PRETORIA, August 31. /TASS/. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigerian president and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) chairman, has offered the rebels in Niger a nine-month transitional period, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

No details about the proposal are available.

Tinubu pointed out that ECOWAS sanctions on Niger would not be eased without "positive adjustments" on the part of the military officers who had taken power in the country.