Nigeria: Niger is Home of Handball - Hon Masu (AllAfrica.com)

With intimidating record of achievements in all spheres of handball, having won the U-12, U-15, U-21, National League Gold, Open Championship Silver Medal and Super Cup Gold Cup competed among the best eight teams in Nigeria, Vice Chairman Niger State Handball Association, Hon Danjuma Abdul Masu has described the state as the Mecca of handball in Nigeria.

Nigeria: 'Niger Delta Crisis Threatens Hospitality Industry' (AllAfrica.com)

Workers in the nation's hotel and catering services sector has lamented increasing danger posed by militancy in the oil rich Niger Delta region, to the development and investment in the hospitality industry.

AfDB President Visits Niger (AllAfrica.com)

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will from November 22-24, 2008, be on an officials visit to Niger where he will be received in audience by Niger's President, Mamadou Tandja.

Nigeria: Take Action On Excavation At Niger Bridge - Nema Tells FG (AllAfrica.com)

The National Emergency Management (NEMA) has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, take a decisive action against excavation at the Niger Bridge.

Nigeria: Militancy and Niger Delta Environment (AllAfrica.com)

In the last few weeks, the news from the Niger Delta region has not been all violence, kidnappings and sabotage.

AfDBb and Niger Sign Loan and Grant Agreements (AllAfrica.com)

The African Development Bank Group on Monday, November 17, 2008, in Tunis signed agreements for a loan and grant with Niger to finance the Kandadji Ecosystems Regeneration and the Niger Valley Development Programme (KERNVDP).

Nigeria: IT Coy to Address Niger Delta, Security Problems (AllAfrica.com)

A Nigerian IT company, NairaNet, said it can use technology to address criminal activities in Nigeria while hoping to make a sizable profit from it.

Nigeria: Niger Delta is Priority in Ministerial Screening - Senator Nasiha (AllAfrica.com)

Nigerian Senate will prioritise the issues of how to handle the newly-created Ministry for Niger Delta during ministerial screening exercise that will soon commence on the floor of the House.

Nigeria: If the Niger Bridge Collapses (AllAfrica.com)

PLEASE, could somebody be nice to this hapless nation and walk across to President Umar Musa Yar'Adua's cosy castle in Aso Villa, where not a few believe he is still in bed enjoying a very refreshing mid-morning sleep, wake him with a very gentle tap on his shoulder, and ask him what his reaction would likely be if he was suddenly roused from deep slumber with the tragic news that the Niger ...

Nigeria: Rename Niger Delta Ministry, Ohakim Tells Yar'Adua (AllAfrica.com)

Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State has urged President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to re-brand the newly-created ministry that is to deal with the problems of the Niger Delta.