The commissioner for Education, Alhaji Danladi Abdulhammeed, stated this on Monday while speaking with journalists after an advocacy visit to the two prison facilities in the city
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He said that the police acted on a tip off after the suspects from Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State camped in a hideout in Sabon Gida area of Alawa village, via Kagara of Niger State
Our correspondent learnt that the hoodlums, armed with dangerous weapons, invaded that part of the town and caused panic as residents ran for safety immediately after the Jumai prayers
The windy rainfall, which lasted for barely an hour, pulled down houses, electric poles, cut off tree trunks, some of which destroyed buildings and shops, uprooted satellite dishes and fences
He stated that the land was issued to the sect leader for the construction of primary/secondary Islamic/Western Education schools, but was violated as noting of such was seen there
It will be recalled that this mishap brings to four such incidents in Niger State in the last one year
The Head of the home in Minna, Hajia Azumi Ahmed, made this known on Thursday while receiving donation of food and sanitary items worth over N100,000 by the Customs Officers Wives Associations of the Niger/Kogi/Kwara Commands in Minna, saying that at present her home has 22 orphans
A statement by the Commissioner of Information, Communications and Strategy, Danladi Ndayebo, said Ebije’s elevation came as a recognition of his hard work, dedication and commitment to duty
The Commissioner of Information, Communications and Strategy in the state, Danladi Ndayebo, told reporters in Minna on Thursday that Children’s Day and Democracy Day celebrations would be marked in the state with prayers for the nation
Aliyu made the remarks in Minna on Wednesday when he received a delegation from Magama Local Government Area of the state that paid him a thank you visit for the appointment and reappointment of their sons and daughters into the Niger State Executive Council
Previously, he was the Director General (Media Relations and Strategy) for two years and was Senior Special Assistant on (Media and Publicity) from November 2008 to August 2009
Some armed youths numbering about 70 launched a deadly attack on some defenceless citizens who are residents in the community
The Committee, set up by the government, noted in its report submitted to the Niger State Executive Council at its meeting held in Minna on Monday, that only two of the reserves were functioning and they are to look into the domestication of pastoralists
Despite all odds, Comrade Muhammed said Niger State has become an APC state by virtue of the tremendous support of the people yearning for positive change in the state
In a power-point presentation at the Government House, Minna, the Deputy Director, Head of Shared Services, Governor’s Department of the Apex Bank, Mr. Chidi D. Umeano made frantic effort to convince members of the State Executive Council on the need and benefits to go cashless
He said the vaccines to be administered on the children have been sent to the various cold chain stores in the state
An eyewitness, Mallam Iliyasu Gambo, told The Eagle Online that the passengers would not have drowned if they wore life jackets
Though the members of the party turned out in their numbers, but there were no materials or party officials to conduct the congress
The gunmen, three in number, were said to have invaded the village on a motorcycle
The party’s Deputy Chairman in the state, Alhaji Umar Shuaibu, told journalists in Minna on Saturday that the late arrival of officials to conduct the congresses from the national headquarters was largely responsible for the shift