At least three persons died and one other was injured when a mining pit collapsed at Bazakwoi, a village in the Adnun community of Niger State....
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists attacked a Nigerian Army base in Tegina, Rafi local government area of Niger State and injured two soldiers on Tuesday. However,...
The Senate has resolved to investigate the cause of a rockslide that killed more than 20 people in Shiroro local government area of Niger State. At...
Police in Niger on Wednesday confirmed 20 people died at the collapsed mine in Shiroro local government area of the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police,...
At least seven persons have been rescued at a collapsed mining site in Kogo, Shiroro local government Area of Niger State. The Director-General of the Niger...
A mining site collapsed in Galkogo village of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State and killed one person on Monday. The Director-General of the Niger...
Four dismissed soldiers have been arrested by the police for the alleged murder of a staff of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested five suspected armed robbers in the state. The police alleged that they broke into a man’s residence in Minna and...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested two suspects in connection with the killing of a trader in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
In a move aligned with the recent ECOWAS summit decision, Nigeria has reopened its land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and lifted other...
The military governments in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic have resolved to set up a joint force to fight Islamist terrorist groups in the three...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday lifted some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The sub-regional body took the decision at...
The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, on Thursday ordered the release of 25 persons who protested against nationwide economic hardship on Monday in Minna. Residents of...
A former Vice-President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, called for a tight security measure...
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, on Sunday, announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) The leaders...
Several people were feared dead in a boat mishap in Borgu local government area of Niger State on Monday. The Director-General of Niger State Emergency Management...
Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso are working on a political and monetary alliance. The Nigerien military leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, announced the move that could mark...
The Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, threw out the suit by the Niger Republic junta against...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly killed a bus driver and kidnapped eight passengers in Niger State on Saturday. Eyewitnesses told the journalists on Wednesday that...
In Niger State, the over 20 communities around Auna River have had their hopes for fresh water, electricity supply and dry season farming dashed for about...
President Bola Tinubu said on Friday the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was adopting back-channel strategies to restore democracy in the Niger Republic. The...
The Federal Government on Monday evacuated another batch of 113 stranded Nigerians from the neighbouring Niger Republic. The Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the...
The French army, Tuesday, said it had begun withdrawing its troops from Niger Republic after being ordered out of the country by coup leaders that toppled...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, said on Friday the Federal Government would resettle the 22,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) scattered in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 399 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from one Oluwagbenga Leke. The NDLEA Director of Media and...
At least 24 persons were confirmed dead and several others were declared missing in a boat accident in the Mokwa local government area of Niger State...
Tens of thousands of Nigeriens on Saturday held huge protests across the country demanding that French troops leave the country following an earlier ultimatum given to...
The Federal Government on Saturday dismissed a report on the expulsion of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Niger Republic, Mohammed Usman. President Bola Tinubu has spearheaded moves...
President Bola Tinubu said on Saturday the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would not allow the Niger military junta to “insincerely” buy time. Tinubu,...
The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday buried the 20 military personnel killed in bandits’ attack and helicopter crash in Niger State. The ceremony which took place...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday sent a delegation of Islamic leaders to Niger Republic for another round of talks with the leaders of the country’s military...
Hundreds of Nigeriens living in Kano State on Saturday, staged a protest march against the coup in the country, while calling the military junta to reinstate...
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday met with the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, and his Niger State counterpart, Mohammed Umar Bago, over the...
“Bros, you dey town?” “Yes. Where you think say I for dey. I no tell you say I dey travel” “I thought maybe you would have...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), against resorting to the use of military or threats in a...
Last week, President Bola Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), wrote to the Senate seeking their approval for...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the NIger Republic. ECOWAS President, President, Omar Alieu...
Generals from the new military governing council in Niger Republic are to head the defence and interior ministries as the coup leaders have formed a new...
The recalcitrant new military rulers in Niger Republic may have a United States of America (USA) military action to contend with if they fail to restore...
Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has counseled President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African...
The military junta in Niger has named a former economy minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the Prime Minister of the country. The appointment of Zeine...
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on the crisis in Niger Republic after military...
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger, Alhaji Zakari Jikantoro has resigned his position. Jikantori announced his resignation on Friday in Minna, after...
President Bola Tinubu has deployed a delegation to Niger Republic with a mandate to resolve the current political impasse in the country. A group of soldiers...
Against the backdrop of the reported cut of electricity to Niger Republic, a former Senator that represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Senator, Shehu Sani,...
The Armed Forces of Nigeria has not received any order to proceed to Niger Republic for any military intervention, the Defence Headquarters said in a statement...
France will begin the evacuation of its citizens from Niger following a military in a coup in the West African country on Tuesday. The French Foreign...
Concerned by the growing anti-French protests and sentiments in Niger, where soldiers seized power last week, France has said it will start evacuating its nationals “very...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government on Sunday agreed to take military action against all individuals involved in last...