Today's Headlines: ECOWAS Army against Niger, not Nigeria Against Niger–Ouattara, TST commends Tinubu over the appointment of Jisalo as Minister
ECOWAS standby force against Niger junta, not Nigeria against Niger— President Ouattara
President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast has given his voice on the coup in the Niger Republic, saying the declaration of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS to deploy a standby force is not Nigeria against Niger, but ECOWAS against Niger.
Source: Vanguard
President Ouattara made this submission while addressing newsmen after the ECOWAS Extraordinary Meeting in Abuja on Thursday. He said, “As you are aware that ECOWAS has taken many decisions in the past legal and factual about coup d’etat and the community has always condemned coup d’etat.
“The coup d’etat has affected many countries in the sub-region ECOWAS in the past in Liberia, Sierra Leone, recently in Gambia, in Guinea Bissau and today we have a similar situation in Niger. I would like to say that ECOWAS cannot accept this. This is not a matter of Nigeria against Niger, not at all.
TST commends Tinubu over the appointment of Jisalo as Minister
Tinubu Support team has on Thursday hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing Hon Zaphaniel Jisalo as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Source: Vanguard
Disclosing this in a statement, Hon John Lawal, Coordinator of the Tinubu support team, noted that Hon Jisalo is one of the finest in FCT the finest who is capable of delivering any mandate entrusted to him in whatever capacity.
His words: “On behalf of the Tinubu Support team, we want to thank Mr President and commander in chief of the armed forces, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu for the privilege and honor given to the good people of the Federal Capital Territory for appointing Hon Zaphaniel Jisalo as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Burkina Faso’s junta suspends radio station over Niger criticism
Burkina Faso’s junta-led government has suspended one of the country’s most popular radio stations after it broadcast an interview deemed “insulting” to Niger’s new military leaders.
Source: Punch papers
Radio Omega was immediately suspended on Thursday “until further notice,” Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo said in a statement. He said the measure was “in the higher interests of the nation.”
The station, part of the Omega media group owned by journalist and former foreign minister Alpha Barry, ceased broadcasting after the statement was issued late Thursday. The channel had run an interview with Ousmane Abdoul Moumouni, the spokesman of a newly-established Nigerien group campaigning to return President Mohamed Bazoum to power. The country’s elected leader was overthrown on July 26 by members of the Presidential Guard.
Illegal checkpoint: No personnel arrested at Seme border – Immigration
The Nigerian Immigration Service has refuted a social media report claiming that some of its operatives who purportedly mounted illegal checkpoints at the Badagry-Seme border were arrested by policemen from the Inspector General of Police Special Squad.
Source: Punch papers
The IGP squad, according to the viral report, chased and arrested some police officers as well as immigration personnel found at some checkpoints believed to have been created to extort citizens. Reacting in an interview with our correspondent on Friday, the Comptroller of Border Patrol at Seme, Emmanuel Gbemudu, denied the allegation.
He noted that none of his men were arrested, saying the border patrol has four points, and the allegation of illegal checkpoints is false. Gbemudu said, “No immigration personnel was arrested. I saw the whole thing yesterday and I was shocked. Border Patrol has four checkpoints, and they are known to the people. The issue of illegal checkpoints does not arise. It is fake news.”
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