Cancer is a growing healthcare challenge in Niger, with over 11 000 new cases and more than 8800 cancer related deaths reported in 2022. Radiotherapy — a treatment needed in nearly half of all cancer ...

Niger's main mine workers' union has thrown its support behind the military government's planned nationalisation of Somair, ...

Umuahia, the capital city of Abia State, witnessed empty streets on Friday as residents stayed back in their homes in total compliance with the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra ...

The Nigerian Red Cross Society has expressed sorrow over the flooding that struck Kpege-Mokwa in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State in the early ...

The Nigerian Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the immediate redeployment of over 100 senior officers across various formations nationwide.

Jihadists are assumed to be behind the recent kidnapping of a Swiss woman in Niger, the latest in a series of abductions in the volatile country, analysts say.

See other winners of 2025 World Press Photo Contest. The top photograph was followed by two finalists: "Night Crossing" by John Moore, which showed "Chinese migrants warm themselves during a cold ...

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated medications and other relief materials to the Umuahia Medium Custodial Centre in Abia State, in collaboration with the Peace and ...

A man holds a photo of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani at a march in support of the military junta, in Niamey, Niger, July 30, 2023 (AP photo by Sam Mednick). Click to share on Twitter ...

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to ...

Traditional rulers in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State have invoked death on kidnappers operating in any part of the local government. The monarch made the invocation on December 24 during a ...

You’ll find the National War Museum nestled in Umuahia, Abia State. This unique spot preserves Nigeria’s military history, focusing on the Civil War era. Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma’s official ...