Tag: niger state
Gov. Aliyu Berates Those Who Celebrated Yakowa’s Death
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has chided those Nigerians reported to have celebrated the death of late Governor Patrick…
Insecurity Killing Nigeria’s Nation’s Economy –Gen Abubakar
Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Tuesday expressed worry that the insecurity in the country was affecting the…
Niger Battle Eagles’ Foes
The Mena of Niger will take on Nigeria’s first round foes Ethiopia and Burkina Faso as part of their build-up…
Niger state builds E-library in memory of Ekwensi
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday, described the late renowned novelist, Cyprian Ekwensi, as a “great thinker and lover…
FG Establishes 80 Agro-Input Centres
The Federal Government, under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), has established a network of one-stop-shop agro-input centres to ensure the…
Police Detonate Explosive Device In Minna
An explosive device suspected to be a bomb was today found in Minna, the Niger state capital, northcentral Nigeria, and detonated by…
Remove Indigene Dichotomy From Constitution —Aliyu
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State on Thursday called for the removal of indigene and non-indigene dichotomy from the constitution…
Ron Kenoly Celebrates With Idahosa
International gospel music star, Ron Kenoly, was among the special guests who graced the 23rd anniversary of Bishop Isaac Idahosa’s…
Youths demand kidnap suspect, threaten hospital
Musa Aliyu/Minna Angry youths in Niger state Saturday threatened to burn down Minna General Hospital following the refusal of the…
Gov. Aliyu: How to curb violence in Nigeria
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state in central Nigeria has said that an end to endemic corruption and deficit leadership…
Governor slams rights groups over Bida polygamist
The Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, has criticised human rights groups for defending the Bida-based record polygamist, Alhaji Abubakar Masaba,…
Nigeria: 47 arrested for drug offences
The Niger state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it arrested 47 persons within…
Kabiru Sokoto’s Wife Delivers Baby Boy Inside Police Cell
Wife of the fugitive alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger state, Kabiru…
Bomb Scare At IBB Market
The Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, Model Market, Suleja, Niger State, North Central Nigeria, was shut for some hours today as…
Madalla Bomb Blast Victims Buried Amid Tears
About 20 unidentified corpses of the victims of the Christmas Day bombing at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State,…
Babangida’s Office Burnt, Police Inspector Killed
The Niger State capital, Minna in northcentral Nigeria, boiled today as protesters took to the streets and burnt down the…
Jonathan slams emergency rule in Boko Haram’s areas
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja After two days of feverish meetings with his security chiefs following the Christmas Day bombings of a Catholic…
President Jonathan visits Bombed Church
Nigeria’s leader, President Goodluck Jonathan has visited St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla in Niger State, where a big bomb on…
‘Christmas Day Bomb Blast: No Mass Burial For Victims’
The Catholic Bishop of Minna, Niger state, Most Rev Martin Igwe Uzoukwu on Thursday at a press conference at St…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
INEC Office In Suleja Bombed
The office of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria, has been bombed. Sources told P.M.NEWS…
Bomb Blasts: The Road To Perdition
For the umpteenth time, the nation was again thrown into mourning last Thursday when the agents of death threw what…
Corps Members Can’t Operate DDC Machines
As the voters registration exercise took off in Niger State, Central Nigeria, at the weekend, the major problem confronting people…
PDP’s Presidential Primary: IBB, Atiku Plot Jonathna’s Fall; At Night Meeting In Minna
Less than 24 hours before the presidential primaries of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, held…
Imam Held After Anti-Jonathan Sermon
The Deputy Chief Imam of Jamatul Izala Group in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, Sheikh Idris, has been arrested by the…
IBB Varsity Bans Hugging On Campus
By Bukola Lawal If you are one of those guys who are fond of hugging ladies on campuses, then the…
Governor Raises Alarm Over Boko Haram Attack
All security agencies in Niger State have been placed on alert following an alarm raised by Governor Muazu Aliyu Babangida…
Girl Held Over False Alarm
A 19-year old girl in Minna, capital of Niger State, North Central Nigeria, has been arrested by the police for…
Alhaji Loses N120m To Money Doubler
A wealthy businessman in Minna, the Niger State capital, Alhaji Nuhu Ibrahim, has allegedly lost $800,000 about N120 million to…
Commissioner Dumps IBB, Joins ACN
The quest by former military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, to return to power suffered another setback yesterday when…
‘We Will Resist South African Farmers’
The proposal by Niger State government to bring South African farmers into the state will face protest from farmers in…