PDP and state of the nation
SIR: It is true that there are isolated cases of insecurity pervading the landscape of Nigeria presently, and expectedly the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
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MURIC to Pantami: Don’t let anyone blackmail you to resign
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Minister of Communications and Digital Planning, Dr. Isa Pantami, to ignore calls by some people that he […]
APC Brought In Militias From Mali, S/ Leone, Others To Win 2015 Polls – Baraje
Abubakar Kawu Baraje has traced the origin of the current insecurity in the country to the influx of Fulani from neighboring countries like Sierra Leone, […]
Full List Of FG’s Career & Non-career Ambassadorial Posting
A list of career and non-career ambassadorial postings has been made public. TheNation shared the names below: The Non-career Ambassadors Dr Uzoma Emenike (United States) […]
Jonathan-led ECOWAS mediation team confident Mali will return to civilian rule in 18 months
BAMAKO, Mali (Sundiata Post) – After two days of meetings with Malian political and civil-society figures, the mediator for the Economic Community of West African […]
French forces kill al-Qaida military leader in Mali
French forces have killed Bah Moussa, a military leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa wing in Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said Friday. “This is […]
Court orders release of detained 12 Malian soldiers linked with 2012 coup
The ECOWAS Court has ordered the immediate release of 12 Malian soldiers said to have been detained for about five years in their country. The […]
Ex- Malian President Toure dies at 72
Ex- Mali President Mali’s Amadou Toumani Toure, is dead. He was 72. He ruled for 10 years before coup he was overthrown in a coup. […]
Nigerian Policewoman, CSP Ugorji wins UN award
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Nigerian policewoman on foreign mission in Mali, CSP Ugorji, has been honoured by the United Nations in recognition of her selfless […]
ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted the sanction imposed on Mali following the removal of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August. […]
Mali’s transitional govt should honour commitment to ECOWAS – U.S. Dept
By Busayo Onijala Lagos – The U.S. has urged the transitional government in Mali to honour its commitments to the Economic Community of West […]
Buhari receives Jonathan on Mali crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) might be meeting soon over […]
Mali’s interim President praises Jonathan as ECOWAS gives condition for lifting sanctions
The newly sworn in President of Mali’s transition government Mr. Bah N’daw has heaped encomiums on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator […]
Bah Ndaw emerges President of Mali
By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The former Defence Minister of Mali, Bah Ndaw, has been named interim president, with Colonel Assimi Goita, the […]
Mali’s governing body given one week to put in place demands of ECOWAS
Bamako – Mali’s National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), the country’s current governing body set up by mutinous soldiers, had been given […]
Ousted Mali president Keita suffers stroke
Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who has not been seen in public since his August 18 ouster in a coup, has been hospitalised after […]
Mali’s return to democracy: Nigeria backs ECOWAS’ 12 months deadline
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, urging the military junta in Mali […]
Mali: Military frees ousted president, Keita
Mali’s new military rulers said that former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who had been detained since the country’s coup on August 18, had been freed. […]
Human Rights Commission decries military coup in Mali
By Raji Rasak Lagos – The International Human Rights Commission has decried the recent military coup in Mali, describing it as “unacceptable in the 21st […]
ECOWAS asks Mali junta to reinstate Keita government
Leaders of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have demanded the reinstatement of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as Mali’s president. Keita was forced to resign […]