Three women have been abducted by terrorists who invaded Saminaka community in Lapai local government area of Niger state. The incident occurred around 8pm on Sunday. Sources said that the terrorists started shooting as they headed to one of the…
Pandemonium as terrorists attack Niger communities
Terrorists on Thursday morning invaded some communities after Kamapani Waya in Kontagora local government area of Niger State. The Nation’s correspondent, who was on the way to Kontagora from Minna in a public transport, had to turn back after leaving…
Terrorists kill 13, abduct 2 Chinese expatriates in Niger
Thirteen people including seven Mobile Policemen and six civilians have been killed at a mining site in Ajata-Aboki in Gurmana Ward of Shiroro local government, Niger State. The Mobile Policemen were attached to the mining site to provide security cover…
Niger PDP delegates shot dead
Three delegates for the gubernatorial primaries of the People Democratic party from Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State have been reportedly killed by bandits. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo announced…
Group surprises physically challenged teacher with new house
The Concerned Parents and Educators Network, led by Yinka Ogunde, has facilitated the construction and furnishing of a house for a teacher living with disability, Audu Jiya. According to Ogunde, the CPEN, which was founded four years ago, embraced Jiya…
Peter Obi embraced politics out of sacrifice —Babangida Aliyu
A former Governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has stated that Former Governor Peter Obi, an already accomplished corporate leader and successful businessman, went into politics to make society better. Aliyu made the remark when Obi paid a courtesy…
*Recall our husbands from Niger, MOPOLs’ wives tell Lagos CP (Vanguard)*Lagos inaugurates programme to prevent childhood blindness among students (Punch)
Recall our husbands from Niger, MOPOLs’ wives tell Lagos CP (Vanguard) Wives of Mobile policemen who were posted on special duty to Niger State, staged a protest at the Lagos State Police Command yesterday, over what they described as undue…
Gunmen kidnap Niger commissioner of information
Mr Mohammed Idris, Niger State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, was on Sunday kidnapped by gunmen at Baban Tunga Village of Tarfa Local Government Area of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, disclosed this to…
1 killed, 200 Islamiyya students abducted in Niger
About 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted. One person was said to have been shot dead while another was critically injured after the gunmen carried…
Kagara victims released after 9 days in captivity
The staff and students who were abducted from Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have been released. Family sources confirmed the news to Daily Trust on Saturday. The victims are currently on their way to Minna, the state capital, to…