Tag: Niger State

April 5, 2021

It should be recalled that the APC had written a letter signed by its State Legal Adviser, Khaleel Ibrahim Aliyu, ...

Governorship: Court dismisses forgery allegation case against Gov. Bello

Gov. Bello condemns killing of soldiers, policemen, others by bandits

April 3, 2021

Bello in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel-Berje, in Minna on Friday assured communities of Bassa, Zumba ...

NSCDC appeals for peace over the death of personnel

Gunmen hit Niger State, kill five Solders, NSCDC Officer, set military base ablaze

April 2, 2021

The entire military camp was razed by the bandits who invaded the base at about 2am when soldiers had just ...

Niger to ban articulated vehicles from all state roads

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Six weeks after Kagara abductions, Niger schools reopen

March 29, 2021

Schools had remained closed for almost two months due to repeated bandit attacks and abduction of students.

Flood: Steer clear of riverbanks, Niger warns farmers

Six weeks after Kagara abductions, Niger announces reopening of schools

March 29, 2021

Schools have remained closed for almost two months due to repeated bandits attacks and abduction of students.

PDP Senate Caucus to APC: Leave Saraki out of your jostle for Senate presidency

PDP faction rejects Saraki’s reconciliation committee recommendation in Niger

March 26, 2021

The state congress for the election of the new state PDP chairman was stalled following violence among supporters of the ...

Business

LG pensioners protest in Niger over non-payment of three years benefits

March 19, 2021

The Chairman, Pensioners Solidarity Movement in the state, Muhammad Edugi, led the group on peaceful protest to the state’s Ministry ...

Politics

Niger to meet with ex-Councillors over unpaid N1.27b benefits – Commissioner

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March 17, 2021

Abdulmalik Daji, the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, made this known while briefing newsmen in Minna.

Gov. Bello queries Security Adviser over fake report

March 12, 2021

The Governor queried the Special Adviser on security when fish sellers operating at the bank of River Kaduna near Zugeru ...

Niger State Commissioner looks scared as she receives COVID-19 vaccine + Photos

March 12, 2021

She appeared so scared while taking the jab.

Niger to close public secondary schools

March 11, 2021

The directive is to enable security agencies to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of all public secondary schools in the ...

35 years after: Family, community to Buhari: Please pardon Gen. Vatsa

March 7, 2021

It should be recalled that the late General Vatsa along with other military officers was executed on March 5, 1986 ...

Senate set to commence debate on 2019 Budget

R&D Health

Senate moves to create National University of Health and Medical Sciences, Suleja

March 3, 2021

Sponsor of the Bill, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (APC-Niger East), while leading the debate on the floor, told his colleagues ...

NDLEA nabs two men with 27 rifles in Niger town beside Kagara + Photos

March 2, 2021

The suspects: Danjuma Auta, 35, and Daniel Danrangi, 25, both male and from Dirin Daji, Sakaba Local Government Area of ...

Breaking: Emir of Kagara, Alhaji Salihu Tanko dies

March 2, 2021

Former Kaduna Senator, @ShehuSani confirmed the demise of the Emir via twitter on Tuesday.

Gov. Bello to kidnapped Kagara students: Don’t be discouraged in your educational pursuit

February 27, 2021

Students, staff members and their relatives were kidnapped when gunmen attacked the school on February 17.

#EndSARS: Forum DG calls for intervention of political leaders

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Poverty and existential problems of Nigeria, by Salihu Moh. Lukman

February 27, 2021

It was the late economist, John Kenneth Galbraith, in the book: “The Nature of Mass Poverty,” who warned that: “Poverty ...

Fayemi makes first set of appointments, names SSG, CoS, CPS

We may have no choice than to dialogue with bandits, others — Governors

February 24, 2021

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said this when he and ...

Photos as 53 kidnapped passengers arrive Niger State Government House