"Brazen! It is brazen!" Prof Paul Sereno says down the phone line from Chicago. He makes no effort to disguise his anger that ...

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has mourned the death of former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu ...

By Wole Mosadomi, Minna Death toll of those infected by cholera epidemic has risen to 16 persons in Niger State. Two weeks ...

NIAMEY: Niger's military government has announced the nationalisation of the country's sole industrial gold mine, accusing ...

Niger State has commissioned what is touted as Africa’s largest shea butter processing plant, a 30,000-metric-ton-per-year facility built by Salid Agriculture Nigeria Limited in Kudu, Mokwa Local ...

At least two Indians have been killed and a third abducted by gunmen during an attack in Niger’s southwest Dosso region.

The Niger State House of Assembly has urged Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago to issue an executive order banning “Marker’s Day” ...

The USA is pausing all routine visa services at its embassy in Nigerien capital Niamey until further notice, according to a ...

Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential military intervention, a military source told CNN, just hours after the military junta running ...

Niger was seen as a mainstay of Western efforts to quell Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel, the arid region south of the Sahara Desert. Mahamadou Hamidou/Reuters ...

Niger is a main Western ally in a fight against Islamist insurgents, and the coup has been condemned by foreign powers who fear it could allow the militants to gain ground.

Death toll of those infected by the cholera epidemic has risen to 16 persons in Niger State. Thirteen people were recorded ...