Laatste berichten en historisch nieuws uit Niger. Hoofdstad: Niamey.
A 400-level student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Isma’il Magaji, has been killed by a stray bullet from a military task force durin…
By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor The war against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta may be facing an unlikely, yet potent, enemy…
Nigeria is once again confronted with a tragedy that should trouble the conscience of every citizen: 37 people arrested over alleged illegal min…
By OWOLOLA ADEBOLA In the early hours of 17 September 2026, a grim discovery was made in Minna, capital of Nigeria’s mineral-rich Niger State. T…
Nearly 20 years after the Federal Government awarded the contract for the 330kV Ikot Abasi Transmission Line, the Niger Delta Power Holding Comp…
The scale of cattle rustling by bandits in some parts of the north has led to the import of livestock, especially cows from Niger and other part…
The blue economy can provide an alternative revenue source to oil for the Niger Delta and Nigeria. As we began our journey back to Warri, I was…
The NSCDC has arrested three more personnel over the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in its custody in Niger State, bringing the total det…
Renowned security expert, author and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Abayomi Mumuni, has called on Nigerians to exercise re…
Authorities in north-central Nigeria are investigating the deaths of 37 people while they were in custody for illegal mining. Officials say the…
In tonights programme, investigation is ongoing into the death in custody of thirty-seven people, accused of illegal mining in Nigeria. Also,Tun…
Authorities linked the deaths to disease, but this has been disputed by intelligence reports and relatives of the accused.
Nigerian authorities launched an investigation Thursday after 37 suspected illegal miners died in a civil defence detention facility in central…
By Daniel Abia, PORT HARCOURT Governors of the South-South states, foreign and local investors, financial institutions and other stakeholders ar…
New chief of staff appointed after failed mutiny tested military rulers' grip on power.
A suspected military bomb dropped by a Nigerian Air Force jet killed seven members of a local vigilante group and injured eight others on Thursd…
Niger’s oil minister held a press conference on Wednesday to address a key issue for the country: the oil reserves Niger could rely on to fuel i…
A Niger State High Court has sentenced a 27-year-old man, Hussaini Suleiman, to seven years in jail for raping an eight-year-old girl in Minna.