The Niger State Police Command said on Thursday that it had arrested a 49-year-old man, Garba Tukura, for allegedly flogging his neighbor, Musa Wassa to death. The suspect, who lives in Zazzaga Village in the Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, was said to have allegedly killed 65-year-old Wassa during a heated argument. According […]
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Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, has submitted the names of 18 commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Bello in a letter read on the floor of the House on Thursday by the Speaker, Alhaji Ahmed Marafa said his action was in line with section 192 (2) of the […]
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The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed the death of 22 persons in a boat mishap around Mahuta community in Agwara Local Government Area of the state. Malam Hussaini Ibrahim, the Public Relations Officer of the agency, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday. He said […]
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Dangote Group has signed a $450 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Niger State government to develop an integrated sugar industry in Lavun, with a sugar plantation sized to be longer than Lagos to Ibadan expressway. Details of the project made available to the NAN indicates that it would involve the development of a sugar […]
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One Malam Mohammed Kuyizhi, who is the Vice Principal, Government Day Secondary School, Tunga-Minna in Niger, has appeared before the state’s Child Rights Protection Agency, over the pregnancy of a 16-year-old student. Kuyizhi is accused of impregnating the girl, who is a junior student in the school. Hajia Mariam Kolo, the Director-General of the agency, […]
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Professor Nuhu Obaje, the director of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda University Research Centre, Lapai, on Thursday disclosed that crude oil deposits have been found in Bida basin in Niger State. He said his centre has informed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Niger State Government about its finding. Obaje also said his centre has […]
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Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger State has inaugurated a seven-man committee to ascertain how the 12 local governments used N4.4 billion bailout fund meant for the payment of salary arrears. The committee, headed by Mr Daniel Clifford, a former Permanent Secretary, is particularly expected to find out why the local government authority were still owing […]
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The corpse of former Governor of Adulkadir Kure was laid to rest on Wednesday in Minna, with the burial prayer led by Chief Imam of Minna Central Mosque, Sheik Isa Fari. Kure died on Sunday, Jan. 8, in a private hospital in Germany at the age of 60 years. The funeral was attended by Gov. […]
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A former governor of Niger, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure, is dead. Kure died on Sunday in a German hospital at the age of 60. The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party in Niger, Tanko Beji, confirmed the death of the former two-term governor of the state on Sunday. Reacting to Kure’s death, Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger […]
Continue ReadingThe Bank of Industry (BOI) has earmark N1.7 billion for the development of modern arts and crafts in Niger State, says Mr Emmanuel Zhiri, the Acting Executive Director, Council for Arts and Culture. Zhiri told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday that the gesture was aimed at boosting tourism in the […]
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