Niger in a sentence

Dams constructed on the Niger River in the neighbouring countries of Mali and Guinea and also within Niger itself are also cited as a reason for a reduction of water flow in the Niger River—which has a direct effect upon the environment.

Guinea also expressed its solidarity with Niger on Monday, saying it would not participate in measures against Niger.

He said the suspects were all indigenes of Baburasa village under Kainji local government area of Niger State, who specialized in kidnapping and cattle rustling in Zamfara, Katsina and Niger states.

In his proposal, he claimed that the Ministry of the Niger Delta had the responsibility of attending to the country’s Niger Delta region’s intervention and humanitarian requirements as well as fostering the region’s physical development.

It noted that already Mali and Burkina Faso have dispatched warplanes to Niger in response to a potential military intervention by the regional economic bloc moreover Burkina Faso had threatened to withdraw from it if it intervenes militarily in Niger.

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 51-year-old woman, Blessing Jeremiah, for stealing a three-year-old girl-child in Niger State and attempting to transport her to a buyer who had paid her N530,000.

The Second Niger Bridge is now known as ‘Muhammadu Buhari Second Niger Bridge.

Troops from the joint France-Niger military operation Almahaou patrol the Tillaberi region of western Niger – a regular target for jihadist attacks – on November 6, 2021.

Under the umbrella body of the Niger Basin Authority based in Niamey, Niger Republic, Nigeria is downstream of all the countries in this basin, according to Nze.

U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with Niger’s junta members in the capital this week but called them unreceptive to her demands to restore Niger’s democracy.

A man holds a flag of Niger as protesters gather during a demonstration for the immediate departure of United States Army soldiers deployed in northern Niger in Niamey on April 13, 2024.

Benin, alongside other neighbours, has reopened its border with Niger, but Nigerien officials have refused to open theirs, accusing Benin of hosting French troops that pose a threat to the country after Niger severed military ties with France.

Supporters of Niger's ruling junta gather for a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference, in Niamey, Niger, Aug. 3, 2023.

The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state and at least 50 of them were burned alive in the crash on Sunday, Abdullahi Baba-Arab, director-general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, said.

The Niger Delta Development Commission says no fewer than two million residents of the Niger Delta region have benefited from its ongoing free medical outreach.

Niger should import from us what they have and we should be able to import from Niger what they have.

This question is premised on the difference between my perception and the reality we meet at the old secretariat of Niger State where the office of Niger State Pilgrims Board is situated.

Deyo said in his letter to the Journal that when the CIA was tasked with collecting additional intelligence on whether Iraq was seeking uranium “yellowcake” from Niger, Plame proposed sending out her husband, who had once served in Niger.

Mamman complained that while the cost of electricity units in neighbouring Niger Republic was higher than it is in Nigeria, consumers in Niger were prudent in their payment for electricity bills unlike in Nigeria where he claimed consumers evade payments.

Abubakar, who is also the Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, made the appeal in his Wadata Palace in Bida, Niger State, during the Bariki Sallah celebration to mark the end of Eld-el-kabir on Saturday.