Tag Archives: Niger

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 …

The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB have said the Second Niger Bridge should be named after a notable Igbo indigene as naming the bridge after President Buhari is unacceptable to them.    Recall that during the commissioning of the bridge on Tuesday, May 23, the Minister of Works and Housing, …

The South-East Governors have agreed to name the Second Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari.    Media aides to President Buhari, Bashir Ahmad as well as Tolu Ogunlesi. announced this on Twitter on Tuesday, May 23.    See their tweets below…  

The village head of Fugge community in Rijau local government area of Niger state, Mallam Abdullahi Zaure, and 49 others, have been abducted by terrorists.  The incident happened on Friday afternoon May 12, and it was gathered that the terrorists rode into the community on motorcycles. The abductees were more …

Bandits have reportedly abducted many residents including farmers in Kaffin-Koro and other adjourning communities in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State.   According to the Daily Trust, the bandits stormed the community in large numbers around 4pm on Wednesday, May 11, and operated until 7pm during which an unspecified …

Bandits attacked many communities in the Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State and abducted an unidentified number of people while several others were injured.   It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the villages at about at 2:pm on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, April 29, 2023.    The …

The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of the village head of Gusasse in Bosso Local Government Area of the state and kidnap of his daughter.      It would be recalled that on March 15, 2023, suspected gunmen attacked Gusasse village via …

The police in Rivers state has arrested two suspects over the alleged murder of a police constable, Nasiru Yusuf.    The police spokesman in the state, DSP Wasiu Abiodun said that the murder took place when some assailants attacked two police operatives on duty in the area. According to Abiodun, …

“Adunu is an Adara town in Paikoro local government of Niger state. A town full of love, peace and unity, has now been invaded by herdsmen who kill and kidnap the citizens in numbers,” he wrote.   “The Federal government and the government of Niger state should as a matter …