In 2009, the Malian government handed out a large area of land for an irrigated sugarcane plantation. Hundreds of farmers ...

of which eight are in West Africa. A review of AES member states reveals Niger Republic as the most populated, with over 26 million people, then Burkina Faso, with over 23 million people ...

Nigeria has slashed electricity supply to Niger, capping it at 46mw from 80mw, representing 42% of total supply, leading to ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Nigerian returning from Malaysia with methamphetamine ...

Russia's influence in Niger continues to deepen, as evidenced by a combination of humanitarian assistance, major ...

1682 – Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1833 – Peterborough, NH, ...

Chief Magistrate Ejike King George resigned from Rivers judiciary, citing discomfort with the state’s quasi-military ...

Brits have been warned that the Foreign Office is advised against “all but essential travel” to 21 countries. Venturing to these parts of the world could prove risky, according to the Foreign, ...

FG announced likelihood of heavy flooding affecting approximately 1,249 communities within 176 Local Government Areas (LGAs) ...

In the 19th century, thousands of peralta giraffes lived in West Africa, from Mauritania to Niger, in the semiarid land known as the Sahel. By 1996, fewer than 50 remained because of hunting ...

Niger joins Mali and Burkina Faso in distancing from France, having quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and forming the Alliance of Sahel States. Similar moves are underway across ...

ShareDr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) is a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Senior Partner, Olisa ...