The Niger State Police Command has confirmed that a deadly explosion in the Sabon Pegi area of the Mashegu Local Government Area on Sunday was caused...
The Concerned Shiroro Youths of Niger State have decried the never-ending attacks on their communities by bandits and terrorists. The group, drawn from different communities in...
No fewer than eight persons have died in a boat mishap which occurred in the early hours of Friday along the Dambo-Ebuchi sections of River Niger,...
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) identified as Chiamaka Obi, has been reportedly abducted by gunmen along the Niger-Onitsha Expressway in Niger State....
Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji, has countered the refutal by the Nigerian Army that bandits have not taken over their...
A boat accident in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State has left more than 150 passengers feared missing. The unfortunate incident occurred on Tuesday when...
The death toll from a petrol tanker explosion following a head-on collision with another vehicle has increased to 59. The incident occurred on Sunday along the...
A tragic petrol tanker explosion in Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State has claimed the lives of more than 30 people and resulted in the...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) reported on Sunday that several terrorists were killed during an airstrike targeting the Malum Forest in Kaduna State. The operation, conducted...
Bandits have reportedly abducted no fewer than 26 persons in some communities in Niger State. The abduction occured in Mashegu and Shiroro Local Government Areas of...
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulamlik Sarkindaji, has ordered the suspension of his planned mass wedding of 100 orphan girls in his...
In a crackdown on financial fraud, the Niger State Police Command has apprehended two individuals, Augustine Odiokwu Nonso (28) and Ahmed Mohammed (20), for allegedly defrauding...
Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), have arrested a woman said to be the wife of a terror kingpin while a large cache of...
One Ganbo Adamu has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for scamming his mother-in-law, Sa’adatu Aliyu with marriage to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu, who...
Once a vibrant hub of learning for pupils, Kodo Primary School now resonates a stark contrast to its former days when it used to record over...
The Niger State Government has announced plans to reopen 42 public schools that were shut down in the state as a result of insecurity ahead of...
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, has disclosed that his administration is in talks with bandits with a view to finding a lasting solution to the issue...
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago says his administration has not ruled out the possibility of a dialogue with bandits and terrorists who have invaded the state...
Governor Muhammed Bago of Niger State has raised an alarm over the latest insurge of bandits and other criminal elements into the state which he said...
Aminu Abdulsalam, a teenager, could not comprehend when this reporter asked for his name in English Language. He is one of the scores of never-been-to-school children...
Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago has pardoned 80 inmates in various correctional centres in the state to mark the 2023 June 12 Democracy Day. Governor Bago also approved...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 25 farmers and the abduction of scores of others by bandits who invaded several communities in...
A Nigerian soldier has reportedly shot dead a nursing mother and her baby after he injured a commercial motorcyclist popularly known as Okada rider over a...
Bandits on Saturday killed a Divisional Police Officer and four other operatives in Niger State. The spokesman for the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Supreme Court fumes, warns against ‘unwarranted’ attacks on judiciary The Supreme Court on Saturday...
Niger State government has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government of Nigeria over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. El’Rufai echoes Tinubu’s fears that ‘powers that be’ in Aso Rock working against him...
Bandits reportedly killed three persons and abducted three others at Kuta town in the Shiroro local government area of Niger State on Monday. The abducted victims...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. PDP cries foul as Ogun denies Atiku access to MKO Stadium for campaign rally...
Bandits have killed Isaac Achi, a priest of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church in Kafin-Koro, Paikoro LGA of Niger state. It was gathered that Achi...
At least 20 people were killed in auto accidents along the Ibadan-Lagos expressway and Mokwa town in Niger on Tuesday. The Acting Corps Marshal of the...
The patrol operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have apprehended one Kabiru Idris, who allegedly produces adulterated agro-chemicals, in...
The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, on Tuesday presented the 2023 budget proposal of N238.9 billion to the state House Assembly for approval. In his address...
The Ajata Aboki village, Shiroro Local Government Area, of Niger State, was the scene of a bandit attack on a mining facility, according to the Niger...
Gunmen on Wednesday abducted two people at Doma village in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. The spokesman for the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun,...
The Secretary to the Niger State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, on Wednesday, confirmed the killing of not less than 68 persons and the abduction of...
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...
