A FRESH batch of at least 522 stranded Nigerians has arrived in Nigeria from Niamey, the Niger Republic. News Point…
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NO fewer than 800 Nigerian deportees have been received from the Republic of Niger at the Jibia-Magama border in Katsina…
GERMANY has temporarily withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Niger Republic over concerns about the security situation in the country. Berlin…
NIGER Republic’s ruling junta said Thursday it had cancelled three gold mining companies’ concessions and denied a licence extension to…
THE ISIL (ISIS) armed group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an air force base at Niger’s main airport.…
A BURST of heavy gunfire and explosions erupted early Thursday near the international airport in Niger’s capital Niamey before halting…
AN armed attack has killed at least 31 civilians in western Niger near the borders with Burkina Faso and Mali…
NIGER Republic has revoked the licences of dozens of transport operators and drivers for refusing to deliver fuel to neighbouring…
NIGER Republic’s military rulers have approved a general mobilisation and authorised the requisition of people and goods as they intensify…
NIGER Republic’s president Abdourahamane Tchiani this weekend said the country’s border with Benin would remain closed “as long as the…
THE National Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with various stakeholders, has received 150 Nigerian returnees from Agadez, Niger Republic. The…
A FRENCH uranium mining company accused of partial responsibility for jihadists abducting some of its employees in the Niger Republic…
MALI, Burkina Faso and Niger, three nations in West Africa run by military governments after coups in recent years, have…
GUNMEN on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending a baptism ceremony, in an attack on a…
NEARLY 130 people have been “summarily executed” by insurgents in Niger Republic in separate attacks since March, a report by…
MOROCCO trounced 10-man Niger 5-0 in Rabat on Friday to win Group E and become the first African qualifiers for…
AT least 35 migrants have died attempting the dangerous crossing of the Niger desert to Libya or Algeria on their…
NIGER’s lawyers have announced a two-day strike on Thursday and Friday to protest against the military government’s dissolution of the…
NIGER Republic’s military junta says it will nationalise the majority French-owned local uranium company in the latest escalation in a…
MORE than 200 gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least…