Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Thursday killed the head of the Mulo village in Mashegu local government area of Niger State, Usman Garba. The state’s...
Police operatives in Niger have killed seven suspected bandits in Kumbashi village of Mariga local government area of the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr....
Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed Mr. Liman Kantigi as the validly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party...
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has approved the deployment of new commissioners police to Jigawa, Kwara and Niger States. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa...
At least six persons were confirmed dead in a boat in the Gbara area of Mokwa local government area of Niger State on Friday. However, 37...
Users plying the ever busy Bida-Minna highway now turn to bush paths as an alternative route as the road collapsed for a second time this year....
Retired civil servants in Niger State on Wednesday protested the non-payment of their pension and gratuity by the state government for eight years. The retirees, who...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested two men for allegedly operating an illegal College of Health Science in Bosso Local Government Area of the state. The...
The news of President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s N1.14 billion gift to Niger Republic has continued to trigger outrage among many Nigerians. They wonder why amid dwindling...
Police operatives in Niger State have rearrested one of the inmates who escaped from the Kuje correctional centre, Abuja, last month. Members of the Islamic State...
The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has suspended the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Isah Adamu, over anomalies in the...
Bandits on Thursday abducted nine people at Kuchi Village, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. Residents told journalists on Friday the gunmen who invaded the...
A youth leader in the Shiroro community of Niger State which terrorists attacked on Thursday, has confirmed that the death toll has risen to 48 after...
The Niger State Government has declared Thursday and Friday as work-free days to enable the state’s civil servants to take part in the ongoing Continuous Voter...
Police operatives in Niger have rescued Habiba Baffa, the abducted wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Magama Local Government area of the state,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger on Monday destroyed Indian hemp and other psychotropic substances weighing 21 tonnes in Maikunkule village, Bosso Local...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday evening killed one and abducted an unspecified number of people along the Tapila-Gwada road, Shiroro local government area of...
A report released on Wednesday by the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) claims that 2,968 Nigerians were killed in the last three months between January and March...
Bandits reportedly killed three people during an attack on two communities in Niger State Thursday evening. Several people including a community leader were also abducted in...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Very Rev. Father Leo Raphael Ozigi, the Parish Priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Sarkin Pawa,...
At least seven communities have been submerged by flood in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State due to ongoing construction of the Zungeru hydroelectric power...
The Niger State police command says the state Joint Security Task Force killed 100 suspected bandits in an operation at Bangi village in Mariga Local Government...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits killed a divisional police officer and nine others at Magama local government area of Niger State on Tuesday. The state Commissioner...
The Niger State government claimed on Wednesday the state joint security task force killed over 200 bandits during a clash at the weekend. The state’s Commissioner...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday morning killed three people in two communities in Niger State. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas, who confirmed...
Four operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were on Monday killed by a bomb suspected to be planted by members of the...
Police operatives in Niger State on Saturday killed several suspected bandits in a failed attack on Nasko village in the Magama Local Government Area of the...
Niger State government said on Friday it would start paying for credible intelligence on the activities, movements and whereabouts of bandits across the state. The Chief...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Idanre police station Ondo State, Monday George, for alleged drug...
Bandits killed at least 30 people including security agents in separate attacks in Niger State last week. The hoodlums attacked Galadiman Kogo and other communities in...
The Kano State government has repatriated several thousands of Almajiris from the state to Cameroon and the Niger Republic. The state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, disclosed this...
Bandits on Tuesday killed 13 people in Nakundna village, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The spokesman for the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed...
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, on Thursday asked the security agencies to rescue the abducted Chinese nationals in the state. Gunmen had on Wednesday abducted three...
The Nigerian Energy Regulatory Commission(NERC) has disclosed that it has yet to be paid for N770m energy supply to the three neighbouring countries and some special...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested two suspected bandits and recovered 71 cows and 23 sheep in the state. The spokesman of the state police command,...
The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has ordered the immediate ban on sales of some categories of motorcycles across the state. The Secretary to the State...
The Niger State government has demolished the house of a suspected kidnapper in Bosso local government area of the state. The state’s Commissioner for Local Government...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday abducted 13 passengers at Konar Barau village, Rafi local government area of Niger State. The state’s Commissioner of Police,...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested 12 persons for alleged armed robbery, gunrunning, and kidnapping in the state. The police also arrested suspected suppliers of fuel...
Gunmen on Friday abducted the Permanent Secretary in the Niger State Ministry of Transport, Dr. Ibrahim Garba, and his son. The duo were kidnapped from their...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday killed at least 30 people in Kachiwe and adjourning villages in Munya local government area of Niger State. Residents...
A national of Niger Republic, Lawal Shu’aibu, has been arrested alongside four others by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly supplying fuel, bread and other...
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, said on Tuesday at least seven states in the Northern part of the country had agreed to recruit 3,000 special...
Amnesty International (AI) has released a report indicating an increasing number of children being killed or targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts raging at...
Police operatives in Niger State have rescued the abducted traditional ruler of Wawa in the Borgu local government area of the state, Dr. Mahmud Aliyu. The...
Two groups known as Global Rights and the African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA) have decried the poor regulation of artisanal and illegal mining activities in...
The Niger State Government has inaugurated a committee to investigate the alleged defilement of 14 pupils by a Grade two teacher, Alh. Usman Galadima. Ripples Nigeria...
Unknown gunmen on Saturday night kidnapped Alhaji Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, the District Head of Wawa in the Borgu emirate of Niger State. It was gathered that...
The remaining pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school, Tegina, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, who were released on Thursday, have been reunited...
Unknown gunmen on Monday killed 37 people including 14 children in a village in the Tillaberi region of Niger Republic. In a statement on Tuesday, the...
