A tragic scene played out at a wildlife park in Niger Republic when heavily armed men shot and killed no fewer than eight people including six...
The Presidency has explained why despite the fact that power generated in Nigeria is insufficient, the country still distributes electricity to Togo, Niger and Benin. The...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breaders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has denied claims that Fulani herdsmen are behind criminal activities especially in the northern part of the...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that two foreign bandits were arrested at Gama Aiki located at Kasuwan Ango Community in Mariga Local Government Area (LGA)...
The Director of Immunization and Disease Control in Niger State, Dr. Fatima Abdullahi, said on Friday the state recorded measles outbreak in 13 local government areas...
The Niger State government has relaxed the COVID-19 lockdown imposed on the state about three months ago to curtail the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus....
Gunmen have abducted four workers from a construction site at Erena in Shiroro local government area of Niger State. One of the abducted persons has been...
A passenger suspected to be COVID-19 positive travelling from Lagos to one of the northern states on Thursday died in Badeggi in the Katcha Local Government...
Some COVID-19 patients at an isolation centre in Niger State have protested the way they were being treated. The patients, who were caught shouting on top...
The Niger State Government has said it intercepted at least 40 people who were Lagos bound from Kano despite the ban on interstate travels in place...
The Niger State government has lifted the ban on religious gatherings to allow for this Friday’s (today) Juma’at prayer. In a statement released on Friday by...
The Niger State Government on Wednesday turned back a truck carrying about 50 persons and headed for Kano for flouting the lockdown order in effect in...
The Niger State Police Command is now on the hunt for a councillor in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State who allegedly absconded with 30...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has declared that the accumulated bill of the power supplied by Nigeria to its West African neighbours – Benin, Togo...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday condemned the repeated attacks by bandits on communities in Niger State and directed the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to deploy its...
A man simply identified as Gimba of Maratu village in Nasko Local Government Area of Niger state allegedly killed his wife, Aishatu, using a hoe, after...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday said 90 suspected drug traffickers had been arrested by its operatives in Niger State. The agency revealed...
The camp of Umar Nasko of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was thrown into sadness after the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Niger State, threw out...
The Nigerian Customs Service in Niger State has seized trucks conveying 1,940 bags of foreign rice worth N32.9 million being smuggled into the country. This was disclosed...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential Candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, opened trial at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal...
An 18-year-old man identified as Idris Abdullahi has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command at Zagzaga area of Sarkin-Pawa in Munya Local Government Area...
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Katsina State Command, has arrested three suspected human traffickers alongside their victims as they attempted crossing to Niger Republic on their...
The Niger state police command has confirmed that a 30 years old man, Uwani Danjuma killed his wife at Uddu Village in the Rijau Local Government...
Sequel to the Hanke’s report, ranking Nigeria as the 6th most miserable country, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and...
Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has emerged winner of the March 9 governorship election held in the state. Sani Bello of the All Progressive Congress...
Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has so far won in 14 Local...
Three of Nigeria’s international customers who were supplied up to 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity in 2018, are still indebted to the country, a quarterly report...
The Nigerian Governors Forum, Wednesday evening failed to reconvene its members to discuss the ongoing issues around the proposed N30,000 minimum wage. The meeting at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned another Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission to address prevailing security challenges in...
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn to Group A of the CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) alongside hosts Niger, Burundi and South...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said it would ensure that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) outside Nigeria vote in the 2019 general elections. The...
Mustapha Maihaja, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has declared the flooding in four states as national disasters. The affected states are Kogi,...
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have reached the final of the regional WAFU B U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers after edging Niger 2-1 in...
The Republics of Benin and Niger have paid $10.1m as electricity bill to Nigeria to avert being disconnected from their power source in Nigeria after the...
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerien Government on the establishment of a modular refinery to be sited in Katsina...
No fewer than 500 workers of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC have been fired by the management of the organisation. Some of those sacked were...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 25-year-old man identified as Tunde Vincent for having forceful carnal knowledge with a 12-year-old girl,...
A 25-year-old man identified as Dodo Baraje is now cooling his heels in police net after he allegedly killed his uncle simply identified as Baraje, 50,...
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, Monday said over 300, 000 Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram insurgency were taking refuge in...
Nigeria will in February host an international conference “expected to discuss and develop consensus on the different options to restore Lake Chad”. According to a statement...
The much anticipated cabinet expansion and reshuffle by President Muhammadu Buhari will no longer be possible this year, Daily Trust reports. The Senate would hold its...
Relief has come the way of two girls who have been freed unhurt from the den of kidnappers by men of the Niger State Police Command...
Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the operational activities of telecommunications’ equipment and service companies/vendors in Nigeria, Hon. Ahmed Abu (APC, Niger), has said investigations...
Two policemen identified as Alfa Idris and Sergeant Joseph Peter, have reportedly been murdered in the Allawa village, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State by...
Africa is undeterred by the failures of the past and the continent is motivated by the incredible energy and talent of its bustling youthful population, according...
Two gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who abducted a US aid worker, Jeffery Woodke from his home in the town of Abalak at around 2000 GMT...
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are still stranded in Abuja despite the move to relocate the team to Sokoto for the return leg of the African...
After several weeks of speculations, the Nigeria Football Federation has finally have signed a two –year contract with Gernot Rohr that will see the former Gabon,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, may have concluded plans to start importing crude oil from Chad and Niger Republic to feed its Kaduna Refinery in...
Pandemonium struck in the West African country of Niger when a bomb detonated by dreaded Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least seven police officers. The...
