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Niger’s Ousted President Bazoum Complains About Bad Treatment He Receives
dry rice and pasta by the military junta who overthrew him and are
refusing to bow to international pressure to cede power.
normal occurrence for all Nigeriens after Nigeria cut off electric power
in response to the coup.
of State Victoria Nuland during her visit to Niamey, the Nigerien
capital, on Monday, Bazoum has been in contact with the outside world.
told French TV that the president was in good spirits despite being held
in a “catastrophic situation.”
A Tuesday face-to-face meeting that was supposed to take place in
Niamey between the junta and representatives from the United Nations,
the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was canceled at
short notice.
state-funded broadcaster TV5-Monde that the junta would like to continue
dialogue with ECOWAS, the bloc that has been leading the regional
response to the political crisis in Niger.
the coup, though specifics regarding the gathering remain unclear.
barracks and reinstall Bazoum, but that deadline came and went on Sunday
without any change.
Ousted President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum has complained bitterly.
Lamenting, Bazoum said he is being kept isolated and forced to eat
dry rice and pasta by the military junta who overthrew him and are
refusing to bow to international pressure to cede power.
In a series of text messages to a friend reportedly seen by CNN, Bazoum said he has been “deprived of all human contact” since Friday, with no one supplying him food or medicine.
Bazoum said he has been living without electricity for a week, a
normal occurrence for all Nigeriens after Nigeria cut off electric power
in response to the coup.
Bazoum says all of the perishable food he was supplied with has since gone bad, and he is now eating dry pasta and rice.
Though denied the chance to speak with acting US Deputy Secretary
of State Victoria Nuland during her visit to Niamey, the Nigerien
capital, on Monday, Bazoum has been in contact with the outside world.
Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, the prime minister in Bazoum’s government,
told French TV that the president was in good spirits despite being held
in a “catastrophic situation.”
Nuland’s meeting on Monday with senior coup leaders lasted more than two hours, consisting of “extremely frank and at times quite difficult” conversations.
A Tuesday face-to-face meeting that was supposed to take place in
Niamey between the junta and representatives from the United Nations,
the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was canceled at
short notice.
Junta leaders said in a letter that postponement of the meeting was “necessary” in “this atmosphere of threatened aggression against Niger.”
However, Mahamadou, Bazoum’s prime minister, told French
state-funded broadcaster TV5-Monde that the junta would like to continue
dialogue with ECOWAS, the bloc that has been leading the regional
response to the political crisis in Niger.
ECOWAS leaders are due to meet on Thursday in Nigeria to discuss
the coup, though specifics regarding the gathering remain unclear.
The regional bloc had given the junta one week to return to their
barracks and reinstall Bazoum, but that deadline came and went on Sunday
without any change.
Ásake’s much-anticipated homecoming concert may be heading into stormy waters as fans take to social media to criticise the staggering ₦300,000 ticket fee.
What was expected to be a triumphant Lagos return for the global Afrobeats star is now spiralling into an online revolt, with many longtime supporters accusing organisers of “pricing out the true fans.”
The sentiment has grown so intense that several fan pages are warning that the high-end pricing could dampen excitement around Ásake’s headline performance.
FlyTime Fest, known for premium concert experiences, has steadily increased its fees over the years, but this latest jump appears to have crossed a psychological line.
Fans have flooded social media with criticism over the ₦300,000 ticket price for Ásake’s Lagos homecoming. Many expressed disbelief and frustration, saying the cost is outrageous and out of reach for those who have supported him since his early street-pop days.
Users questioned the pricing compared to international shows, with some noting that fans abroad can secure seats for less than half the cost.
Social media reactions have been fierce, @Yemmmmie_: “So Nigerians are paying $200 just to stand and watch Asake, while people abroad get seats for under $100? Make it make sense. How do you overcharge the people who actually built the fanbase? It’s giving ‘exploit your own’ and everyone’s just supposed to smile about it?”
@_ayzo: “I really wanted to go for Asake’s show but 300k is too ridiculous.”
@_blondehoe: “Asake ticket prices are ridiculous. Not even Chris Brown, Summer Walker and Travis Scott were this expensive. I might need a Nigerian bf to buy me a ticket soon.”
@richtosho: “Asake concert standing ticket is 300k, Rema 250k, Davido 250k, in a country of particular concern… but they will sell tickets in US for less than $100 ~150k and you might even see Chris Brown and Billie Eilish + 10 other artists… imagine?”
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