(MENAFN) An American missionary was abducted from his residence in Niger, according to multiple security sources who spoke to CBS News, a partner of BBC in the United States. The unidentified man was taken from the capital city, Niamey, on...
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(MENAFN) France has indicated a willingness to engage in discussions regarding possible reparations for atrocities committed by its colonial forces in Niger over a century ago, according to The Guardian. The report cites a document from France’s...
(MENAFN) Niger’s military-led government has declared the nationalization of the Somair uranium mine, previously managed by France’s state-owned nuclear company Orano, citing violations and an expired contract. The move comes amid rising tensions...
(MENAFN) More than 700 individuals from the Mokwa community remain unaccounted for in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State following severe flooding that struck the region three weeks ago, local media revealed Wednesday. Governor Umaru Bago of...
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
(MENAFN) Ukrainian military instructors are allegedly training and arming al-Qaeda-linked jihadist groups in Mali, according to a report by the Malian media outlet Bamada. The revelation came after Malian soldiers successfully repelled attacks by...
(MENAFN) Niger’s interim leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, has accused Western nations, particularly France, of deliberately contributing to terrorist activity in the country in an effort to force unwanted political changes on its citizens....
(MENAFN) Russia is increasing its humanitarian assistance to African nations with a new delivery of 709.5 tons of food aid to Burkina Faso scheduled for May, according to a report by Izvestia citing the Russian Foreign Ministry. Additionally,...
(MENAFN) Seven Nigerian soldiers were killed in an assault carried out by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the northeast of the country, according to media reports on Saturday. The attack targeted military personnel in Konduga, Borno state,...
A students’ rights group, the Concerned Students’ Movement (CSM), has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a 29-year-old postgraduate student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, who was reportedly...
A postgraduate student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), Abubakar Isah Mokwa, has been arrested by the police for allegedly criticising Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State on Facebook. Mokwa, a student of the...
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has condemned the arrest of Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a postgraduate student of the Department of Agricultural Economy and Extension at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL)....
A U.S. Christian missionary in Niger was kidnapped from his home by men with suspected links to al-Qaida and ISIS. The abducted missionary’s last tracked location was between the Nigerien capital and the Malian border in an area considered to be...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that the death toll from the petrol tanker explosion that rocked the Essa community along the Bida–Badeggi–Agaie road in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State has climbed to 45....
Abdullbergy Usman Ebbo, the Special Adviser on Digital Media to the Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has said that he likes his wives' leg and waist chains. He stated this on Friday after the Director, Media and Strategy of the Niger State...
The Niger State governor, Umar Bago’s critic, who is also a master’s degree student of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), Isah Mokwa, has been charged with terrorism, cybercrime, and thuggery on the governor's order, after...
Lapai, Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a postgraduate student at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, has been arrested for allegedly criticizing Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State. Mokwa, who is of the Department of Agricultural Economy and...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has announced plans to recruit and train 10,000 citizens into the Joint Task Force (JTF) to help restore peace in areas affected by bandit attacks. Bago stated this during a condolence visit to the...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a 29-year-old master’s degree student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), following a formal criminal complaint filed against him. Mokwa, who is...
