sanctions
11 Apr
The Peoples Democratic Party State House of Assembly Candidates Froum (PDP-SHACF) has called on the acting national chairman of the party, Umar Iliya Damagum, to quit his position and pave a way for a substantive national chairman to emerge from the North-Central zone of the country. The group of the PDP faithful also called for…
24 Feb
The Technical Working Group (ITWG) on Social Protection in West Africa, has commended the authority of heads of state and government for lifting the economic sanctions against Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. In a press statement today in Abuja the Executive Director of Policy House International and Convener of ITWG Taiwo Akerele said it is…
7 Feb
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has strongly criticised Senegal's President Macky Sall for unilaterally and illegally postponing the presidential election scheduled for February 25. Frank, in a statement made available to The Guardian, described Sall's action as a coup against Senegal's constitution, raising concerns about the potential…
19 Dec
Coalition of Civil Liberty Organisation in Niger Republic (CODDAE) has faulted the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on fresh sanctions imposed on the landlocked nation. It deplored the “overbearing diplomatic policies” being formulated by the sub-regional body against Niger Republic, insisting that ECOWAS should have reconsidered better options to mutually resolve the military…