Tag Archives: Niger

Senator Shehu Sani has said that if Anambra student, Mmesoma Ejikeme, was from Plateau or Niger state, the case of forgery she has been found guilty of committing, would not be as hot as it is now.   Mmesoma has received backlash from several Nigerians after she admitted to have …

Former Zamfara Governor, Sani Yerima, has said that the federal government should dialogue with bandits, just as the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua dialogued with Niger Delta militants.   Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa, Yerima said there is need for dialogue with bandits as many of them …

A Police Inspector with the Niger State Police Command, Gbenga Fajuyi, 47, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison by a Minna Senior Magistrate Court for impr3gnating his 13-year-old biological daughter and k!lling the newborn baby after delivery.   The Police First Information Report, marked SMC/MN, CR/06/2023 stated that …

A referee identified as Mustapha Bello was killed after being struck by lightning during a friendly football match in Madalla town, Niger State.   The deceased popularly known as Mustafa Coach 02 among football fans, and a member of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFA) met his tragic end on Tuesday …

It urged the public to contact the lands department of the state Ministry of Lands and Housing for further information concerning the issue. The Niger State Government has revoked the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) issued to Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) University in Suleja area of the state.

Bandits have released a video of villagers kidnapped in Kafin Koro and Kwagana wards in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State.     The victims were among over 50 people, including a former APC ward chairman, kidnapped in the area on May 10, 2023. 19 of them were released …

Bandits have released three of the residents kidnapped in Kafin Koro and other adjourning communities in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State.      Recall that bandits stormed the communities in large numbers last month and abducted over 50 persons.     It was gathered that some of the …

Two suspects who allegedly killed a tricycle rider in Suleja, headquarters of Suleja Local Government Area of Niger state have been arrested by the police.    The suspects have been identified as 22-year-old Sunday Paul of Timber-shed, Suleja and 33-year-old Bali Joshua of Kwamba area, Suleja and they were arrested …

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested two suspects, Sunday Paul and Bali Joshua, over the murder of a commercial tricyclist in Suleja area of the state.   Spokesperson of the the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement on Friday, June 2, 2023, said the suspects alongside …

Governor Chukwuma Soludo has said that the South-East region of the country is eternally grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari for completion of the Second Niger Bridge.    Asides from the Bridge which has been completed, Soludo added that the region needs a dredging project which needs to be executed to …