Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead 22 villagers in western Niger, most attending a baptism ceremony, local media and other sources said Tuesday. The shootings happened on Monday in the Tillaberi region, near Burkina Faso and Mali, where jihadist groups linked…
The Niger state police command has arrested 18-year-old Moses Amarks, who allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded a N50 million ransom from his mother. The suspect who happens to be a student of the College of Health, Kwamba, Suleja,…
There has been panic within the Niger State Government House in Minna after a man identified simply as Gregory collapsed and died therein. According to the report by the Niger State Police Command, Gregory had gone to visit the chairman…
No fewer than 13 persons have died in Niger state following the outbreak of cholera across 16 local government areas. The outbreak has left the residents in panic and mourning as no fewer than 130 other persons remain hospitalized in…
The dead body of two children; a boy and a 9-year-old girl were discovered in a drainage after a heavy rainfall in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday. According to the residents, they had thought that only the Edo girl was…
Nigeria President Bola Tinubu has approved N2 billion to be released to the victims of Mokwa Flood which took over 200 lives and destroyed not less than 503 houses. The president approved the fund to be used for the immediate…
The 2023 presidential candidate under the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Monday, paid a visit to Niger state to sympathize with victims of the Mokwa Flood. The former Anambra Governor was accompanied by the acting National Chairman of the Labour…
