The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have supported a Moroccan initiative to provide them with access to ...

Geographical determinism, the theory that physical environments significantly influence social and political development, ...

By Dickson Omobola As international oil companies continue to pull out of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, concerns over the country’s energy future have intensified. A Nigerian-born research scientist, ...

The anticipation was due to IBB’s extraordinary antecedents, particularly the controversies surrounding his assumption of and ...

Africa rsquo;s journey since independence has been marked by a continuous struggle between foreign-imposed governance models ...

As travel warnings ease and flights increase, David Pilling joins a tour operator’s ‘recce’, travelling from the coast into the desert to find dune seas, ancient villages and remote oases ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.

Twelve Nigerien soldiers were reported killed during a surprise attack carried out by armed assailants in western Niger, ...

Niger State Government has described the death of the former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Daniel Clifford Shashere, as a monumental loss to the state and Nation. Shashere died on ...

Traders operating in the different markets in Minna, the Niger State capital have lamented their plight over the long distance they have to endure while trekking back home from their respective shops.

In a move to further distance itself from its colonial past, the government of Niger has officially adopted the Hausa language as the nation’s national language. In a new charter released last ...