Tag: niger state
Niger State bars trucks from Minna-Bida road
Niger State Government has barred articulated vehicles from using Minna-Bida road, due to its deplorable condition.
Payroll fraud: 80 civil servants sacked in Niger
The Niger State Government has dismissed 80 civil servants for allegedly placing themselves on salaries above their current status. Hajiya…
Civil servant smuggles brother’s name on payroll, promotes him to GL14
A senior civil servant, Mohammed Ndanusa has been arrested in Minna, Niger state after he was found to have smuggled…
Niger lawmakers beg FG to complete Baro Port
Federal and state lawmakers, as well as local council chairmen, representing Niger South Senatorial District, have appealed to the Federal…
Boko Haram extends tentacles to Niger State
The Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram has released a video featuring members claiming to be from Niger State in…
Niger govt. lifts suspension on Sunday church services
The Niger Government has ordered the lifting of the suspension on Sunday church services in the state from Sunday.
Coronavirus: Niger govt begins fumigation of public places
Niger State has started the fumigation of public places against the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Niger Govt. seizes 33 trucks loaded with Charcoal
The Niger Government has confiscated about 33 trucks loaded with 518 bags of Charcoal suspected to be a product of…
Coronavirus: Gov. Bello re-introduces monthly sanitation
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Saturday kick off the reintroduction of monthly sanitation exercise in the state, in a…
How Northwest governors can defeat Banditry – Shehu Sani
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has called on Northwest governors and Niger State to come out with a joint security…
Daring Buhari: Gunmen on motorbikes attack Niger state again
Scores of gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have attacked Gurmana, old…
Buhari orders Air Force bombard bandits in Niger
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the repeated attacks by bandits on communities in Niger state and its environs and has…
Ex-IGP Idris chickens out of Niger politics
Ibrahim Idris, the former Inspector-general of Police has dissociated himself from a political campaign in Niger state linked with him.
Niger govt committed to end banditry – SSG
The Secretary to the Government of Niger State, Ahmed Matane, has reassured the people of the state of Government’s commitment…
Take ownership of urban policy, Niger govt urges residents
The Niger State Government has called on residents to participate and take ownership of formulation and implementation of the state…
Niger LG Polls: Commissioner decries voter apathy
The Niger state Commissioner of Budget and Planning Commission, Alhaji Mamman Musa, has decried the low turnout of voters during…
Voting begins in Niger LG polls
The Niger state local government election for Chairmen and Councilors began on Saturday in all the 25 councils of the…
12 die, 9 injured in auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger disclosed that 12 lives were lost in an accident on Friday in…
60-year-old, others arrested for defiling 9-year-old girl
Four men have been arrested by the Niger state police command for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl.
Over 1200 sacked in fresh bandit attacks on Niger communities
The communities in Shiroro local government area of Niger state, have come under another attack by bandits who sacked more…
Gov Bello grants amnesty to 13 suspected armed bandits
Niger State Government has granted amnesty to 13 suspected armed bandits that were arrested by security operatives along Kontonkoro axis…
2,667 houses, farmlands destroyed by flood in Niger – NSEMA
No fewer than 2,667 houses, farmlands, roads, and bridges have been destroyed by flooding in 17 local government areas in…
Photo: Housewife in police net for killing 3-day-old baby in Niger
Police in Niger arrested a 22-year-old housewife, Harela Uba, of Shakodna village, Shiroro Local Government Area of the State for…
Niger: 25 die in road crashes during Eid-el-Kabir celebration
The Niger Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), says 25 people were killed in 10 road crashes in…
2019 Hajj: Niger transports 2,200 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia
The Niger State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has transported 2,200 pilgrims out of the 3,200 pilgrims expected to perform the…
Niger govt to construct modern Hajj Camp
The Niger State Government has concluded arrangements to construct a befitting modern permanent Hajj Camp in Tudun Fulani, Bosso Local…
No going back on grazing reserves in Niger, SSG declares
Alhaji Ahmed Matane, the Secretary to the Niger State Government (SSG), has insisted that the state government will not renege…
Niger State to reposition civil service
The Niger State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to reposition the civil service for optimal performance. This was contained in…
Bandits on the rampage, kill 62 in Niger, displace over 1000
Armed bandits continued their attacks in Shiroro local government area of Niger state with the killing of 62 more people…
Kidnapper remanded in prison
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Friday ordered the remand in prison custody of one Mohammed Aliyu over alleged kidnapping.…