It was learnt that the hostage was abducted on Monday night on the outskirts of Massalata, a village in Niger Republic.
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The Presidency said this in a tweet by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
The Governor made the pledge when he led a high powered delegation to sympathise with Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, over the attack on his motorcade in Baga on July 29.
The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
He said it was disturbing that the state Governor, Aminu Masari, and President Muhammadu Buhari, who is from Katsina State, have failed to act
The directive was contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abdulkarim Sirika, on Friday in Katsina
A suspected human trafficker, Abubakar Suleiman, has admitted to Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team that so far, he has assisted in the trafficking of over 100 Nigerian ladies to Libya through the desert and usually charges N10,000 for each of them.
A 21-year-old national of the Republic of Benin, Isa Seidu, has told the police in Lagos how they broke into shops at Balogun Market and then use the stolen goods proceeds to buy cows from Niger Republic and resell in Nigeria.
The Zamfara State Police Command has rescued a Nigerien, Diddi Kadiri-Ibrahim, abducted from the Republic of Niger, in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state.
The Federal Executive Council has approved N29 billion for the construction of roads from Sokoto and Jigawa States to Niger Republic borders with the two states.
The Joint Border Drill Operation Sector 4 says it has arrested 52 trailers suspected to be conveying contraband from Niger Republic into the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja said the issue of partial closure of Nigeria’s land border to goods from neighbouring countries will be determined by report of a tripartite committee made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger Republic.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has visited Niger Republic to discuss the modalities for the safe and dignified repatriation of 120,000 Nigerian refugees.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening spoke to Nigerien President, Mahamadou Issoufou on the telephone, to commiserate with him, the government and people of Niger Republic, over the terrorist attack of January 9 in the country.
The Kaduna State Government on Monday urged stakeholders in livestock value chain to be on red alert following a reported outbreak of a deadly disease, Charcoal Anthrax in neighbouring Niger Republic.
In a circular to all Customs formations and relevant government agencies in Niger, a copy of which was obtained by PRNigeria, the government said the ban took effect from September 5, 2019.
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, will on Tuesday take on their Malian counterparts in the semi finals of the African Games in Morocco.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday, presented 300 tonnes of relief materials to Nigerien government officials for onward distribution to Nigerians living in refugee camps in Niger Republic.
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Monday after attending the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union in Niamey, Niger Republic.
‘‘We need all the support we can get on infrastructure because the oil will not last forever,” President Buhari told Dr. Mansur Muhtar, Vice President, Islamic Development Bank, during a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Afrinca Union Summit.