No fewer than 21 suspected bandits have been reportedly neutralised by security agencies in collaboration with vigilante and locals in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, an official has said. The Council Chairman, Alhaji Hussani Bena, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of...
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The Niger Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) on Monday said the death toll from Sunday’s boat mishap in Mokwa Local Government Area had risen to 30 from 24. Alhaji Garba Salihu, NSEMA’s acting Director General, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Niger State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 16-year-old girl, Priscilla Galadima, who was crushed to death by a tanker in Minna. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday. He said the deceased...
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar says the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) will soon take delivery of 18 attack helicopters to boost its fleet of aircrafts. Abubakar said this at a one-day tour of formations and units under the NAF 115 Special Operations Group...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed over the death of 36 soldiers killed in an ambush by armed bandits and a subsequent Nigeria Air Force (NAF) helicopter crash in Niger State. Buhari made his feelings known in a statement issued on Saturday...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has expressed sadness over the ill-fated Air Force helicopter that claimed 36 soldiers in Niger on Monday morning. Obi, the former Anambra governor made this know in a statement via his official X handle (formerly Twitter) in Lagos on...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says incidences of fatalities, mishaps and crashes are sometimes inevitable for all military organisations involved in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Gabkwet...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of gallant officers and soldiers, who died in the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) helicopter crash in Niger State. It would be recalled that the crash in which the officers and men died occurred on Monday...
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, helicopter which crashed earlier today in Niger State, was actually conveying to a military hospital in Kaduna State, some troops wounded in a gun battle with terrorists, PRNigeria exclusively gathered from credible military sources. “The NAF helicopter that unfortunately crashed in Niger today...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) says its MI-171 helicopter on casualty evacuation mission has crashed at about 1.00 pm near Chukuba village in Niger State. The NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet disclosed this in a statement on Monday in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) says its Special Force on night patrol on Sunday rescued seven kidnapped victims, comprising six females and one male near Birnin Gwari in Kaduna Troop The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Niger State, Alhaji Zakari Jikantoro has resigned his position as the chairman of the party. He announced his resignation on Friday in Minna, after briefing the state party executive members of the resolutions taken at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting ...
The Management of North South Power Company Limited (NSP) on Wednesday warned of an impending risk of flood in communities around the Shiroro Hydro-Electric Power Plant in Niger of impending flood. The Vice-Chairman of NSP, Mr Olubumi Peters, gave the alert during said the annual stakeholders flood sensitisation...
An NGO, Ustaz Development Initiative in Niger, has paid fees for about 200 out-of-school children in Chanchaga Local Government Area, to enable them to return to school. The Founder of the NGO, Hajiya Hauwa Egigogo, said after presenting the receipts to the beneficiaries, that the gesture was to support...
A seven-month-old baby boy, Habibu, has been found sleeping on his mother’s back 24 hours after she was shot dead by bandits on the Pandogari-Allawa road in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. City & Crime gathered that bandits blocked the Pandogari-Allawa road a day to Sallah and shot six...
Tragedy struck on Tuesday after a Nigerian referee identified as Mustafa Coach 02, was killed by a lightening strike on a football pitch in Madalla Town, Suleja LGA of Niger State Late Mustafa died during a friendly football match which was disrupted by heavy rainfall followed by thunder strikes....
The Niger Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested three suspected ‘black marketers’ for fabricating huge extra tanks in their vehicles. The Public Relations officer of the corps, DSC Nasire Abdullahi, stated this while addressing news on the arrest in Minna on Wednesday. He...
Traders at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Central Market, Suleja Local Government Area of Niger, on Tuesday protested against alleged multiple levies and taxes by the council. The traders are also protesting against expansion of some structures within the already congested market. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The 1 Division Nigerian Army on Wednesday commenced the Corporals and Below Inter-Brigade competition in Minna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition is to improve combat proficiency, physical fitness and leadership traits of personnel. It is also to prepare them for the present security challenges...
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) says it is currently working to restore power supply to Minna and environs after windstorm damaged some of its equipment and installations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was a heavy windstorm on Sunday night before the heavy downpour. This...