The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Niger Command has confirmed the death of 12 persons and multiple injuries in an accident on the Agaie-Lapai Highway. The state FRSC Sector Commander, Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed this to newsmen in Minna on Saturday. He said personnel of the corps were still at...
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By MARY RONKE, Minna – Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has been nominated as the SUN Newspaper Governor of the year 2024 in Agriculture A statement issued on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, Bologi Ibrahim, said the nomination/invitation letter was presented to...
Niger State Government has said it would provide incentives that will crash prices of food items during the Ramadan season. Gov. Mohammed Umaru-Bago disclosed this on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Gates Foundation on a courtesy visit to the Government House. Minna. The governor said the...
Niger State Police Command has said one of its officers, ASP Shafi’u Usman Bawa with AP/No 337979, has allegedly committed suicide in Kontagora town. Spokesman of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday that the incident occurred on Feb. 8....
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday paid private visit to two former Heads of State, Retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, in Minna, Niger. Tinubu told newsmen that the visit was a demonstration of respect for the two former leaders whom she described as...
The Federal Government has allocated N940.5 billion to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in the 2025 fiscal year, to enhance manpower and infrastructure development in the education sector. President Bola Tinubu stated this on Saturday at the 42nd Founders’ Day and 33rd Convocation of the Federal University of...
The corpse of one of the five abducted residents of Chikakore community in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory has been found. The dead body of Mrs Esther Adesiyan was reportedly recovered in a bush near Itagbajii community in Niger state on Monday night. The deceased, her husband,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has formally received 112 newly passed-out Police Constables who recently completed their training at the Police Training School, Niger State. These officers are part of the 10,000 recruits who successfully passed out on the 23rd January, 2025....
One person has died and six others injured in a dynamite explosion that occurred in Sabon-Pegi in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma has neutralised scores of bandits and dismantled their logistics base in a series of airstrikes at Alawa Forest in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. The Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, AVM...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in a fire following another petroleum tanker accident that occurred on Saturday at Dikko Junction on the Abuja-Kaduna highway, in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State. Buhari in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has expressed sorrow over the fuel tanker explosion, which caused the death of over 80 people, with many also injured. The explosion occurred on Saturday at Dikko Junction, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger, leading to the lost of many lives. President...
The death toll in the Dikko tanker explosion has risen to 86, with 80 of the victims buried in a mass grave. The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Saturday expressed sorrow over the victims of the tragic tanker explosion at Dikko Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in Niger State. In a statement issued by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, the forum described the explosion,...
No fewer than 50 persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion on Saturday. The incident happened on the Dikko-Maje road opposite Badeggi fuelling station in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger. Federal Road Safety Commander (FRSC) in Niger State, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed this to the News...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed Seven persons dead in a fatal road crash in Panti along Bida-Mokwa Road in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State. According to the FRSC First Information Report (FIR), Kutigi Command, the crash occurred at about 18:09 hours on Monday at...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued an order to transfer regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Niger to the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (NSERC). The commission in a statement on its X handle in Abuja on Friday said that the transfer was in compliance with the...
The Federal Government, on Thursday pledged to pay full compensation to communities displaced by the construction of the 700 megawatts, Zungeru Hydro Power Plant in Niger state. This is contained in a statement by Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister of Power,...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – A 27-year old woman, Fatima Dzuma, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing her husband, Baba Aliyu, 25, in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State. The Niger State Police Command’s spokesman, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in Minna on Monday. SP...
Stakeholders of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State have passed a vote of confidence on Governor Umaru Bago for his developmental strides. The stakeholders, under the auspices of Shiroro Standing Committee on Peace, Unity, and Development, made the declaration at an expanded meeting led by the Deputy Governor,...