Current Nigerian Army Strength No Match for Multiple ThreatsBy Segun Onibiyo and Mike Odeh James(Minna, Niger state) - “We are looking at a potential collapse of the Northwest and North-Cen ...

Still, transport workers in Cotonou say some movement persists, with the Niger River — a natural border — remaining a busy crossing despite the official closure.

Pipeline blasts came and went. But with the former leader of the now-defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on the president’s side, the turmoil didn’t spread. When the ...

Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said Tuesday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead.

Africa’s largest wetlands, Mali’s Inner Niger Delta hosts millions of migratory birds, and serves as a lifeline for more than one million people who depend on it for pastureland, flood recession, ...

The oil giant, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, has donated seven multimillion-naira medical equipment and drugs to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Rivers State University Teaching ...

Some fishers in Bamako, Mali’s capital, are raising concerns about dredging of the Niger River in search of gold. They say the combination of dredging and increasing plastic pollution is causing ...

The Niger Delta Democratic Alliance (NDDA) has criticised Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), the sole administrator of Rivers State, for his handling of the state’s deepening political crisis ...

The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) is set to hold a peaceful protest on April 7, 2025, against the emergency rule declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.

In response Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president, declared a state of emergency in Rivers, the oil-rich state in the Niger Delta where the explosion happened.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in oil-producing Rivers State and suspended the state governor, his deputy and all lawmakers.

Nigeria's Trans Niger Pipeline, a major oil artery transporting crude from onshore oilfields to the Bonny export terminal, was shut after a blast that caused a fire, police said on Tuesday.