Niger

Thousands of people have fled a camp hosting 20,000 Malian refugees in western Niger after a deadly jihadist attack devastated the site, the United Nations said Wednesday. Around 50 jihadists …

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State on Thursday extended the COVID-19 Preventive, Containment and Emergency Order in the state by two weeks from Wednesday. The Secretary to the State Government …

A 28-year-old farmer, Amisu Bello, is to serve six months in prison after a Magistrates’ Court in Minna, Niger, convicted him of stealing 13 crates of egg. Bello was docked …

The international donor conference on Boko Haram holding in Berlin on Monday pledged $2.52 billion to help countries in the Lake Chad Basin fight Boko Haram. Germany’s foreign ministry said …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State has arrested a man for allegedly pouring boiling water on his mother, causing serious injuries on her body. Mr …

Kabiru Idi, 15, has been arrested by the Niger state Police Command for having sex with a goat. Idi who lives in Gbeganu area of Bosso Local Government Area of …

A court in Niger handed an opposition leader, El Hadj Amadou Djibo a three-month suspended sentence on Tuesday for agitating for the overthrow of the government, a move his lawyer …

Over 2.7 million children were immunised in Niger State during its just concluded Immunisation Plus Week, the Executive Director of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Yahaya Na’uzo, …

Niger state governor, Abu Sani Bello, has ordered the immediate sack of all food masters in all government owned boarding schools in the state. Bello reportedly gave the order when …

The acting General Manager, Radio Niger, Mr Andrew Achanya, has said that the state government had signed N300 million contract to ensure the digitalisation of the station. Achanya disclosed this …