Two miners from Kano State have lost their lives following the collapse of a mining pit in Niger State. The spokesperson for the Niger State Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident to journalists in Minna, stating that the tragedy occurred on Sunday… Mining pit collapses, kills two miners in Niger …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
The police command in Niger has confirmed the death of two individuals after a mining pit collapsed in the Farin-Doki area of Shiroro Local Government. Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this on Monday while speaking with journalists in… 2 killed in Niger mining pit collapse …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
The Niger State Police Command has effected the arrest of four suspected kidnappers in possession of two locally made pistols and a Dane gun in Rijau, Rijau Local Government Area of the state. The state command, through the Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, stated… Police arrest four suspected kidnappers in Niger …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
Niger State Governor, Umaru Mohammed Bago, has attributed the rising tides of crimes, thuggery and youth restiveness in the state to a lack of moral training. Speaking at the annual conference of the Nupe Christian Fellowship International in Bida, Bago emphasized the crucial… Niger Gov Bago attributes increase in thuggery, youth restiveness to lack of … Read more
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State has disclosed that it has effectively adopted Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR mechanisms in resolving the clash between youths in the Kwangila and Ketaren-Gwari areas of Minna, the Niger State capital. In… Niger: NSCDC settles youths clash in Minna with Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism …C0NTINUE … Read more
A South West-based sociocultural group, Majeobaje Community Development Initiative, has raised an alarm over alleged infiltration of forests in the region by terrorists who have been dislodged from Niger, Chad, Mali and northern part of Nigeria. The group made this declaration… Terrorists dislodged from Niger, Chad others infiltrating South West forests – Group …C0NTINUE READING … Read more
The Niger State Government has received the seventeen, 17, kidnapped victims rescued by the Nigeria Police Force in Kaduna State. According to the state Police Command in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the victims were rescued and handed over to… Niger govt receives 17 kidnapped victims rescued in Kaduna State … Read more
A land dispute has erupted in Tegina, Niger State, between the District Head, Garba Bako, and the Chief Imam of Pagungari, Umar Danladi Pangu in the state. The Chief Imam alleged that the District Head has taken over a 70.5-hectare farmland belonging to him and his siblings,… Land Grabbing: Chief Imam accues district head of … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expressed readiness to join forces with the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, to tackle illegal mining and cybercrime in Niger State. The acting EFCC Zonal Director, in charge of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate, Bawa Usman… Niger: EFCC expresses readiness to collaborate with NUJ to combat illegal mining, … Read more
In a move to further distance itself from its colonial past, the government of Niger has officially adopted the Hausa language as the nation’s national language. In a new charter released last week and published in a special edition of the government’s official journal,… Niger dumps French, adopts Hausa as official language …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more