At least 24 residents of Bida, the headquarters of Bida Local Government Area in Niger State, have been hospitalised following the outbreak of an unknown illness in the town. Reports indicate that 20 of the affected individuals have been discharged after more than a week of treatment at the Federal Medical Centre and Umaru Sanda Ndayako General

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has advised the Niger Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, to collaborate with the military to rout bandits and other criminal elements in the North Central state from their hideout.

The Niger State Government has issued a warning about a fraudulent online portal circulating on social media, falsely claiming to be a registration

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralised scores of bandits and destroyed a major logistics base in Alawa Forest, Shiroro Local Government Area of

Despite a deadly tanker explosion that killed over 90 people days earlier, residents in Bida town, Niger State, gathered around

NIGER— The Nigerian Air Force yesterday said its Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma, AC OPFY, has killed scores of bandits and dismantled their logistics base at Alawa Forest in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

Di number of pipo wey die for di tanker explosion for Niger State, north-central Nigeria, don rise to 86. Di tanker explosion happun for Dikko Junction, Gurara local goment area of Niger State on ...

In response to the tragic petrol tanker fire disaster at Dikko Junction in Niger State, the National Emergency Management Agency has distributed food, non-food items, and medical supplies to support the treatment of injured victims and provide relief to the affected families.

The Niger State Government has announced its decision to take over the cost of treatment of all the injured victims of Saturday’s Fuel Tanker explosion in the state as a humanitarian gesture ...

Orano has announced it is lodging a second arbitration procedure against the State of Niger following its loss of operational control of SOMAÏR, the operator of the Arlit uranium mine. ;

NIAMEY, Niger — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to have been kidnapped in the conflict-hit West African nation since a military junta took power in 2023.

Such incidents are common in Niger State. On 8 September 2024, more than 50 travellers died in a midnight tanker explosion along the Agaie-Badeggi road. In 2022, another petrol-laden tanker exploded at Badeggi village near Bida. Although there were no casualties from the incident, the fire gutted two other vehicles.