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COVID-19 Vaccine a must for all intending pilgrims from Niger state

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Saka Bolaji, Minna As part of the conditions to fulfill to enable any intending pilgrim to perform this year’s holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, you must get Covid 19 vaccine, it has been declared by the board responsible for the exercise. Towards this end, every intending pilgrim for this

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Alawa youths threatened to take over government facilities in Minna

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2021 0

Saka Bolaji, Minna Lakpma Youth Assembly in Shiroro local government area of Niger state has threatened to occupy all available government facilities as a result of the state government abandoned the communities to their plight. Addressing a press conference to draw the attention of relevant agencies of Government to the predicament of our people, Mr. […]

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Covid 19 Not Totally Tamed Says Niger Government

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2021 0

Saka Bolaji, Minna Niger state government has told the Christians faithful as they marked the easter celebration that the dreaded Covid 19 disease has not been totally tamed hence they should celebrate with great caution and moderation. The governments’ admonition is contained in the Easter message to Christians by the Special Adviser Political and Strategy […]

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Allawa Community came under attack again by bandits

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2021 0

Saka Bolaji- Minna The people of Allawa Community of Shiroro Local Government of Niger State scampered for safety in the early hours of Thursday as bandits in their large numbers took over the area in unprovoked attacks. The incidents according to a local, Haruna Musa Umar, President, Shiroro youths Development Forum (SYDF), the bandits stormed […]

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Operatives of Niger state police command arrested a suspect for culpable homicide

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2021 0

Saka Bolaji – Minna Operatives of Niger state police Command from Kagara division have nabbed one Lawali Danladi over an alleged culpable homicide. It was gathered that based on credible information on 26/03/2021 at about 0900hrs, Police Operatives swung into action and arrested the suspect, age 20yrs ‘m’ of Kadaura village via Yakila Gunna district […]

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Adamawa LG Chair confirms arrest of Kidnappers in bordering town with Cameroun

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2021 0

Tom Garba, Yola Chairman of Maiha Local Government Council of Adamawa state, Dr. Idi Aminu which is having borders with Northern Cameroun confirmed that a group of kidnappers have been arrested at the outskirts of Jalingo Mayo Nguli, in Maiha town. According to him, the kidnappers met their Waterloo when DSS, Police in the state […]

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Bandits met their Waterloos in Niger Community

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2021 0

Saka Bolaji, Minna Gallant Vigilante group recorded an unprecedented breakthrough in their counter-terrorism and armed banditry campaign in Niger state. The encounter took place around the Manta axis in the Shiroro local government area of the State as an unspecified number of criminals riding on about ten motorcycles were subdued and neutralized by the Joint […]

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21 suspects arrested for Railway Vandalism in Niger

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2021 0

Saka Bolaji ,Minna Niger State Police Command has paraded no fewer than 21 suspected persons in two separate arrests for railway vandalization in Esheti – Elegi community of Kataeregi in Katcha local government of Niger state. The Command Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO) DSP Wasiu A. Abiodun while parading the suspects at the police […]

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Niger records outbreak of AI, advises poultry farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2021 0

Saka Bolaji, Minna Niger state has confirmed a case of Avian Influenza which has been reported in a cluster of poultry farms across the State.  This was contained in a statement issued by the Information Officer of Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Abubakar Adamu Kuta, in Minna, the State Capital.  Thousands of birds worth millions […]

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World Water Day: Niger state assured of potable drinking water

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2021 0

Saka Bolaji – Minna As the world marks World Water Day, Niger State Governor Alhaji Abubakar Sanni Bello has assured each household in the state of providing potable drinking water. The governor who spoke through his Commissioner of Water Resources and Dam Development, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman however revealed that about 58 percent of people living […]

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Niger Govt. directs closure of public schools

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2021 0

Niger State Government has announced the closure of all secondary schools in the state for two weeks, from March 12 to March 26. A statement from the Ministry of Education signed by the Information Officer, Mr. Jibrin Kodo, in Minna on Thursday, said the Commissioner, Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, announced this during an emergency consultative meeting. […]

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No Dialogue With Armed Bandits – Niger Gov

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2021 0

Saka Bolaji – Minna Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has maintained that there would no longer be a dialogue between armed bandits and the state government but that those ready to genuinely repent would be rehabilitated and reintegrated into society. The Governor disclosed this when he met with members of the Vigilante Group […]

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Niger Gov, Abubakar Bello receives 53 abducted passengers

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2021 0

The Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, received 53 passengers on board a bus belonging to the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA), which was recently abducted by armed bandits in the village of Kundu, along the state road Tegina-Minna. Receiving the victims at the Minna House of Government, Bello said their freedom was […]

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Insecurity: Sheik Ahmad Gumi in fresh talks with Bandits as kidnapping intensifies

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2021 0

A revered Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has embarked on another peace-seeking trip to the forest to encounter bandits. The cleric had met with bandits across forests in Zamfara State earlier this month, pleading to them to lower their weapons. Subsequently, he begged the government to pardon the fighting men in order to rule in […]

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Scores reportedly killed, kidnapped as bandits raid Niger Communities barely 24 hours after Kagara attack

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2021 0

Some communities in the Gurmana Ward of Shiroro local government area of Niger were targeted barely 24 hours after the assault on Government Science College Kagara by bandits. The assault occurred on Wednesday at around 6 pm. Sarkin Zama, Bakin Kogi (Lagbe), Siyiko, and other neighboring villages are among the attacked communities. Our reporters gathered that […]

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UNICEF condemns attack on Government Science College Kagara

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2021 0

…Calls for immediate release of students Doosuur iwambe, Abuja The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF has condemned the attack Government Science College in Kagara, in Niger State, by suspected bandits. In a statement, the UNICEF Representative to Nigeria Peter Hawkins called on those in authority to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of all the […]

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President Buhari condemns attack on GSC college students as some reportedly escape

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2021 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has received details of the brazen assault on the Government Science College, Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of the State of Niger, following which some workers and students have been kidnapped by gunmen, which has yet to be determined. Following these findings, the President ordered the Armed Forces and Police to ensure […]

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We’re ready for by-election in Niger – Police, INEC

Ihesiulo Grace 5 February 2021 0

The Niger State Police Command has said that it is ready to provide security during the Feb. 6 by-election for Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adamu Usman, stated this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday. Usman said that police and […]

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Niger governor seeks judiciary, legislature synergy against insecurity

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2021 0

Saka Bolaji, Minna Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has called on the Judiciary and the Legislature to come up with stiffer penalties against bandits, kidnappers and their informants. Governor Sani Bello stated this while presiding over the swearing-in of Justice Aisha Lami Bawa Bwari as the Chief Judge of the state at the Government […]

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Niger Speaker, Clerk test positive for COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 21 December 2020 0

The Speaker of the Niger House of Assembly, Bawa Wuse and the Clerk, Mohammed Kagara, have gone into isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday in Minna. Idris who did not give more details on the issue, simply said […]