In order to ensure the elimination of Boko Haram terrorist acts in Niger State and environs, President Muhammadu Buhari has decreed a robust military offensive aimed...
A former Principal at the Maryam Babangida Science College, Minna, Niger State, Comfort Jiya, has been sent to the great beyond after her son, said to...
No fewer than nine worshippers have been killed while dozens sustained injuries in an attack on a mosque in Ba’are village, Mashegu Local Government Area of...
The Niger State Government on Tuesday raised an alarm on the establishment of camps by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits in the early hours of Monday killed an unspecified number of people at a mosque in Mazakuka village, Mashegu local government...
Not less than 100 people have been confirmed dead in the last five months, with scores hospitalised as the cholera epidemic ravaged Niger State. The State...
Banking activities in Niger state were shutdown on Monday as commercial banks protested against the state government. This came days after the Niger State Internal Revenue...
The Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has suspended a Grade Two teacher of the Central Primary School, Karabonde, in Borgu Local Government Area of...
Governor Abubakar Bello of Nigeria State on Friday morning received the just released students of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya, Tegina, Niger State in the state capital, Minna....
The remaining 136 students of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya, Tegina, Niger State who were kidnapped from their school about 89 days ago have regained their freedom. According...
About six of the 136 students kidnapped from an Islamic school in Niger State by bandits have reportedly died of illness while in captivity. The development...
The Niger State Police Command, on Saturday, confirmed the rescue of the abducted APC Zone C Chairman in the state, Aminu Bobi, from the hands of...
Bandits who abducted the Niger State Commissioner for Information, Muhammed Sanni Idris, have made a N500 million ransom to secure his release. Ripples Nigeria had reported...
Heavily armed gunmen have kidnapped the Niger State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Muhammed Sanni Idris. Idris was abducted from his country home in Baban Tunga, Tafa...
A man identified as Kasimu Barangana, has been abducted by the bandits who kidnapped 138 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi Local Government...
Abductors of 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have reduced the N200 million ransom earlier...
A three-year-old pupil who was kidnapped alongside 156 others by bandits from the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi local government area of Niger State,...
Bandits who abducted pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have increased the ransom for their release...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has lambasted the former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, calling him a pathetic liar, serial traitor and a...
The Senator representing Niger North senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sabi Abdullahi, says bandits dislodged from Katsina and Zamfara States by security operatives, have now...
Residents of some villages in Kontagora local government area of Niger State, have been thrown into panic following the sighting of a strange helicopter said to...
Niger State was engulfed in violence on Wednesday, April 21, as suspected bandits attacked a military base in the Zazzaga community, Munya Local Government Area. Ripples...
The police in Niger State have arrested a 24-year-old woman, Amina Aliyu, for allegedly beating her co-wife, Fatima Aliyu, to death and setting her corpse on...
The Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has pledged to procure arms for vigilante groups in order to tackle the menace of terrorism and insecurity. Bello...
The release of the kidnapped students, teachers and family members of the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, could not have been possible if the terrorists...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it would consider entering into negotiations with terrorists and bandits if that would restore peace in the country and end...
A 15-year-old student, Samaki Azozo who allegedly wrote a letter threatening that kidnappers are planning to attack his school, Government Science College, Izom Gurara Local Government...
The Niger State government has released the names of students and teachers kidnapped by bandits on Tuesday night from the Government Science College, Kagara in the...
Social media users in Nigeria on Wednesday reacted massively to the latest abduction case in the country, decrying the worsening security situation. The recent attacks unleashed...
Ten abducted students of Government Science School, Kagara, Niger State, have reportedly regained freedom. Details shortly…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly raided the Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, Niger State, abducting scores of students in the process. According to reports,...
The Presidential ambition of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State got a boost on Thursday as the Niger State House of Assembly endorsed him. The Niger...
The Niger State House of Assembly has impeached the Majority Leader in the House, Abba Bala Mohammed and his Deputy, Binta Mamman, the first female to...
Following the level of insecurity in some areas in Niger, the state government said it plans to provide security for farmers to enable them harvest crops...
A frontline activist, Deji Adeyanju, has ridiculed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the abduction of seven police officers in Niger State by suspected bandits. Adeyanju, who...
Four persons have been arrested by the Niger State Police Command for alleged armed robbery and theft in the state. This disclosure was made by the...
The government of Niger State has announced a date for the reopening of public and private schools in the state as cases of the deadly Covid-19...
The Niger State government has sacked 80% of staff in the state education ministry saying it discovered that they forged their certificates. This was disclosed by...
The Legacy House, Maitama Abuja used by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) as an alternative secretariat, was again on Wednesday besieged by...
A panel set up by the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board has uncovered 1,500 ghost primary school teachers as well as 1000 others who are...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday evening killed at least 17 vigilantes in Dukku town, Rijau local government area of Niger State. Three bandits were...
The Niger State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of two men who allegedly defiled and killed an 18-year-old girl in the state. The suspects...
Members of the Niger State House of Assembly on Thursday sacked the Leader of the House, Musa Nasko and his deputy, Andrew Jagaba. The duo were...
The Niger State government has indicted no fewer than 15 persons in the state over the alleged N5.778 billion missing pension contribution to the state from...
Justice A.B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Minna, Niger State has adjourned the re-trial proceedings of former governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu...
The Niger State government has decried the high level of corruption in the state civil service. This followed the government’s discovery of over N672 million monthly...
Niger State government on Wednesday confirmed that 13 fresh cases of the dreaded COVID-19 had been recorded in the state. The state’s Task Force on COVID-19,...
The Niger State government has extended the COVID-19 Preventive, Containment and Emergency Order due to the increase of COVID-19 infections recorded in the state. This was...
Some recovered COVID-19 patients in Niger State have claimed they were only given food and no single drug for the 14 days they spent in the...
Four persons have been kidnapped at a construction site in Niger State. The construction site is said to be located at Erena in the Shiroro Local...
