The Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has commissioned the 9.6- kilometre Abraka-Oben Road reconstructed by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Abraka, Ethiope East ...

For over a decade, the people of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State lived under the shadow of insecurity. Fear of attacks by bandits, kidnapping and cattle rustling forced thousands to abandon their homes, ...

Twenty-two of the 774 local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria have had no access to electricity in both their headquarters ...

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 ...

The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the release of Usman Daina, the Secretary of Munya Local Government Area, who was abducted by armed bandits. Daina was freed unhurt following a sustained ...

In the last five months, over 500 lives have been lost and many other victims are now facing life-threatening deformities ...

So the clamour for regional commissions for the six geopolitical zones by law makers seems on the surface to be a very ...

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule ...

Instead, Nuwa, along with some neighbours, took the baby to Kubwa, Abuja, intending to sell her to a buyer.

How the Libyan conflict transformed human trafficking routes in West Africa, and why Europe’s response has so far failed.

An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...