NPFL unveils opening fixtures for 2023-24 season
Bala Akintunde of 3SC of Ibadan challenges Reuben Bala of Enugu Rangers during the NPFL/Dozi Mmobuosi Foundation pre-season championship.
Niger Sport News
Who blinks first? France defies Niger coup leaders' ultimatum
Both France and the United States have troops stationed in Niger as part of the fight against jihadist insurgents. We ask about their differing approaches to a coup that's got president Mohamed Bazoum under house arrest. How effectively can France fight the narrative fuelled by Russia of a meddling former colonial power that's blamed for Niger’s current ills?
After Prigozhin: What next for Putin's Russia after demise of Wagner leader?
We also ask what the fall of a figurehead who for long tried to offer plausible deniability for mercenary activity and troll farming says about the Kremlin's mindset and its options as the war in Ukraine enters a new phase. Does Putin still need Wagner-type outfits?
Monimichelle congratulates Tinubu for choosing Enoh, Lokpobiri
Nigeria’s foremost indigenous stadium building and maintenance outfit, Monimichelle Group, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for choosing John Enoh as the country’s sports minister, saying the Cross River State-born politician has the right wands to effect the desired growth in the sector.
ECOWAS military force ready to intervene in Niger 'anytime order is given'
A coalition of seven political parties in South Africa has signed a pact in a bid to unseat the governing African National Congress (ANC) in the 2024 election. The alliance is urging other parties to join them in an effort to secure enough votes. The ANC is at risk of losing its parliamentary majority, and therefore the presidency, for the first time since democracy was established in 1994. This comes against a backdrop of growing discontent with corruption, an unprecedented energy crisis and high unemployment.
African Union's Peace and Security Council meets to deliberate on Niger Coup
Meanwhile there's been a recruitment drive in Niamey for volunteers who back the army . Ecowas military chiefs will meet on thursday to discuss options on that front.. meanwhile the outcome of a meeting of the African union's peace and security council considering the NIger coup is still uncertain.