NIAMEY (Reuters) - Foreign aid covered 80 percent of Niger's needs during this year's food crisis, Nigerien officials say, but the United Nations has warned that the country must rein in its ...

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Everyone has acknowledged that there is indeed serious hunger in the land. But the Niger state government has decided to take the gauntlet and seize this auspicious moment to till the land with the ...

Dangote Rice Limited signed an agreement with Niger Foods Security Systems and Logistics Company Limited to secure a consistent supply of paddy rice The partnership will involve Niger Foods producing ...

Niger Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has said his administration will implement measures to reduce the prices of food items for the upcoming Ramadan season. Governor Bago stated this during a courtesy ...

To boost food production in the country’s most populated but tiniest state by landmass, Niger State Governor Umar Bago yesterday donated 100,000 hectares of land to Lagos State for agricultural ...