Niger State Governor, Muhammad Umaru Bago, has expressed concern over Africa’s heavy reliance on food importation, valued at ...

99% of cases of the disease are in Africa – impacting millions of people. It can cause itchiness, skin damage, and eventually blindness. Show more River blindness – or onchocerciasis – is a ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Onchocerciasis is spread by infected blackflies in rural areas along rivers and lakes ...

Nigeria's Trans Niger Pipeline, a major oil artery transporting crude from onshore oilfields to the Bonny export terminal, was shut after a blast that caused a fire, police said on Tuesday.

Niger Delta leaders have asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prevail on the warring groups in Rivers State to embrace ...

The West African country, a crossroads for trade and transit in one of the world's roughest regions, is clinging to stability. But for how long? A convoy of pickups packed with Nigeriens and other ...

The Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State belonging to Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings has resumed operations after a fire incident on Monday night.

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).