Tag Archives: Niger

The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, says it has received report of boat mishap which occurred in Borgu Local Government area of the state.   The Director-General of the agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Monday, January 15, 2024.    He stated that the …

Bandits have kidnapped three persons, including a child in Garam village, a Niger state community bordering FCT.    This is coming barely a week after bandits invaded the village, killed a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and kidnapped 13 others.    A resident of Garam, Lucky …

Four persons have been killed while 39 others were abducted when bandits invaded Kuduru, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and two communities Garam and Azu in Niger State.   Garam community which is about five minute drive from Bwari was invaded on Saturday, December 23, by …

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command has smashed a notorious motorcycle snatching syndicate and arrested three suspects.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, December 29, 2023, said the suspects, Dan Asabe,50, of Banwuya area, Bida, Mohammed Adamu, 20, of …

The Niger State Government has announced plans to ban sales and consumption of alcohol in Suleja and eight other local government areas of the state.   In a statement signed by the board secretary, Ibrahim Muhammad Bonu, on Monday, the state government say the ban would commence on January 1, …

Troops of the 1 Division Nigerian Army have killed 14 terrorists and rescued 13 kidnap victims in Niger and Kaduna States.     The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, December 24, 2023.    “In …

Abdullbergy Usman Ebbo, the Special Adviser on Digital Media and Strategy to the Niger State Governor, Umaru Mohammed Bago, has said that any man looking for a woman who doesn’t like money, will die single.    “Any woman that can like money is not worth having.”  Be there listening to …

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Abubakar Tuggar has said that the decision taken by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over the coup in Niger Republic earlier this year, is not dictated by France.    During an interview with Daily Trust, Tuggar stated that the reason …

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a notorious bandit, Umar Aliyu, a.k.a Babuga Datijo in Magama Local Government Area of the state.      The State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, paraded the suspect alongside four of his suspected informants, at the command headquarters on Wednesday, December …

The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has explained why the Nigerian military has been unable to permanently end oil bunkering and theft in the Niger Delta region. He explained that communities in the region “protect” those carrying out the oil bunkering and also help to rebuild illegal oil refineries …