For refusing to be raped, two women were recently killed in Sabon Gari, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, alongside ...

Divers and local volunteers have been searching the River Niger following the incident Dozens of people are feared dead after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria. The boat was ferrying more ...

West Africa's Niger river connects four ecoregions of outstanding importance ... Twenty of the river's 250 species of freshwater fish are endemic, and a crucial food source for millions of people. In ...

People began to cross at embarkation points on the Niger River or on one of its tributaries, the Sota River or the Alibori River, further away from the official Malanville-Gaya bridge (see Figure 3).

Housing deficit is causing untold hardship on the people of Kogi State amid the present economic hardship in the country, ...

"The river is part of the border. Niger says its borders with Benin are closed. It's a consequence," the source told AFP. "With the flow of people on the river and the boats whose loading no one ...

"If you go to Lokoja, you see massive developments along the Niger River," says Mr Barau. These developments are almost always unregulated, with people building on floodplains, reducing the ...

The training, which was kicked-off earlier on Thursday at the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority in Basin ...

Following the devastating floods that crippled activities in Biseni Kingdom in Bayelsa State, thousands of displaced ...

At least 28 people have died following a bandits attack in Niger State and a road mishap in Imo state. Bandits struck in ...

What was the first capital of Nigeria? Nigeria's eventful history has seen multiple cities serve as its capital. Read on for ...

the two countries are separated by the Niger River. Pirogues (wooden canoes) have long been used to smuggle goods and people across the border. The river is a significant transit point for ...