The Niger State Government, who set up a committee to screen all categories of civil servants in the state, has discovered that 80 per cent of workers in the Ministry of Education used forged certificates. READ ALSO: 2,286 primary school teachers in Niger State caught with forged certificates
Three hundred and thirty-three certified “dead civil servants” have been uncovered to be on the payroll of Niger state government for the past two years, Daily Times Nigeria has learnt. READ ALSO: 2,286 Primary School Teachers in Niger state Caught… Reports also say that ₦207M has also been uncovered as being stolen and paid as […]
A full-time Okada rider, Tanimu Ndanusa, who can barely speak English has been on the payroll of the Niger state government since 2009, received all entitlements and bonuses as and when due, DAILY TIMES gathered. He has received promotion several times, from level 10 to 14, without writing promotion examinations. He was smuggled into the […]
Niger State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the death of seven women. Preliminary investigations reveal that they may have died from generator fume. Adamu Usman, Commissioner of Police (CP), made the confirmation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. The tragedy occurred on Friday at Rijau town in Rijau Local Government Area, Niger […]
Residents of Gurmana town, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, fleeing from terrorist attack has been reported to have drowned after in a boat mishap. The tragedy occurred on Thursday, July 23. READ ALSO Death toll in Lagos boat mishap jumps to 7 Daily Times gathered that the victims ran from their villages as […]
Niger State budget for the current fiscal year has declined shrank by 21.23 per cent, the state House of Assembly has revealed. The house said a shrink in the total budget size by 21.23 per cent for 2020, was as a result of the outbreak of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic in the country. According to […]
A total of 18 frontline health workers have tested positive of Coronavirus in Niger state according to the state Health Commissioner,Dr Muhammed Makusidi. The Commissioner also revealed that the state had spent over N190million on equipment purchased for the treatment and containment of the virus in the state. He made these disclosure while reacting to […]
The Niger state government has said that it has blocked loopholes through which over N672 million monthly was paid to ghost workers and other fictitious salary earners in the civil service. Chairman of Salary Management Committee and Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Ibrahim Panti, disclosed this in Minna, while speaking on reasons for the […]
The Niger state government has been tasked to increase funding to combat malaria if it must attain improved service delivery across all primary healthcare centres in the state. State Coordinator, Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN), Mr. Olasunkanmi Kalejaiye, who issued the advice, lamented that carrying out malaria interventions amidst
Niger State government on Thursday said the reactivation of its website portal will cost N41million. The government said when reactivated, the website ease ways of carrying out businesses with both private and corporate bodies in a very conducive manner. Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Engr Abubakar Baba Aliyu made the disclosure at a […]
Niger government on Thursday said plans were underway to completely ban production of charcoal to curb the problem of deforestation across the state. Alhaji Moammed Zakari, the Commissioner for Environment, who made known this during a news conference, said that the approval was given by Gov. Aabubakar Bello of Niger during the weekly Executive Council […]
The Niger state House of Assembly has approved N65.5 billion as the budget for the 25 local government councils in the state for the 2020 fiscal year. The budget is made up of N45.9 billion recurrent expenditure and N19.6 capital expenditure. The recurrent expenditure include N18.5 billion for personnel cost, N8.2 billion for overhead cost […]
The Niger state House of Assembly on Thursday said it will consider a law to provide for death penalty for rapists and other sexual offenders in the state. The House stated this during a motion at the plenary drawing attention to the rampant cases of rape and other sexual assault cases against women, and children […]
Niger State will soon joined oil-producing states as the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it has commenced oil exploration activities in the Bida Basin. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Police vows to arrest, prosecute violators in Enugu This involved eight local governments in the state, just as it assured that the progress being recorded in an
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Niger state, Tanko Beji has declared that the five years that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of Governor Abubakar Sani -Bello has been at the helms of affairs in the state have changed nothing in the state. According to him, most roads in the state […]
Worried by the persist banditry and general insecurity, members of the Niger State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, summoned the state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sanni Bello, to appear before the it to explain why the government is doing nothing to address the incessant bandit attacks all over the state. The Lawmakers lamented that everyday since […]
A fire outbreak in a house at Nkangbe, a suburb of Minna, the Niger state capital has resulted in the death of a woman and her three children, including a month- old- baby. According to sources, the fire incident was said to have occurred at about 11.30 pm and raged for over three hours razing […]
The Niger state government has again relaxed the lockdown imposed on the state to combat a further spread of COVID-19. The state government also directed that all markets, departmental stores and other business outfits should resume full business activities. It however, said that the curfew in the state will now be from 10pm to 4am. […]
Despite the economic downturn as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Niger state Executive Council has approved the dualization of a 2.4 kilometer road at a cost of N1.6billion. The contract from Tunga Roundabout to Imani Junction is to be completed within 18 months. Commissioner for Works, Ibrahim Panti, who made this known yesterday […]
The Niger state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has been given two Toyota Hilux vehicles and 20 motorcycles to enhance the activities of agro rangers in providing effective and efficient security in the state. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Ahmed Matane, who presented the vehicles and others said […]




















