Stakeholders in Niger State have pledged to work together to develop a comprehensive policy framework to tackle the challenges confronting cassava

The World Health Organization said Thursday that Niger met the criteria for the elimination of onchocerciasis, a cause of blindness, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasitic disease.

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

The Niger State government has appealed to businesses and residents to embrace what it called a responsible mining policy.

On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis, commonly

There is a fresh panic in Niger state as another tanker explosion rocked the northwest state, just one week after 98 people died of the same incident in the state.

Press Release - The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus.

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey. His lawyers say that his detention is setting a dangerous precedent and have launched

France’s Orano Group has announced the filing of a second arbitration procedure against Niger at the International Centre for

Recall that NADF and the Niger State Government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last year leading to the signing of funding agreement between NADF, Niger Foods, and the Niger State Government, setting the stage for transformative growth towards achieving food security and self-sufficiency in Nigeria.

Nigeria's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports have seen a dramatic decline of 20 percent, primarily due to a surge in pipeline