Former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has vowed to terminate the open border policy of his successor, President Joe Biden. If he wins the US presidential election in 2024, Trump says he will achieve this by conducting the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history.” He added that he will employ all state, municipal, federal, and military resources available to do this in his speech at a campaign rally in New Hampshire. Trump said, “I will immediately terminate all the open border policy of the Biden administration. Our country is being invaded,” according to New York Times. “Following…
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A former rebel leader and politician in Niger has launched a movement opposing the junta that took power in a July 26 coup. This is a first sign of internal resistance to army rule in the strategically important Sahel country. Rhissa Ag Boula said in a statement on Wednesday that his new Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR) aimed to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who had been in detention at his residence since the takeover. “Niger is the victim of a tragedy orchestrated by people charged with protecting it,” the statement said. The launch comes as diplomatic…
Ex-Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi II, on Wednesday, met with the Niger Republic coup leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The meeting held in Niamey, the capital city, to discuss the current political impasse occasioned by the recent coup in the country. In a video currently in circulation, Sanusi was seen in company of the Sultan of Damagaran during a visit to the coup leader, Abdourahmane Tiani. Damagaran is the third largest city in Niger. This comes hours after the leaders aborted a meeting with the United States acting Deputy Secretary, Victoria Nuland during her visit to Niamey, the capital…
Nigerians have criticised Senate President Godswill Akpabio on social media after he disclosed that senators had received money to help them enjoy their vacation. The National Assembly Clerk has distributed monies to all senators to enjoy so they may enjoy their holiday, Akpabio was heard stating in the widely shared video that was uploaded on Wednesday morning. “In order to enable all of us to enjoy our holidays, a token has been sent to our various accounts by the clerk of the national assembly.” Not long after Akpabio made this statement and after deliberating with some of his colleagues, Akpabio…
The Nigeria Customs Service and 62 other Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government would cease direct revenue collection, according to the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would now be in charge of collecting money for the MDAs, according to the Chairman of the Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, on Wednesday. Oyedele, a former Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), claimed that while Nigeria collects some of the lowest amounts of tax revenue globally, doing so comes at a high cost. “Ironically, our cost of collection…
The death toll from recent flooding in China’s capital rose to 33, including five rescuers, and another 18 people are missing, officials said Wednesday. Much of the country’s north remains threatened by unusually heavy rainfall. China’s capital has been hit by record downpours in your recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swathes of the city’s suburbs and surrounding areas. Officials said Wednesday that 33 had died in the recent bad weather in Beijing, mainly by flooding and buildings collapsing, almost three times the figure given by officials last Tuesday. “I would like to express my deep condolences to those who…
•ECOWAS leaders meet Thursday after botched AU, UN, US planned visit to Niamey •Over 100,000 IDPs stranded in Niger, businesses grounded in Sokoto, Katsina borders The Economic Community of West African States has imposed heavier financial sanctions on the Niger junta and entities supporting them including the governments of Mali and Burkina Faso. The development came after a diplomatic mission by the African Union, ECOWAS, United Nations and the United States to resolve the political impasse in Niger hit a brick wall on Tuesday as the military junta refused to grant audience to the delegations. The military leaders also…
Following a private meeting with key senate officials on Tuesday, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors decided to call off its scheduled daily statewide protest. Emeka Orji, the president of NARD, revealed this to our journalist during a conversation. However, Orji stated that a review would take place in the following 72 hours. “We met with the Senate president, majority and minority leaders and Whip. So, the planned protest slated for Wednesday has been suspended and we will review it again in 72 hours.” [Explainer] Emefiele: What Nigerian Laws Say About… Related News Kwara doctors commend Abdulrazaq for…
The United States of America has warned the Niger junta that America may be pushed to be involved militarily if the country’s military rulers do not return to constitutional order. This was revealed during a teleconference on Tuesday during a special briefing on Niger by the acting deputy secretary of the US, Victoria Nuland. She noted, “…There is still a lot of motion here on many sides with regard to where the governance situation will go. “So we will be watching that closely and there are a number of regional meetings coming up and consultations with allies and…
Nearly two weeks after the military took over power in Niger, the coup plotters have named former economy minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the country’s new prime minister. A spokesman for the military junta made the announcement on television late on Monday night. Lamine Zeine was formerly the minister of economy and finance for several years in the cabinet of then-president Mamadou Tandja, who was ousted in 2010, and most recently worked as an economist for the African Development Bank in Chad, according to a Nigerien media report. At the end of July, the military ousted the democratically…
Troops of the Nigerian military have killed 10 terrorists in Zamfara State, while also rescuing 9 civilians abducted by the armed bandits. According to a military intelligence source in the North West, troops of Operation Hadarin Daji acted on credible information and mobilized for an offensive ambush operation against the terrorists, early Tuesday. The military said that, “Troops of Forward Operating Base Danmarke acted on a credible information on armed bandits movement with some kidnapped victims from Sokoto state, through Gadazaima village in Zamfara state. “The troops immediately mobilized for an offensive ambush operation within the village and made…
… sets 18% Tax to GDP target in 3 years President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja expressed his resolute commitment to break the vicious cycle of overreliance on borrowing for public spending, and the resulting burden of debt servicing it places on the management of Nigeria’s limited government revenues. Inaugurating the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, chaired by Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, the President charged the committee to improve the country’s revenue profile and business environment as the Federal Government moves to achieve an 18% Tax-to-GDP ratio within three years. The President directed the Committee to…