Niger State

The Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago has called on State Governors across the country to join hands with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to tackle the issues of human trafficking and…

Terrorists have invaded Ajata village, a mining community in Erena district of Shiroro Local Government area of Niger State, killing no fewer than 19 people with scores abducted. Soldiers were among those massacred with their…

From Daniel Ebi, Minna. Following levies and taxes imposed by   Bandits on farmers before they could harvest their farm produce, Niger State Government has ordered  Communities to ignore the directive as it has put up a…

From Daniel Ebi, Minna. In an effort to confront the banditry situation in the State, Niger State Government is to Harmonise all the local Vigilantes in the State into a single  structure to complement conventional security…

By Ebi Daniel in Minna. Niger State has emerged the best performing State under the Central bank  Rice Anchor borrower scheme in the country with the highest recovery rate, even as defaulters of the programme have been arrested. It…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of 150 students abducted two weeks ago from Salihu Tanko Islamiya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State,…

No fewer than 200 students of Islamiyya school, Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State were on Sunday reportedly abducted. This is coming hours after the remaining 14 abducted students of Greenfield University were…

The Emir of Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Salihu Tanko, is dead. In a statement on Tuesday, Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, described the death of the monarch as a colossal loss to the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a team of security chiefs to Minna, the Niger State capital, to coordinate the rescue of staff and students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kagara, who were kidnapped on…