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The upper house of parliament backs a proposed overseas deployment as Algiers deepens security ties with Niamey and seeks to safeguard strategic projects, including a planned gas pipeline linking ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Nigeria and Niger sign security deal, despite rift since coup
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria and Niger have signed a deal to boost their security cooperation, the Nigerian military said on Thursday, despite tensions between the neighbours since a coup in Niger a year ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Nigeria, Niger foreign ministers meet for security talks
Niger’s Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare hosted his Nigerian counterpart for talks in Niamey – Copyright POOL/AFP Pavel Bednyakov The foreign ministers of ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Analysts welcome Nigeria's security pact with Niger
Nigeria and neighboring Niger have signed an agreement to boost their security cooperation, despite tensions following a coup in Niger more than a year ago. The Nigerian army announced the security ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Niger Miners' Deaths - Suspended Niger NSCDC Commandant Admits 'Costly Mistake', Apologises
The suspended Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State, Siaka Zubeiru Anirive, has admitted that the deaths of suspected illegal miners in the corps' custody ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Algiers and Niamey Close Ranks: What the New Algeria–Niger Security Pact Means
Barely a year after a diplomatic crisis, Algeria and Niger are building a security partnership that is changing the balance of power in the central Sahel .
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Security analysts concerned as Nigeria warns of new terror group
Nigerian security analysts are voicing concerns after defense officials on Thursday warned of a new insurgent group known as the Lakurawas, operating mainly in the country's northwestern region.
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Nigeria looks to boost security cooperation with Benin and Niger
Nigeria is expanding military cooperation with Benin and Niger to ward off jihadist groups from the Sahel trying to enter its northwest. A new tri-border military sector is being created to secure the ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hit back at Nigeria’s president after he blames them for Nigeria’s worsening security crisis
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have sharply criticised Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over remarks linking Nigeria’s worsening insecurity to instability in neighbouring Sahel states, exposing ...
News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Niger: PCRC launches security App to strengthen school safety
The PCRC BOOSTAR application was unveiled on Tuesday in Minna alongside the flag-off of the National Safe Schools Initiative, which also provides for the establishment of Safe Sch ...