Press Release - The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of ...

APC chieftain, Jonathan Vatsa, has stated that the two most lucrative businesses in Northern Nigeria are illegal mining and ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Nigeria’s exports of liquefied natural gas saw a significant decline of 20 per cent last week, following an attack by ...

Nigeria's authorities have officially declared the Lakurawa armed group - which flogs people for listening to music - a ...