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Why we adopted direct primaries for Niger State -Gov Sani Bello

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Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has offered explanations why the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state opted for the direct method of choosing the party’s flagbearers for the party’s primary elections ahead of next year’s general elections. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Jibrin Baba Ndace, Governor Sani-Bello explained […]
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Gov Sani-Bello receives new prison comptroller

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Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger state has pledged his administration continuous support to the Nigeria Prison Service, Niger State Command to improve security for inmates and the command. He stated this when he received the new State Controller of Prison, Alhaji Mustapha Iliyasu Atta at the Government House in Minna. The Governor expressed his […]
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Atiku visits Minna for consultations

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Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday visited Minna, Niger State in continuation of consultations with party members ahead of the forthcoming party primaries in October. He told journalists “I am here to consult with party members on our forthcoming delegate elections”. Speaking on the bond signed by all presidential aspirants not to defect, Atiku […]
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Niger state pilgrim dies in Saudi Arabia

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One pilgrim from Niger state has been found dead in the lift of a 10- storey building in Makka, Saudi Arabia. The pilgrim, said to be from Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state was alleged to have suffocated inside the lift while going to ground floor from the seventh floor of the building on […]
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PDP will not change its name – Sule Lamido

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will not change its name to satisfy those that want to defect to the party, a chieftain of the party Alhaji Sule Lamido declared in Minna, Niger state on Tuesday. Lamido who made the declaration while addressing proposed delegates to next month’s national convention of the party said anyone not […]
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Niger partners Zenith Bank on ICT center

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Niger State Government and the Zenith Bank of Nigeria Plc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build 100 capacity Information Technology Centre (ICT). Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello who signed the MOU at the Government House in Minna, the state capital assured that the state government would ensure continuous partnership with bank. A statement signed […]
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Niger INEC REC urges citizens to collect their PVC

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The Niger state Independent National Election Commission (INEC), Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Samuel Ekwu has appealed to citizens of Niger state to come out and collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC). He said that 194,835 PVCs in the state have not been collected, lamenting that some PVCs are from the 2011 voters registration exercise. Speaking […]
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Governor Sani Bello avoids Saraki

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Niger state Governor Abubakar Sani Bello on Wednesday avoided the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki who was on a private visit to the state. Saraki arrived Minna by air at about 3.58 pm and drove in a motorcade to the uphill residence of former military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. He was accompanied by Senator […]
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AFAN confident of bumper harvest in Niger

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All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), in Niger state has expressed optimism for bumper harvest this year following early distribution of inputs and implements by the Federal, State and donor agencies. The Chairman of the Niger Chapter of AFAN, Alhaji Shehu Galadima, made this known in an interview with journalists in Minna. “Based on the […]
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Niger State Govt pledges commitment to sports devt

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The Niger State Government has pledged its commitment towards development of sports, so as to engage the teeming youths in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Sports, Mr Emmanuel Babur, made this known in an interview with news men on Wednesday in Minna. “The state government has commenced construction of Bahago sports complex in Minna […]
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Minna jailbreak: 51 inmates recaptured

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The Nigeria Prisons Service in Niger says 51 inmates out of the 210 inmates that escaped from the Minna Medium Security Prison on June 3, had had been recaptured. The Controller of Prisons in the state, Mr Mustapha Iliyasu, made this known in an interview with journalists in Minna on Wednesday. Iliyasu said that the […]
El Rufai’s many blunders making it easier for PDP to win in 2019 – Sani-Bello
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Gov Sani Bello flags-off 403km Ramp Road

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello on Monday reassured rural dwellers in state of his commitment to infrastructural development of their communities. He gave the assurance at Kampani Bobi in Mariga Local Government Area of the state while flagging off the construction and rehabilitation of rural roads under the second phase of implementation of Rural […]
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Agency, groups team up to improve healthcare delivery

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Niger state Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), says it is collaborating with social groups to improve health care delivery in rural communities. The Executive Director of the agency, Mr Yahaya Na’uzo, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Minna on Tuesday. Na’uzo said the agency was engaging traditional rulers, religious leaders, women and […]