Tag: Niger

Nigeria hit back after Nigerien military dismissed Nigerian soldiers as cowards.

President Francois Hollande said Paris was also delivering fuel and munitions to countries fighting Boko Haram.

It was the first time the Nigeria-based insurgents launched an assault in Niger.

Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin had earlier in the month requested the AU to seek U.N. Security Council mandate ...

Emergency and health workers are having a hard time evacuating bodies from the location.

The new military plan came as the Jonathan administration became so worried by the activities of Boko Haram, especially after ...

The Niger State Deputy Governor, Musa Ibeto, and about 200 of his supporters, on Monday, defected from the Peoples Democratic ...

The Nigerian government confirms it received no notice from Chadian authorities of its plan to retake Baga.

The two countries have withdrawn their troops from Baga in Borno.

Nigeria nosedived 22 places from its ranking in 2011.

Friday has been cancelled as work-free day for Niger state civil servants.

INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, explains to party leaders that the rescheduling of the exercises is to ensure their effectiveness.

The ban would take effect from May 21. Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State has signed the law banning the ...

Some state governments in the North attempted to increase education and employment opportunities, but with almost no support from the ...

The suspect was arrested in Ogijo, Ogun State. Barely 24 hours after a Nigerien was arrested for allegedly raping a ...

The Golden Eaglets have been grouped with Niger and Mali. The Golden Eaglets will take part in a six-nation sub-regional ...

About 20 people died across Nigeria during the recruitment exercise. The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Bem ...

A meeting of the Association of Petroleum Inland Basin States of Northern Nigeria will hold in Minna. Governors from thirteen ...

CPJ says Nigerien authorities are clamping down on critical media The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by recent detentions ...

Nigeria has remained the largest contributor to the Lake Chad Basin Commission with about N2.4 billion in five years The Chairman, ...

U-13 national football competition is currently taking place in Abuja The coach of Abuja U-13 football team, Usman Ilerika, said ...

Party says lack of internal democracy cause of problem within several political parties The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna ...

Commuters not satisfied with buses and tricycles provided Many commuters in Minna, Niger State, were on Thursday stranded following the ...

The states include Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Niger, Ogun, Plateau and Zamfara. The National Coordinator of ...

Emergency officials in Niger confirmed the casualty. One week after scores of people died in a boat mishap in Niger ...