The Managing Director of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, Aliyu Abdulhameed, has blamed poor railway infrastructure for the recent devastating flood in Mokwa, ...

A small boat has sunk in the Niger River on the border between Niger and Benin, killing 13 people, locaBoat accident on Niger River claims 13 livesl sources told AFP Thursday. Niger’s military ...

A Russian-built SU-24M bomber crashed into Niger River near Gao, Mali, a day after a major Africa Corps–FLA clash. The cause remains unknown.

Nearly two years after Niger's military seized power and the border with Benin was shut, tensions over security, sovereignty and French influence have hardened into a stand-off throttling trade ...

The man was not drowning, South Bend Fire said, but needed help getting out of the river. He was taken to the hospital for further evaluation.

Some fishers in Bamako, Mali’s capital, are raising concerns about dredging of the Niger River in search of gold. They say the combination of dredging and increasing plastic pollution is causing ...

While Hausa is the predominant language spoken in Niger, French has held official status since the nation gained independence from France in 1960.

At the Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority, Minna, Niger State, it was learnt that a substantive managing director, Abdullahi Tajudeen Aliyu, assumed office last year.

How did Niger eliminate river blindness? 99% of cases of the disease are in Africa – impacting millions of people. It can cause itchiness, skin damage, and eventually blindness. Show more Download ...