In the late 19th century, Britain secured the acquisition of Nigeria for £865,000 from the Royal Niger Company, driven by ...

has issued an urgent flood warning to communities along the River Benue and River Niger, following significant rises in water ...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: WWF is joining with local and international partners to save Africa's third longest river. West Africa's Niger river connects four ecoregions of outstanding importance and some ...

The lawmaker representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly, Senator Saliu Mustapha, yesterday flagged off a ...

Divers and local volunteers have been searching the River Niger following the incident Dozens of people are feared dead after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria. The boat was ferrying more ...

The bridge over the Niger River, linking the Beninese city of Malanville and the city of Gaya in Niger - a key transit point for migrants and both licit and illicit trade - was therefore ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) says heavy rains caused the Niger River and Benue River to overflow. It has resulted in a series of floods across the country over two weeks ...

The Senate on Thursday decried recurring flood disasters in communities along the River Niger channel mandated its Committee on Environment to conduct an urgent assessment of the affected flooded ...

Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria. It is always the same story—the Niger River bursts its banks and the ...

River Niger Black Mother follows the 4184kilometerlong River Niger from its source in Guinea through Mali Niger and Benin to Nigeria A passionate ode to the river the cultures that have arisen on ...