The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has disclosed that despite spending over N470 million to combat banditry and insecurity in the state, the challenges have not ended.
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The gunmen also rustled a large number of cattle and abducted some people in the village, said Mallam Bello Abdullahi, a member of the community, who luckily escaped.
The state commandant of the corps, George Edem, told newsmen that the suspect committed the act at Tamanine village in Borgu Local Government Area of the state.
Dr Ibrahim Liman, FFS Comptroller, disclosed this during a courtesy visit on Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger in Minna on Monday.
One person died on Sunday when suspected hoodlums attacked an electoral officer for announcing Abdullahi Suleiman Chukuba as the inner of chairmanship primary for Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger.
This is coming a week after former Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Comrade Jonathan Vatsa, lambasted President Muhhamadu Buhari for “shortchanging” Niger State after massively voting for him.
The Director-General of NSEMA, Alhaji Ahmed Inga, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Saturday.
Musa, who paid a sympathy visit to the affected areas, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Special Duties, who is in charge of ecological issues, to come to the aid of Niger State.
Magistrate Hauwa Yusuf, who gave the order after Ayuba pleaded guilty, fixed September 16 for sentencing.
Out of the 1,151,016 candidates who sat for the examinations, only 829,787 of the candidates, representing 71.59 per cent, got at least five credits, including Mathematics and English Language.
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.
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 Government Areas of Niger State.
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.
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 of rejecting rejecting polio vaccination.
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 the 2019 Election took will do no one any good.
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.
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 with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, to honour hardworking and dedicated police officers that excel in discharging their duties diligently.
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.
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 different sizes.
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.