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Some group of bandits in Niger State forests have listed their demands for peace deal during a reconciliation meeting with Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi. Sheikh Gumi visited Tagina forest and met with bandits group leader, Dogo Gide…

Barely 24 hours after the abduction of students, teachers, and others from Government Science College, Kagara, unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked some communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State abducting…

Niger State Government has released the names of students, teachers, and others abducted at the Government Science College, Kagara on Wednesday. Twenty-seven students and 15 others which included staff members were taken hostage by…

Gunmen who attacked Government Science College, Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Wednesday morning came in motorcycles, a resident who witnessed the incident has said. 27 students and 15 others including staff…

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has ordered the closure of all boarding schools in Rafi, Mariga, Munya, and Shiroro local government areas of the state until further notice. The Governor gave the directive while addressing…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a team of security chiefs to coordinate the rescue operation of students abducted from Government Science College in Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Wednesday morning. A statement…

The Chairman of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State Suleiman Chukuba, has been impeached. Chukuba was impeached by the councillors during their sitting in Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro council. It was learnt that 11 of 14…

At least 23 persons have died after a truck fully loaded with dozens of cows and 45 persons, skidded off the road and somersaulted into a bush. The Police Command in Niger State says the accident occurred at about 0500 hours along…

Sixty-six suspected criminals comprising of kidnappers, bandits, armed robbers, gunrunners, bandit collaborators, and informants have been arrested by the personnel of the Nigerian Army Four Special Forces Command. The suspects were…

The Speaker of the Niger House of Assembly, Bawa Wuse and the Clerk, Mohammed Kagara, have gone into isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, confirmed the…

Two suspected ritualists have been apprehended by the men of the Nigeria Police Force, Niger State Command while in possession of a human eye at Daza village in Munya Local Government Area of the state. Mr Wasiu Abiodun, the command’s…

US forces have rescued an American hostage in Nigeria, the Pentagon said Saturday. The man was abducted in Niger and taken across the border to Nigeria, where US forces freed him without suffering any casualties, it said. “U.S. forces…

Four persons are currently in the police net in Niger State for allegedly exhuming and severing a human head at the cost of N2 million in Mashegu Local Government Area of the state. They were said to have exhumed a corpse and removed the…

The Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu, on Monday said that he would serve as Nigeria’s President if given the opportunity by the electorate. Kalu made the remark in Minna during a private visit to two former leaders of the country, Gen.…

256 Nigerians have been evacuated from Morocco and Niger Republic between Wednesday and Thursday. Out of this figure, 98 Nigerians were evacuated from Morocco are expected back home on Thursday, while 158 from Niger Republic had arrived…

Police in Niger state have arrested a 70-year-old man for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in the Chanchaga area of Minna, Niger State. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the suspect identified as Mohammed Sani Umar (Tela) allegedly raped…

The Defence Headquarters said on Tuesday that Air strikes executed by the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki at Kasuwan Ango Community in Mariga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State have resulted in the disruption of the activities…

Niger’s Minister of Employment and Labour, Mohamed Ben Omar is dead. He died on Sunday at the main hospital of the capital Niamey. His party, the Social Democratic Party confirmed his death. They, however, failed to disclose the…

The wearing of face masks in Niger state, Nigeria, has been declared as mandatory. Niger state government made this known after he flagged off the commencement of wearing face mask in the state. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello who…

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), in Niger has appealed to the State Government to extend the approved daily operational deadline given petroleum products marketers to sell fuel to motorists in the state. Alhaji Abdullahi…