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General Tiani Alleges France Offered Nigeria Money To Subvert Niger Republic, Others

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General Tiani Alleges France Offered Nigeria Money To Subvert Niger Republic, Others

Niger Republic’s Head of State, General Abdourahamane Tiani, has alleged that France is providing financial support to Nigerian authorities to establish a military base in Borno State. Tiani said the plan is purportedly to destabilize Niger and its neighboring countries. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, made this known in a…

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World News

Gaza : France, Germany, UK Unite In Call For Cessation Of Hostilities

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Gaza : France, Germany, UK Unite In Call For Cessation Of Hostilities

France, Germany and the United Kingdom have backed the call for a ceasefire amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. This is according to a joint statement on Monday signed by French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The leaders said they endorsed a joint…

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Conflict and warfare

Kylian Mbape Named France Player Of The Year

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Kylian Mbape Named France Player Of The Year

Kylian Mbappe has been named France’s player of the year on Monday at an awards ceremony in Paris, as he comes to the end of his seven-season stay with Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe, 25, picked up the prize for the best player in Ligue 1 at the UNFP (French players’ union) Trophies gala for the fifth…

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Football

Another $150million Abacha Loot To Be Repatriated From France

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Another $150million Abacha Loot To Be Repatriated From France

France is set to return $150 million, another tranche of the loot traced to late General Sani Abacha, former Nigerian military leader. Special adviser to the president on media and publicity Ajuri Ngelale, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday following a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and Catherine Colonna, the French minister of…

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Finance and Economy

Niger Cuts Diplomatic Relations With Nigeria, France, US, Togo

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Niger Cuts Diplomatic Relations With Nigeria, France, US, Togo

Niger’s military junta on Friday cut off diplomatic relations with four countries, including its southern neighbor Nigeria, which earlier in the morning disconnected electricity export to the country following its delegation’s failure to meet the coup leader. “The functions of the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors of the Republic of Niger to France, Nigeria, Togo, and…

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Diplomacy and International Relations