The passengers, kidnapped last week, were received by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello at about 11:35pm on Sunday.
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The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this when he led the Federal Government delegation to the state for a first hand information of what had happened.
Bello made the confirmation at a news conference shortly after an emergency meeting with heads of security agencies in Minna on Wednesday.
He said this when he visited the state Printing Press on Wednesday as part of a recommendation made for him to visit the facility by the State House of Assembly Committee on Rules and Business.
While addressing newsmen on Thursday, the Chairman of the Committee who is also Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Engr. Ibrahim Pantigi, at the post-State Executive Council briefing at the Government House, said several millions were discovered to have been going into some fictitious spending in Ministries, Departments and Agencies across the state.
The government in a statement signed by the Head of Service, Salamatu Abubakar, on Thursday, enjoined workers to stay at home till further notice.
This is as 1,000 students went home with N50,000 each.
The State Commissioner for Finance, Zakari Abubakar, disclosed this in an interview shortly after the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, led by its Federal Commissioner, Patrick Mgbebu Nworu, met with Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in a closed-door meeting at the Government House, Minna.
This comes on the heels of the shortfall in revenue generation as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19 as he embarked on an assessment tour of ongoing projects in the State.
As Journalists in the country join their colleagues globally to mark the 2020 World Press Freedom Day, the Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has commended the role being played by the press in Nigeria, even as they are exposed to various hazards.
The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Thursday declared anyone found outside his or her home without face mask would be arrested by security agents.
The Niger State Government has on Saturday directed the complete lockdown of the state for 24 hours for the next two weeks, starting from Easter Monday.
The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Thursday told Corps members posted to the State that there will be no automatic employment, but that they should be seriously involved in the National Youth Service Corps Skills Acquisition Entrepreneurship Development Programme.
The governor promised to support the command with necessary logistics in the fight against criminals in the state.
Bello said this late on Tuesday when he spoke with newsmen and declared his intention to seek reelection in 2019
They made their views known in different statements on Thursday
The PDM in a statement disclosed that the price of the equipment was fraudulently inflated.
It was learnt that two factions of the ruling All Progressives Congress from the local government clashed at the Government House gate before a free for all ensued among them
Buhari made this call while commissioning the N50 billion Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Mokwa, Niger State
The senator described the governor’s performance as abysmal since he emerged on the platform of the All Progressives Congress