The proliferation of these commissions may have an unexpected consequence: state governors will increasingly abdicate their responsibilities.

Sir: In 2017, the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the cleanup of Ogoni. The inauguration ...

This projection is based on the decision by farmers in the northern part of the country to export their bumper harvest to ...

African governments have criticized a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he said that some leaders showed ...

Niger’s coup leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani accused neighbouring Nigeria of collaborating with France to destabilise ...

ShareNiger State Governor Umaru Bago yesterday told farmers in the Shiroro Local Government Area to restrict their movements ...

The Niger State government has asked villagers, particularly in the Shiroro Local Government Area, to suspend farming for ...

Indigenisation efforts led by leaders more concerned with self-preservation than national progress often spell disaster.

Canada's Barrick Gold said on Monday it would suspend operations in Mali if the country does not lift restrictions on gold ...

President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria seeks to return Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali into the ECOWAS fold before his tenure as the ...

The Women Advocacy, Research, and Documentation Center (WARDC) has raised concerns about the alarming rate of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Niger State, reporting over 1,000 cases ...

A Niger court on Friday jailed a leading civil society figure and critic of the military-led authorities, one month after he was detained following a trip abroad, his NGO said.