Stakeholders in Niger State have pledged to work together to develop a comprehensive policy framework to tackle the ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has raised the alarm over the proliferation of firearms and explosives among artisanal miners in ...

APC chieftain, Jonathan Vatsa, has stated that the two most lucrative businesses in Northern Nigeria are illegal mining and ...

On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis, commonly ...

The Niger State government has appealed to businesses and residents to embrace what it called a responsible mining policy.

There is a fresh panic in Niger state as another tanker explosion rocked the northwest state, just one week after 98 people ...

Following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, ECOWAS outlined four key measures to maintain regional cooperation ...

In response, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their exit last January and accused ECOWAS of failing to safeguard ...

Press Release - The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa ...

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey. His lawyers say that his detention is setting a dangerous precedent and have launched ...

France’s Orano Group has announced the filing of a second arbitration procedure against Niger at the International Centre for ...