Niger State
The Chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Catholic Bishop of the Kontagora Diocese, Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, said that out of the 315 pupils and students abducted by bandit terrorists, 50 of them have regained their freedom between Friday and Saturday and have quietly reunited with their […]
A few days after 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Kebbi by terrorists, another attack has been launched in Niger State at St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area. The number of students and teachers abducted by the terrorists is yet to be confirmed, as names are still being compiled. […]
Christians and Muslim faithful are having mixed feelings concerning the new policy order of preaching placed in Niger State by the State Governor, Umar Bago. The Governor, in a program on TV on Sunday, said all preachers in the State should submit their sermons for approval before preaching in order to checkmate hateful speech […]
The Commissioner for Primary Healthcare in Niger State, Dr. Ibrahim Dangana, and the state government, led by Gov. Mohammed Bago, have moved into action to curb the sudden outbreak of cholera in the state. The outbreak was detected in Shiroro LGA on Sunday but has spread to over six LGAs, including Minna, Bosso, Shiroro, […]
More than three weeks after the flood wreaked havoc in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, two more corpses have been recovered. PUNCH Metro reports that the flood which followed a torrential rainfall on May 29, killed over 200 people and displaced over 3,000 residents. More than 50 houses were also destroyed by the […]
With the hunger strike ongoing in various states in Nigeria, four persons have been reported shot, with others injured at Suleja, Niger State. Protesters had blocked the Abuja-Kaduna highway, which caused heavy traffic, and trying to disperse the crowd, security operatives fired several gunshots. One of the stray bullets landed on Yahaya Nda Isah, […]
As Muslims all over the world were celebrating Eid-el-Kabir known as Sallah, the local government chairman in Katcha, Niger State received a sallah beating from youths over an unpaid debt. Danlamin Abdullahi Saku borrowed N1.3m from his friend over a year ago and has continuously refused to make a refund anytime he was asked […]
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has made a u-turn supporting the proposed wedding of the 100 orphan girls in Niger State. The mass wedding which is slated for today Friday, was first criticized by the ministry after the speaker of the State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, revealed he was going […]
Speaker of the House of Assembly in Niger State, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has expressed his displeasure and withdrawal from the 100 orphan girls in Mariga LGA, whose marriages were scheduled for May 24. Expressing his displeasure towards how the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, would have gotten across to him first but she […]
A standing order was given by the speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly that 100 orphanage girls who lost their parents to bandits attack at Mariga LGA should be set for marriages. Speaker of the House, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, said it was a way of alleviating the suffering of these young girls […]
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