Tag: Niger

PREMIUM TIMES management has extended congratulations to Ms Shikafi for the "well-deserved" recognition.

The mission also advised US citizens in the country to remain in their residences throughout the day, warning that the ...

AFP reported on Tuesday that the Nigerian government paid a "huge" ransom to Boko Haram and released two of its ...

Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan blocked the entrance to the office of a fellow senator at the National Assembly, protesting her alleged denial ...

As foreign rice gradually loses its appeal in the Nigerian market, the homegrown variety from Ebonyi has become a preferred ...

Sustained pressure and cross-border operations, not sporadic airstrikes, are needed to halt the group’s rapid transnational expansion.

Idi Buhari, Emmanuel Jacob and Suleiman Adamu were kidnapped on 9 January 2026 at Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area ...

The gruesome attack, which occurred on 3 January, was reportedly carried out by terrorists suspected to be members of the ...

The group said the attack, which claimed the lives of five park rangers, confirms the southward movement of armed groups ...

Amnesty International said the attacks are “an indication of the utter failure of the Nigerian authorities to protect lives.”

Friday's ceremony of the 20th Carnival Calabar featured representatives of the state’s 18 local government areas.

Preliminary investigations, the police said, indicate that the suspects belong to a criminal gang involved in kidnapping and armed attacks ...

The remaining Papiri schoolchildren rescued from abductors on Sunday are finally home in Minna after a tortuous journey.

Sources said the freed students and teachers are currently being transported to Minna, the Niger State capital,

Like many girls in her community, marriage came with early pregnancy, and in her village, childbirth is handled almost entirely ...

Northern leaders are pressing for state policing and a mining ban, but the region remains split between calls for a ...

President Tinubu applauded the security agents for all the efforts made to secure freedom for all the victims taken away ...

Once limited to Kannywood recognition, the trio’s deeply human performances have startled viewers and critics alike, cementing their status as ...

The list shows that 239 nursery and primary school pupils, 14 secondary school students and 12 teachers and non-academic staff ...

In a statement he issued on Monday, the former minister, Nduese Essien, described the wave of killings, kidnappings and terrorist ...

President Donald Trump Is it not strange to you that the man who says he wants to deliver and protect ...

“These brazen actions of criminality are causing global embarrassment to Nigeria and must be stopped."

The lawmaker, who recently led several meetings with top US officials, stressed that constructive collaboration will better support Nigeria’s counter-insurgency ...

The school closures occur amidst the rising attacks in the country by armed persons on schools, religious houses and security ...