Gunmen kidnap Chinese workers, kill security guards in Niger State
Gunmen have abducted three Chinese workers at a hydropower dam project in Zungeru in the Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger…
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Seven die in Niger State boat mishap
No fewer than seven persons have died in a boat mishap at Zhigiri village in Shiroro Local Government of Niger State.
Drug addict son set mother ablaze in Niger State
A drug addict, Steven Jiya, has set his mother Comfort ablaze in Minna, the Niger State capital, after several failed attempts to…
Gunmen kill 17, abduct several others in Niger State
No fewer than 17 people have been killed after a group of armed men attacked two villages in Niger State.
The Secretary to the…
Niger Emir Alhaji Saidu Namaska is dead
The paramount king of Kontagora in Niger State, and the descendant of Shehu Usman Fodio, Alhaji Saidu Namaska is dead.
The Sarkin…
Bandits kidnap Niger State Information Commissioner
Bandits have kidnapped the Commissioner for Information in Niger State, Mohammed Idris.
This was confirmed by the state…
Niger signs law to hang bandits, kidnappers, informants
Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger State on Friday signed into law a bill prescribing death penalty by hanging for cattle…
UN Secretary General condemns fresh abduction of students in Tegina, Niger…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the recent abduction of students from an Islamic School in Tegina…
Gunmen kidnap over 200 Islamiyya students in Niger State
At least 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted.…
15 die in Niger boat mishap, several others missing
A boat mishap in Niger state has left 15 persons dead with several others still missing.
According to reports, the boat mishap…