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Magistrate court jails eight youths over public peace disturbance
A Minna Chief Magistrate Court has found eight teenagers guilty of public peace disturbance. The court sentenced each to five years jail...
18-year-old student arrested over attempt to kidnap Provost
An 18-year-old student has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, for an alleged attempt to kidnap...
Police arrest, parades suspect over impersonation as Military officer
The Niger State Police Command has paraded a suspect, Aliyu Umar, aged 35, over alleged impersonation as a military officer in Nasko,...
Insecurity: Assembly seeks suspension of LG election
Due to the insecurity situation in Niger State, the House of Assembly has ordered the suspension of the already...
Police arrest two suspects for allegedly killing neighbour’s child
A 22-year-old Usman Sabiu and Nafiu Umar, 18-year-old, both from Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State have been...
Court sentences three herdsmen to death by hanging for armed robbery, rape, others
A Minna High Court No 3, has sentenced three Fulani herders to death by hanging over alleged armed robbery, culpable...
21-year-old-man caught sexually abusing mentally ill woman
Haruna Musa, a 21-year-old man at Angwan Gwari Kwamba, Suleja local government area of Niger State was on Tuesdays night caught...
Police arrests 10 over thuggery, restiveness, culpable homicide
The Niger State Police command has paraded ten notorious suspects, including a female over alleged thuggery, youth restiveness in...
Man docked for alleged intimidation, falsehood against High court judge
A Minna, Niger State-based land speculator, Ibrahim Tukura, has been remanded in correctional custody till July, 7 on the orders of a Chief...
Fani-Kayode, Shehu Sani react as terrorists kidnap 4 Chinese, kill 43 people
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has condemned the killing of 43 people and the abduction of four Chinese in Shiroro area of Niger...
Bandits kill 19 including 6 Soldiers; abduct 4 Chinese
Terrorists have invaded Ajata village a mining community in Erena district of Shiroro local government area of Niger state killing no fewer than 19 people...
Niger govt set up committee to investigate increasing deaths in private hospitals
Niger State Government has constituted a committee to investigate the cause and increase in death cases in private health facilities in the state....
Black Saturday: 18 Passengers Burnt To Death In Auto Crash
No fewer than 18 passengers were burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident involving a Toyota bus and a truck in Niger State. The accident occurred in the...
Stakeholders lambast APC chair over plan to conduct fresh primaries
Delegates and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency of Niger State have condemned the plans of the state party...
BREAKING: Remains of late Deborah Samuel buried amid tears
The remains of late Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, have been laid to rest in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya in...
2023: Osinbajo in closed door talk with Niger Governor, Bello in Minna
In furtherance of consultation on his presidential aspiration, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo held a closed-door meeting with Niger State Governor and chairman...
We owe you N1.1bn, not N1.7bn – Niger govt to AEDC
Niger State Government has refuted claims by Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, of owing N1.7 billion, saying the debt owed is N1.1 billion. The Secretary to...
Church pays bandits N10m ransom to secure release of kidnapped Niger priest
Catholic priest, Reverend Leo Raphael Ozigi, who was kidnapped by bandits three weeks ago, has been released. Ozigi was ferried to a forest in Kaduna State...
Many injured as rainstorm destroys schools, public buildings
Rainstorm has wreaked havoc in Kutu town, headquarters of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, destroying houses, public property, schools and left...
Niger Gov, Bello describes Tinubu as phenomenal in APC history, congratulates him at 70
Niger State Governor and Chairman, North Central Governors Forum (NCGF) Abubakar Sani Bello have described the National leader of All Progressives Congress, APC,...
