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☆ Nigerian Army Hunts for Kidnapped Students, Parents Seek Answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

The source said the army's Kaduna-based One Division was leading the operation and "will soon have the bandits in their sights". "The security agencies and the state government are working tirelessly to ensure the freedom of all the abducted students and pupils. We are making progress," said Muhammad Shehu Lawal, a spokesperson for Kaduna state governor, without giving details. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesThe mass kidnapping last Thursday, the first since July 2021, shattered the dusty town of Kuriga, 90 km from Kaduna state capital, with parents waiting for answers from authorities. According to Lagos-based consultancy SBM Intelligence 4,500 people have been kidnapped throughout Nigeria since Tinubu took office last May.

Persons: Garba Muhammad, Hamza Ibrahim, Muhammad Shehu Lawal, Bola Tinubu, Bala Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Tinubu, Ikemesit Effiong, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Reuters, SBM Intelligence, Security Locations: Hamza Ibrahim KADUNA, Nigeria, Kaduna, Nigerian, Kuriga, Chibok, Borno, Niger, Birnin, Lagos

☆ West African nations mull troop contributions for possible Niger intervention
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Boureima Balima | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

West African leaders gather for Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Head of States and Government meeting in Abuja, Nigeria August 10, 2023. ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) said all options were on the table and they still hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Niger crisis. Security analysts said an ECOWAS force could take weeks or longer to assemble, potentially leaving room for negotiations. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday promised to supply a battalion of troops to the standby force. The African Union welcomed ECOWAS' decision to activate a regional force and continue to seek a diplomatic solution.

Persons: Abraham Achirga, Mohamed Bazoum, Alassane Ouattara, Sering Modou, Ledgerhood Rennie, Ikemesit Effiong, Hama Moussa, Issa Seydou, Antony Blinken, Bazoum, They’ve, Pap, Ange Aboa, Alberto Dabo, Alphonso Toweh, Diadie, Edward McAllister, Anait Miridzhanian, Nellie Peyton, David Lewis, Ingrid Melander, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Economic Community, West African States, REUTERS, ECOWAS, Economic, West, Ivory, SBM Intelligence, African Union, Military, EU, Rights Watch, Thomson Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, NIAMEY, Niger, West, Central Africa, West African States, Ivory Coast, Ivorian, Senegal, Sahel, U.S, Niamey, Russia, France, United States, Mali, Burkina Faso, Banjul, Abidjan, Bissau, Monrivia, Diadie Ba, Dakar

☆ Explainer: What are West Africa's options to reverse Niger's coup?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Edward Mcallister | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/4] A member of the ECOWAS regional force is seen at Denton check point in Banjul, Gambia January 22, 2017. GROUND INVASIONECOWAS has sent troops into trouble spots before, but never in Niger and rarely with the region so divided. Coup leaders in Guinea, Burkina Faso and Mali have expressed support for Niger's junta, and other countries have their own security challenges. It is not clear how big an ECOWAS force would be or what form it would take. Security analysts and diplomats have also noted apparent divisions among Niger's armed forces, who may not all be united behind the coup.

Persons: Afolabi, Mohamed Bazoum, General Abdourahamane Tiani, Djiby Sow, Bazoum, Ikemesit Effiong, Effiong, Peter Pham, Edward McAllister, David Lewis, Emelia Sithole, Alexandra Zavis, Kevin Liffey Organizations: ECOWAS, REUTERS, Economic, West African States, Security, Institute for Security Studies, SPECIAL, SBM Intelligence, Nigerien, Atlantic Council, Thomson Locations: Denton, Banjul, Gambia, DAKAR, Niger, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Dakar, Nigeria, Niamey, U.S

But investors, burned by previous reforms that ultimately proved hollow, say it will take time to build trust and listed myriad questions over the final shape of the economy. Tinubu is from the same party as predecessor Muhammadu Buhari, dubbed "Baba Go-slow" for his pottering pace - taking six months to appoint cabinet members. Nigeria's international dollar bonds and the country's stock market have been boosted by the speedy reforms. Reuters GraphicsInvestors also worry about low tax receipts and falling oil output - structural reforms that will take far longer to sort. Meanwhile interest rates, which Tinubu has said he would like to see fall, were hiked by 50 bps last month to 18.5%.

Persons: Bola, Temilade, Bola Tinubu's, Tunde Ajileye, Muhammadu Buhari, Godwin Emefiele, Goldman Sachs, Andrew Matheny, John Mumo, Joe Delvaux, Amundi, Delvaux, Tinubu, Patrick Curran, Rachel Savage, Libby George, Karin Strohecker, Nick Macfie Organizations: Nigeria's, REUTERS, Central Bank, Reuters, Reuters Graphics, Tellimer, Thomson Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, JOHANNESBURG, LONDON, Lagos, Blakeney, Africa

☆ Nigerian rights panel, underfunded and overmatched, begins probe of powerful military
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File PhotoFeb 7 (Reuters) - A special panel named by Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission launched an investigation Tuesday into recent Reuters reports on rights abuses by the country’s army. Nigerian military leaders said the abortion program did not exist and that children were never targeted for killing. The U.S. defense and state departments, the United Nations Secretary-General, the German foreign minister, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch all called for Nigeria to investigate the Reuters findings. In a 2002 paper, two Nigerian scholars called the body "a red herring” to distract from human rights violations. In 2013, the military allegedly killed as many as 200 civilians in the town of Baga, in northeastern Borno state.

☆ Frustrated Nigerians 'flee' abroad in punishing pre-election brain drain
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Libgeorge Angela Ukomadu | Angela Ukomadu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Nwaogu, like hundreds of other Nigerians, left amid a brain drain that is punishing even for a nation used to losing its young and educated. "We have serious doubts if this is the time for that hope to blossom," he said before flying to the UK last month. "We are witnessing an epidemic of brain drain," said Dr Dare Godiya Ishaya, president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). But British government data showed a 300% increase in Nigerians getting UK work visas in the year to June, to 15,772. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting By Libby George; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

An oil slick is seen on Santa Barbara creek, following an oil spill in Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria, November 25, 2021. "Hundreds of thousands of people (in Benin) organize their survival around this traffic," Boris Houenou, a Beninois economist said of the smuggling of Nigerian gasoline. NNPC recorded gasoline deliveries of 90 million litres a day in March and 83 million in April, Reuters calculations showed. 'CURIOUS CASE'Although the Nigerian government announced plans to remove the gasoline subsidy last year, it then backtracked in July, citing concerns over potential social unrest. And although gasoline is subsidised, the amount ordinary Nigerians pay at the pump remains higher than the set price.

☆ (foto) „Respirăm într-un glas” – expoziție fotografică care reunește la Chișinău artiștii de pe ambele maluri ale Nistrului
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

(foto) „Respirăm într-un glas” – expoziție fotografică care reunește la Chișinău artiștii de pe ambele maluri ale NistruluiÎncepând 11 iunie 2021, Muzeul de Istorie din Chișinău și spațiul cultural independent “Zpațiu” vor găzdui o expoziție intitulată „Respirăm într-un glas”, axată pe convergența creativă a artiștilor, fotografilor, activiștilor și ecologilor în timpul transformărilor și schimbărilor globale. „Expoziția oferă o călătorie comună într-o lume fără granițe, care pe parcursul ultimului an au dispersat oamenii și împiedicat interacțiunea și consolidarea. Participanți la expoziție:# Anna Galatonova (Tiraspol);# Elena Stepanova, (Dubăsari);# Valeria Barbas (Chișinău);# Alexandru Raevschi (Chișinău – Marburg);# Ramin Mazur (Rîbnița – Chișinău);# Ivan Yalanji (Kopchak – Moscova);# Victor Ciobanu (Măcăresti – Chișinău);# Fiodorova Tatiana (Chișinău);# Igor Shcherbina (Chișinău – Moscova);# Mihail Kalarașan (Rîbnița – Chișinău);# Dumitru Oboroc (Nisporeni – Iași);# Pavel Braila (Chișinău – Berlin);# Veaceslav Druța (Chișinău – Quebec);# Ghenadie Popescu ( Florești – Chișinău);# Lilia Nenescu (Chișinău);# Alexander Tinei ( Budapesta – Chisinau). Lansarea evenimentului va avea loc vineri, 11 iunie, în două locuri: la ora 17.00, la Muzeul de Istorie a Orașului Chișinău ( str. A.Mateevici 60 A) și la ora 19.00 în spațiul cultural independent „Zpațiu” (Str.

Persons: Tatiana Fiodorova, Anna Galatonova, Elena Stepanova, Valeria, Ivan Yalanji, Victor Ciobanu, Igor Shcherbina, Dumitru, Pavel, Veaceslav, Ghenadie Popescu, Alexander Tinei Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Programul Națiunilor Unite, Orașului Locations: Chișinău, Tiraspol, Dubăsari, Marburg, Mazur, Rîbnița, Moscova, Kalarașan, Nisporeni, Iași, Pavel Braila, Berlin, Quebec, Florești, Budapesta – Chisinau, Orașului Chișinău

☆ EXCLUSIVE/ Investigation: Lucinschi’s mass-media financed with the money from Savings Bank of Moldova. The prosecutors confirmed the existence of a criminal file.
▼ + stars: | 2012-11-28 | by ( ) moldova24.info time to read: +6 min

Today.md optained several documents and information which demonstrate that Chiril Lucinschi’s mass-media company was financed with money from the Savings Bank of Moldova. Mostly, Ilan Sor at Vlad Filat’s order withdrawn $ 440,000 from the banking system and transferred the money into Lucinschi’s company bank accounts. Sor only took the money from Russians for Chiril meanwhile covering the loans with money from Savings Bank of Moldova, Social Bank and UNIBANK. loan, given by REGIONALINAYA FINANSOVAYA COMPANYA OAO (bank accounts at GAZPROMBANK), to the stockholder at Savings Bank of Moldova (loan that helped at increasing capital). More than that RISE investigation demonstrated that Chiril Lucinschi is the direct beneficiary, although he tried to hide himself behind intermediary persons.

Persons: Today.md, Ilan Sor, Vlad Filat’s, Natalia Morari’s, HEZBURG, Petru Lucinschi, Money, Natalia’s, UNIBANK, Ilan Shor’s, Sor, ALEXANDRU, Banca Sociala, Veaceslav, Veaceslav Platon, Vlad Filat, REGIONALINAYA FINANSOVAYA, Lucinschi, Morari, Platon, Radu Gutu, Chiril Lucinschi, Chiril, Viorel Morari, SBM, Igor Cijov Organizations: Savings Bank of Moldova, –, TOM, ABVL BANK, AS PRIVATBANK, Project Agency, Verwaltungs, UND, Social Bank, MOLDCLASSICA INTERNATIONAL, CONTRADE, Russian Federation, TV7, TNT, Banca, Social Bank ., Chiril, UNIBANK, CHESTER NZ, Bank, SBM, TNT BRAVO, ANALITIC MEDIA, BRAVO TV LLC, BRAVO, Agency, ION RUSU Locations: Netherlands, Moldavian, Lucinschi, Moldindconbank, GAZPROMBANK, Republic of Moldova

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