Todays Headlines: Niger Crisis: Real Actor To Watch Is The US — Uman Sarki; No Basis To Wage War On Niger — PRP Tells Tinubu
Niger Crisis: Real Actor To Watch Is The US—Usman Sarki
Source: Arise TV
Former Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Usman Sarki, has said that the United States (US) regards Niger as an asset and has not really alienated the regime, protecting the country’s (US) interests.
In an interview with ARISE NEWS on Friday, Sarki said that the real actor to watch in the Niger crisis is the US, stating that the country is being flexible with vast interests to protect in the Republic.
According to Sarki, the US currently refers to the Nigerien government change as an “unconstitutional change of government” and has not properly referred to the crisis as a military coup, which would ideally lead the US to sanction Niger under “section 7008 of The United States Appropriations Bill.”
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No Basis To Wage War On Niger—PRP Tells Tinubu
Source: Independent Nigeria
National Legal Adviser, Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Prof Mahmood Muhibeedeen Aliyu, has said that the decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the war against Niger is needless, especially at a time like this when the country has enough security challenges.
Professor Aliyu argued that even if the regional body, ECOWAS, insists on warring with Niger, a West African neighbour over the unceremonious ouster of a democratically elected president in a coup de tat, Nigeria has no basis to wage a war on the francophone neighbour.
“From my mind, I am completely against it. it is morally wrong, psychologically wrong, it is spiritually wrong,” he said in Ilorin on Friday to journalists at the correspondent chapel of the NUJ, Kwara State.
Niger Expels Nigerian Ambassador Despite Peace Talk
Source: Daily Trust
Niger’s military leadership, which seized power in a coup on July 26, has expelled the Nigerian ambassador, Mohamed Usman, from the country.
It also ordered the German Ambassador, Olivier Schnakenberg, to leave.
They were told to leave the country within 48 hours.
In a statement on Friday, Niger’s foreign ministry said: “In reaction to Nigerian Ambassador Mohamed Usman’s refusal to reply to an invitation by the ministry for a discussion on Friday August 25 at 11.30 a.m., and due to other actions of the Nigerian government contrary to Niger’s interests, the ministry is giving 48 hours to Mr. Mohamed Usman’s to leave the Nigerien territory.”
APC Government Has Murdered Our Sleep; The Peace Nigerians Deserve Cannot Come By Prayers — Charly Boy
Source: Sahara Reporters
A social activist and convener of Our-Mumu-Don-Do, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has lambasted the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC over the lingering economic hardships the party has subjected Nigerians to in recent times.
In a post on his official X page, the singer claimed that the ruling party has made life unbearable by snatching peace away from common Nigerians.
He added that the only way to attain the desired peace in the country was not through prayers but through “responsible action against this criminal enterprise.”
He wrote, “APC has murdered sleep for most Nigerians. Verily, verily, I say to you, the peace we deserve cannot come through prayers oooo. Peace will come through responsible action against this criminal enterprise.
“The APC invaders keep making it difficult for the poor man to breathe.”
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