ABUJA, Nigeria -- A boat transporting passengers to a market in north-central Nigeria capsized, killing at least 25 people, ...

A diplomatic cable also instructed consular officers in other visa processing posts to apply "heightened scrutiny" when ...

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has called for calm over the suspension of the ...

The Niger State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and ...

Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State has ordered the immediate shutdown of Badeggi FM Radio in Minna, the state ...

Amnesty International has strongly criticised the decision by Niger State Governor Umar Bago to shut down Badeggi 90.1 FM ...

The Niger State Police Command, under the leadership of Commissioner of Police Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, has intensified efforts to combat thuggery, youth restiveness, and armed robbery in Minna ...

Russia wishes to mine uranium in Niger, a top source of the radioactive metal ruled by a military junta friendly to the ...

The coup in Niger of 26 July, 2023 destabilised the Sahel region, and West Africa as a whole. Two years on, human rights ...

A new study led by researchers at the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research (IOI) has found that ...

The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, has stated that only the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has the power to suspend the licence of any radio station. Naija News recalls that Governor ...

The Niger State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged Governor Mohammed Umar Bago to tread carefully and act in line with democratic principles when issuing directives.During an ...