Tag: NIGER STATE
UNICEF, NOA Want Communities To Protect Children, Women Against Violence
United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency, NOA urged communities to protect children and women against violence and abuses...
Census: No Trial Exercise In Bandit-Prone LGAS In Niger State – NPC
The National Population Commission, NPC, has ruled out the possibility of conducting the forthcoming trial census in bandit-prone areas of Niger State.Despite this decision,...
Bandits Kill 3 PDP Delegates In Niger State
At least three out of the 13 delegates from Mariga Local government Areas of Niger State for the governorship primaries have been allegedly killed...
APC Convention: Mai Mala Buni To Harmonise Zoning Arrangements With Governors
Chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC of the All Progressives Congress, APC Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, has denied...
Insecurity: INEC Warns Elections May Not Hold In 270 Polling Units...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned that voters from 270 polling units displaced from their homes by bandits in Niger State might...
Niger State: Security Operatives Kill Over 200 Terrorists In Four Days...
Over 200 terrorists have been killed by security operatives in Niger State in the last four days.The Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs...
Terrorism: At Least Five Dead, Several Abducted In Fresh Attacks On...
Terrorist have once again invaded some communities in Munya Local Government Area of Niger state, leaving five persons dead.In addition, an unknown number of...
Boko Haram Trial: Attorney-General Says Courts To Resume Sitting In New...
The Federal Government has put machineries in motion to ensure the continuation of Courts sitting in New Bussa, Kainji, Niger State for prosecution of Boko...
Banditry: Niger Police Say 13 Not 37 Persons Killed In Attacks...
The Niger State Police Command has denied reports that 37 people were killed in Nakundna and Wurukuchi communities in Shiroro Local Government Area, insisting...
Boat Mishap: Niger Emergency Management Agency Says Driver, Lady Survived
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA says only the driver and a lady survived the boat mishap that occurred on Sunday at Zhigiri...
100 Miners Flouting Mining Ban Arrested In Niger
The Niger State Police Command has arrested over 100 miners in Shakwata and Navi communities, Gwada district, in the Shiroro Local Government Area of...
Safety: Agency Seeks Synergy With Journalists To Reduce Road Traffic...
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has advocated for a workable synergy between the corps and Journalists in Niger state to further reduce road...
Banditry: Soldier, 42 Fleeing Terrorists Die In Niger Gun Duel
A team of military and mobile police forces has killed 42 terrorists, as many escaped with serious injuries at Alawa community in Shiroro area...
Medical Doctor, 8 Others Apprehended For Being Boko Haram Informant
The Niger State government has arrested nine persons, including a medical doctor, for being Boko Haram informants. Abdulberqy Ebbo, the director-general of strategic operations,...
Attack: PDP Chieftain, Seven Others Killed, His Three Daughters Kidnapped In...
A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ward Leader in Kampala Village, Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State, identified as Ahmodu Mohammed, has been murdered...
Education: Federal Government Selects 6 States For Pilot Open Schooling Programme
The
Federal Government has selected six northern states for the pilot phase of its
Open Schooling Programme, OSP.The
programme which was launched in early 2019 is an...
Insecurity: Police Says Bandit Launching Attack In Niger From Gidani-Kaduna Camp
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman says the Sarkin Pawa forest in Munya local government is believed to have been occupied by...
Banditry: Islamic Scholar Condemns Killings, Urges More Equipment To Armed Forces
The Chief Imam of the Federal University of Technology,
Minna Central Mosque, Bashir Yankuzo has condemned the occurrences of
kidnapping, banditry and cattle rustling in some...
Minimum Wage: Organised Labour In Niger To Begin Strike Today
Organised Labour in Niger
State has directed its workers to embark on an indefinite strike from today,
Tuesday, over non-implementation of the thirty-thousand naira new national
minimum...
Incessant Attacks: President Buhari Directs Air Force To Shell Bandits In...
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the constant attacks by bandits on communities in Niger state and its environs, directing the Nigerian Air Force, NAF...
