Lawmakers sympathise with victims of flood in Niger
Members of National Assembly representing Niger State have expressed sympathy to victims of flood that claimed three lives and destroyed several houses in Minna on Saturday.
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Three dead, houses destroyed as flood hits Niger
At least three persons have been said to have died as a result of an early hour heavy downpour which left over 500 people displaced in Bosso and Chanchaga Local ...
Civil servants decry delay in payment of new minimum wage
A cross section of civil servants in Niger on Thursday decried delay in payment of N30,000 new minimum wage approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Polio victims seek funds to fight disease in Niger
Victims of Polio in Niger State have called on the state government to fund its association to enable members move into the hinterlands to enlighten the populace on the dangers ...
Tribunal: I am set to reclaim my mandate as Niger Governor – Umar Nasko
Nasko while calling on Muslim Ummahs to pray for the country, in his Sallah Message made available to Journalists on Friday said that the harassment, killings and the heated dimension ...
Measles: No outbreak in Niger, Plateau, Lagos
Following reported outbreak of measles in some parts of the country, Niger, Lagos and Plateau states, however, said no case was recorded in the states.
Police reward 15 Officers for gallantry in Niger
While presenting the awards to the beneficiaries at the Police Officers Mess in Minna on Thursday, the State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, explained that the gesture was in line ...
Islamic teacher jailed seven years for having anal sex with 35 boys in Niger State
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna, Niger State has sentenced a 33-year-old Islamic teacher, Abubakar Abdullahi, to seven years imprisonment for having anal sex with 35 of his pupils.
Eid-el-Kabir: Price of rams hit rooftop in Minna, others
Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria in some markets in Bosso, Lapai, Paikoro and Chanchaga Local Government areas on Monday revealed that the markets were filled with rams of ...
Customs intercepts truck with 700 bags of foreign rice in Niger
Benjamin Lamba, the Public Relations Officers for the service in Niger Area Command, who disclosed in a statement on Thursday, said that the rice was worth N11.9 million.
AITEO Cup: Gov. Bello urges Niger Tornadoes to go for win
A statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mary Berje, said Bello advised the Minna-based club not to be intimidated by Kano Pillars as the runners-up in the 2018 edition ...
Governors wives demand special courts to try rape suspects
“There is an urgent need to break the culture of silence and stigma which prevents rape victims, especially young girls and infants, from getting justice. We believe special courts will ...
Flooding: NEMA alerts states on impending flood
The Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, disclosed this when he received the Deputy Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Ahmed Ketso, in his office, on Thursday in Abuja.
Niger: Tribunal reserves judgment in suit challenging Gov. Abubakar Bello’s election
NAN reports that Nasko, the PDP candidate in the March governorship election in the state, had dragged the APC candidate, Bello and his deputy Ahmed Ketso, before the tribunal.
CAN calls for more political appointments in Niger
The state Chairman of CAN, Rev. Mathias Echioda, made this appeal at the weekend at a press briefing at the CAN Secretariat, Minna.
E-registration will check irregular migrations -Niger SSG
E-registration of migrants is the biometric documentation of migrants residing in Nigeria.
Niger to grant blind, sick prison inmates, others amnesty
As part of efforts address the high level of congestion of prisons across the state, the Niger State Government has set up a committee to look into ways of decongesting ...
CSOs vow to avert 2,500 maternal deaths, 90,000 abortions in Niger
The coalition of CSOs under the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health ([email protected]) made this disclosure on Saturday during a press conference in Minna to commemorate the World ...
Banditry: Senate urges FG to establish military base in Shiroro
The senate also urged the Federal Government to provide equipment and forest guards at the Kamuku National Park to improve operations of the premises.
Gov. Bello orders dismantling of check points, as tanker drivers block road for four hours
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger on Thursday ordered immediate dismantling of all security check points in the state, following four hours blockade of Minna-Suleja highway by protesting tanker drivers.
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