The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has attributed the tragic petroleum truck accident at Dikko Junction, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, to the deplorable state of roads and the dangerous practice of fuel scooping at accident scenes.
The Global Peace Foundation Nigeria (GPFN) has launched a peace and unity initiative in Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State.The initiative, is aimed at promoting peaceful coexistence among diverse communities,
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has executed the village head of Malam Boulamari, a locality in Niger's Diffa region.
Niger, tanker and Truck Explosion
The United Nations will this week appeal for $910 million to help tackle a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria, which has been in the grip of an Islamist insurgency since 2009 and was hit by flooding last year,
Construction work has intensified on the $1.96 billion Kano-Maradi rail project despite the strained relations between the Federal Government and the military junta in Niger after a lull.
The death toll in last Saturday's tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara local government area of Niger state has increased to 86 people as some of the injured victims died while receiving treatment.
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The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 98, the country’s emergency response agency said.
The $910 million appeal marks the most expensive humanitarian crisis in West and Central Africa, surpassing those in Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, according to UN documents. ・United Nations to launch a $910 million appeal for humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria.
Members of the House of Representatives, led by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas donated N100 million to victims of the tanker explosion in Niger state.Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago received the dignitaries at the Niger State liaison office,
IT was barely 16 days after President Bola Tinubu was elected chairman of ECOWAS that Abdourahmane Tchiani illegally removed Niger Republic’s President Mohamed Bazoum in a military coup on July 26, 2023.