The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has extended maternity leave for women in the state from three months to six months, saying it would give ample time to care for their babies and themselves.

The Niger Delta Development Agenda (NDDA), has congratulated the newly appointed chairman of the South-South Development Commission, (SSDC), Chibudom Nwuche and members of his team, noting that ...

The Niger State Police Command has disclosed that its operatives killed a notorious drug lord known as Bello Mai Danger after he tried to resist arrest during a raid on a drug den in Minna ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — French uranium mining company Orano has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the raiding of its local offices, as military authorities ...

Their detention follows a broadcast reporting the termination of security contract between Niger and Russia. The Nigerien junta have detained three journalists working for the independent Sahara ...

Prior to Niger’s withdrawal of troops from MNJTF and knowing the dire consequences for the security of the North-East, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa visited the country ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria, - Nigeria's Trans Niger Pipeline, a major oil artery transporting crude from onshore oilfields to the Bonny export terminal, burst and spilled oil into the local B-Dere community ...

A chieftain of the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF), Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, has issued a strong warning to the newly appointed Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria, May 16 (Reuters) - Nigerian oil firm Renaissance Energy has halted production on one line feeding into the Trans Niger oil pipeline, a major oil artery transporting crude from ...

Kabul has met with envoys from Ouagadougou and Niamey in recent weeks, an unexpected move given that Sahel militants see the Taliban as a trusted ally. It was a somewhat surprising meeting. On Monday, ...

Despite severing intelligence ties with Russia, Niger's security strategy is still connected to Moscow. Recently, Niger joined Mali and Burkina Faso in an agreement with the Russian space agency ...

arresting 36 suspected oil thieves and confiscating over 591,000 litres of stolen products in the ongoing crackdown against oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta Region (NDR).