Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on the orders of the military government.

The National Chairman of the ruling APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has urged security agents to be proactive against banditry ...

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

SACP reiterates its support for the historic people’s decision for French troop withdrawal: A milestone in the Second Phase ...

While you were sleeping, global agencies reported the following events overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. Nineteen ...

The death toll of an explosion from a crashed gasoline tanker in central Nigeria over the weekend has risen to 98, after ...

Governor Umaru Bago has moved to improve technology in Niger State by allocating a land to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) ...

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 ...

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering security matters in Nigeria.Suleja, Niger ...

The exit of military-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) is seen to ...

The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising extremist violence, Niger’s ...

There is a prominent perception or assumption that the Nupe people, the major ethnic group in Niger State, are highly educated, particularly in Western education. My attention was recently drawn ...