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News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Nigeria and Niger sign security deal, despite rift since coup

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/nigeria-niger-sign-security-deal-104143199.html
Published on: Wednesday 28 August 2024

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 and the Sahel: A growing security divide

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nigeria-and-the-sahel-a-growing-security-divide/ar-AA2aGRBv
Published on: Friday 21 August 2026

A widening diplomatic rift is complicating efforts to confront a shared cross-border security threat.

News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Nigeria, Niger foreign ministers meet for security talks

News channel or source: https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/nigeria-niger-foreign-ministers-meet-for-security-talks/
Published on: Wednesday 16 April 2025

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: Niger Republic: Nigeria won’t support military Coup — Minister

News channel or source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/niger-republic-nigeria-wont-support-military-coup-minister/
Published on: Thursday 03 September 2026

By Favour Ulebor ABUJA — The Federal Government has dismissed claims circulating on social media that Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) supported the recent failed ...

News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Mutiny in Niger: Russia, AES and the Limits of Propaganda

News channel or source: https://sundiatapost.com/mutiny-in-niger-russia-aes-and-the-limits-of-propaganda/
Published on: Saturday 05 September 2026

The attempted mutiny in Niger has exposed the widening gap between the junta’s rhetoric of sovereignty and its reliance on Russia’s Africa Corps for regime protection, raising deeper questions ...

News Nigeria » Niger » Security: FG rejects claims Nigeria, ECOWAS backed failed Niger coup

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/uncategorized/article/fg-rejects-claims-nigeria-ecowas-backed-failed-niger-coup/
Published on: Friday 04 September 2026

The Federal Government has rejected claims circulating on social media that Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States ...

News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Nigeria launches hunt for hundreds of kidnapped mosque worshippers

News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/nigeria-launches-hunt-for-hundreds-of-kidnapped-mosque-worshippers
Published on: Wednesday 26 August 2026

Nigeria has launched a hunt for hundreds of people kidnapped from mosques in the north of the country.

News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Nigeria, Niger agree on terms to eradicate regional insurgency

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-niger-agree-on-terms-to-eradicate-regional-insurgency-2/
Published on: Friday 06 February 2026

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, yesterday, expressed the Nigeria Customs Service’s commitment to strengthening regional trade facilitation, safeguarding transit cargo, and ...

News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger condemn Tinubu for wetin e tok about regional security

News channel or source: https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c9q9p1xv9p9o.amp
Published on: Thursday 06 August 2026

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger don sharply caution Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on top comments wey e make wey e blame di worsening insecurity for Nigeria partly on di "collapse" of security for ...

News Nigeria » Niger » Security: Niger Bridge Closure: Police Intensify Security On Alternative Routes

News channel or source: https://www.arise.tv/niger-bridge-closure-police-intensify-security-on-alternative-routes/
Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Police heighten patrols and security visibility along diversionary routes following closure of First Niger Bridge for emergency maintenance works.