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Bandits Occupy 12 Of 25 Local Government Areas In Niger State, Governor Laments
Bandits have taken over 12 local government areas in Niger State. The state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello said this during his visit to the Internally...
Flood displaces 7 communities in Niger
Nationnewslead reports that No fewer than seven communities have been submerged by flood in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger as a result of the...
Two die as school toilet building collapses in Niger
Two children have been killed and three others injured when the toilet block of the UK Bello Memorial Primary School, Paiko, Paikoro local government area...
Bandits kill DPO, 2 other policemen, 4 vigilante members
Bandits have again hit Niger State, during which a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, two of his officers and four vigilante members were killed. The incident...
Bandits free abducted victims after 106 days
Two men, Musa Gambo Dikko and Mr Ezekiel Bello have been released by their abductors after spending 106 days in captivity. The men were said to have been...
Just In: Workers begin seven-day warning strike
Workers at the state and local government in Niger State have started a seven-day warning strike over the ‘ineptitude and failure’ of the state to...
Chairmanship aspirant promises APC new direction
An All Progressives Congress’ chairmanship aspirant, Senator Sani Musa, has promised to provide the party with what he called visionary and pacesetting...
27-year-old man nabbed for killing mother in Niger
A 27-year-old man, Habibu Bazabarme, has allegedly stabbed to death his biological mother and seriously injured his wife over a family quarrel in...
Eight Killed, Several Injured, Bride Kidnapped During Wedding As Bandits Attack
Terrorists, locally known as bandits, have attacked over ten villages in the Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State resulting in the death of eight...
Terrorists Abduct Pastor, Seven Worshippers During Church Service
About eight worshippers have been abducted by terrorists during a church service at Salama Baptist Church in a village called Gidigori in the Rafi Local...
Gunmen kill monarch, 21 others, kidnap scores
No fewer than 22 persons were reported killed, weekend, in Kaduna, Benue and Niger states by gunmen. In Kaduna, at least 10 persons were killed by...
Police parade 24-year-old car snatcher with toy gun
A 24-year-old Sylvanus Ishaku has been nabbed by the Niger State Police Command for allegedly snatching a Toyota Matrix vehicle at gunpoint with a toy gun...
Man kills cousin for having ‘marathon s3x’ with his wife
Niger State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged man, Tambaya Usman for killing his Cousin, Umar Musa who was caught having sex with his wife. The...
Insecurity: Police confirm killing of four NSCDC personnel by explosives
The Niger State Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the death of four officers of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), through an explosive...
Court Sentences 11 Landgrabbers To Death By Hanging
A High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State has sentenced 11 persons to death by hanging after being found guilty of nine counts brought against them....
Defend Yourselves, Over 500 Northerners Killed Within A Month In Four States— Northern Groups Charge Residents
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has lamented the increase in the spate of killings across Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Niger states. ...
Insecurity: Niger imposes curfew on two LGs
FOLLOWING increased attacks by terrorists in Shiroro Local Government Area during the week, which claimed many lives and left several others injured, the...
BREAKING: Bandits Invade Police Station, Kill 3 Officers, Kidnap Others
Three police officers were on Thursday killed, while an unspecified number of others were abducted in a banditry raid of a police station in Niger State....
Chief Judge releases 22 inmates for good behaviour
The Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Aisha Bawa Bwari, has ordered the release of 22 inmates awaiting trial at the old Minna Medium Security Custodial...
Police parade 77 suspects with dangerous weapons in Minna
Niger State Police Command has paraded seventy-seven (77) more suspected hoodlums apprehended by the task force team in the state. The suspects were...
