeria. Below is the communique issued at the end of the meeting in Abuja. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints Special Investigator To Probe CBN … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has called on the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to prioritise diplomacy in their approach to resolving the crisis in the Republic of Niger. Recall that Niger Republic is currently under military rule after soldiers deposed President Mohamed Bazoum nearly two … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, is presiding over an Extraordinary Summit of the regional body on the political situation in Niger Republic. The summit, which is holding at the Presidential … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that An international group, Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA), has dragged President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria before the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice, seeking an order of the court to stop the planned military action against the Republic of Niger. The group in the suit … Read more