By MARY RONKE, Minna – Tragedy struck in Kippo village, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, when a boat accident claimed the lives of two brothers. The sad incident occurred at 10 p.m. on Thursday, June 20. The Director of Media and Strategy, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs...
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The Federal Government has warned against illegal mining operations, where owners of land mines allow illegal miners to operate. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake issued the warning in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, on Saturday in Abuja. The warning...
The Senate has mandated the Committee on Solid Minerals to investigate the cause of a rockslide in Farin Doki community, Shiroro Local Government of Niger State. The rockslide buried 30 informal miners alive in a gold mining site. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on...
A group- Access to Seamless Business in Nigeria(ASBIN) has warned that investors’ appetite in Niger State may drop significantly unless the state government embraces good business ethics and encourages investors operating in the state. It said the use of thuggery and intimidation by the state government in its...
The Federal Government has rescued seven persons at a collapsed mining site, which occurred on Monday in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, said this in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on...
A mining site has collapsed in Galkogo village of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger, killing one person and trapping more than 30 persons, the state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said. “One person had been confirmed death, six persons rescued with severe injuries while more than 30...
The school outreach For better Education Team in partnership with various organizations, successfully conducted an extensive school outreach program in Minna, Niger State. The initiative, aimed at educating secondary school students on critical social issues such as substance abuse, gender-based violence, bullying and other social vices, reached approximately 3,000...
Four dismissed soldiers have been arrested for the alleged murder of a personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger. The Police Public Relation Officer, (PPRO), Niger Command, SP Waisu Abiodun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the incident happened on...
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), has said that no life was lost in a building collapse at Sabon-Gari area of Minna metropolis in Niger. The Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, confirmed this in a statement in Minna on Saturday. Baba-Arah said the agency received...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Components of Operations Whirl Punch and Delta Safe on Saturday, knocked out terrorists’ hideouts in Niger and illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta. The Director Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a...
Suleja custodial center The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) FCT Command, on Thursday said 119 inmates escaped from the Suleja Custodial Centre, in Niger State. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by Mr Samson Duza, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command. The FCT command...
The Police Command in Niger, has confirmed the death of five children by suffocation in a car on Sunday in Minna. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Niger, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Minna. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of 1 Division of the Nigeria Army eliminated several terrorists who ambushed them on Friday while on fighting patrol to Karaga Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja – The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch (OPWP) has destroyed terrorists’ logistics storage in Palele near Shiroro, on March 15. AVM Edward Gabkwet, Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. AVM Gabkwet said...
The police command in Niger State on Friday said it arrested a man who allegedly impregnated a 15-year old in an uncompleted building in Tayi Village near Minna. The command’s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this to journalists in Minna. He said that the teenager (name withheld) was...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Niger State Governor, Umar Bago has taken delivery of 300 tractors from a firm, John Deere Ltd., to boost food production in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Bologi Ibrahim, on Monday...
Kidnapped victims recently freed from captivity have revealed that kidnappers use poisonous snakes to terrorise them. Some of them, who recounted their ordeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), said that there were many snakes in the forests inhabitated by the bandits. They said that the...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has denied blocking trucks conveying food stuff and animals to the Southern part of the country at Kara-Jebba-Mokwa Road in the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Waisu Abiodun, said in a statement issued in Minna, that the purported video circulating...