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IFAD-VCDP distributes N8.6m rice processing equipment to farmers
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) on Tuesday distributed rice processing equipment worth…
Revenue: Customs generates N163m in October
The Niger Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday said that it had collected N163 million as…
11,000 pupils benefit from Nigerian Govt’s cash transfer in Niger
No fewer than 11,000 pupils from indigent families have benefited from the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme in…
57th Independence: 2,500 NSCDC personnel deployed in Niger
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), Niger Command, on Friday said it had deployed 2, 500 security…
School feeding programme: Niger to spend N1.2bn in every 20 days
The Niger government says it will spend N1.2 billion in every 20 days of the primary school feeding programme expected…
State to rehabilitate police training school
Niger government on Tuesday pledged to rehabilitate some infrastructures within the Police Training School in Minna the state capital.
State spends N3bn in schools rehabilitation
The Niger State Government says it has spent N3 billion to rehabilitate nine secondary schools under the first phase of…
Niger has potential to produce food for Africa – Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says that Niger has the capacity to produce assorted food crops that will feed the African…
FADAMA, World Bank to train 300 youths in Niger
The FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) Programme says it is collaborating with the World Bank in training 300 graduates in…
Gov. meets with predecessors, former ministers over state security
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Tuesday met with former Niger governors, ministers and political leaders over the security situation…
Acting President inspects collapsed bridge in Niger, advises motorists
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, said the Federal Government will soon rehabilitate the collapsed bridge, Tatabu in Mokwa Council…
Electricity: Traditional head urges understanding, patience with AEDC
Etsu Nupe, Dr Yahaya Abubakar, has appealed for understanding and patience with the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in its…
State urged to improve security around archaeological sites
Mr Ibrahim Salihu, Deputy Director, Niger State Museum, has called on the government to recruit a special team to guard…
Niger state gets new FRSC sector commander
A new sector Commander has been deployed to Niger sector command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).
SON urges farmers to adhere to international standards
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday urged cassava farmers’ organisations in Niger to adhere to international best practices…
Discovered N6bn belongs to Niger State – Gov. Bello
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Friday said that the N6 billion discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
EFCC may declare Ex-Commissioner wanted over N6bn discovery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it may declare a former Commissioner of Local Government in Niger wanted…
Meningitis: Niger records 33 deaths, 116 suspected cases- official
Thirty-three people have died from the Cerebrol Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in Niger while 116 suspected case has been recorded, an…
NGSG urged to train magistrates, lower court judges on criminal cases
The Niger State Government has been urged to train magistrates and lower court judges on the handling of criminal cases…
Niger Speaker tasks youths on patriotism
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ahmed Marafa, has called on youths in the country to…
We cant pay salaries, says Niger council chairman
The Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government in Niger, Alhaji Yusuf Inuwa has said that the council has no enough money…
Breaking: Ex-Niger governor, Abdulkadir Kure, dies at 60
A former governor of Niger, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure, is dead. Kure died on Sunday in a German hospital at the…
“We are not denying Niger power intentionally’’ – AEDC
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has denied allegations by a group, the “Concerned Citizens of Niger State”, that it…
Poor accommodation hinders NSCDC operations in Niger – Commandant
Lack of office accommodation is a major problem affecting operations of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Crops (NSCDC) in…
Policeman nabbed over death of driver
A policeman, who allegedly killed a driver and injured another on Tegina – Lagos road, has been arrested by the…
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13 die in boat mishap, tanker fire in Niger
A total of seven people have died in a boat mishap on River Gbako in Katcha Local Government Area of…
Motor park clash: Police arrest two suspects
The Police Niger have arrested two suspects in connection with a misunderstanding between two transport unions at the Abdulsalam Abubakar…
24 corps members gets service year extention in Niger
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has extended the service year of 24 members of the 2015 Batch ‘B’ Stream…
NSCDC arrests fake army General in Niger
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger on Saturday said it had apprehended a suspected fake army…
NAFDAC shut down water factory in Niger
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Niger, has sealed a sachet water factory in…