At least 54 people have died after a boat capsised on an ‘increasingly dangerous’ section of the River Niger. Dozens of bodies have been pulled out of the river in the Kogi state in northern ...

The Niger State Government has committed to supporting the Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority in achieving its goals. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago made this pledge during a meeting on ...

Nigerian environmentalists on Tuesday condemned a government plan to resume oil production in the restive Ogoniland, ...

"If you go to Lokoja, you see massive developments along the Niger River," says Mr Barau. These developments are almost always unregulated, with people building on floodplains, reducing the ...

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 youngest son of a village leader, Equiano was born among the Ibo people in the kingdom of Benin, along the Niger River. He was "the greatest favourite with [his] mother." His family expected ...