Tag: Niger State
Gov Bello sacks Niger SDGs DG, suspends education board chair
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has sacked the Director-General of the state Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Abdullahi Arah.
This was contained in a statement issued by...
Kuje prison attack: Police arrest fleeing inmate in Niger
The operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested one of the inmates who escaped from the Kuje Maximum Custodial Centre in Abuja...
Shiroro attack: Niger gov suspends mining in 3 LGAs
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities in three local government areas of the state over...
Buhari: Shiroro attack, direct assault on Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has described Thursday’s attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State as a direct assault on Nigeria which will not...
Over 40 feared killed in Niger mining site attack
No fewer than 40 people were reportedly killed by bandits following an attack on a mining site in Ajata-Aboki in Shiroro Local Government of...
Bandits kill security agents, kidnap Chinese nationals from mining site
Bandits have attacked a mining site at Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, killed security operatives, and kidnapped four...
Gov Bello declares public holidays for collection of PVCs
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has declared Thursday, June 30, and Friday, July 1, 2022, as public holidays in the state to enable...
IPMAN orders closure of filling stations in Niger over killing of...
Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Niger State have shut down operations in the state, following the killing of...
Soldier kills fuel attendant in Niger
A military officer has allegedly killed a fuel attendant at AY Ashafa filing station around the Obasanjo Shopping Complex in Minna, the Niger State...
Niger 2023: Kantigi picks Gwamna as running mate
The Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has picked Mr Samuel Gwamna as the running mate of the party's governorship candidate,...