Tag: Niger

IBB University: Niger Assembly intervenes in school fees hike

By Salim Yunusa   Following the hike in school fees by the management the state owned Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), the Niger state House...

15 fleeing bandits drown in Niger after boat capsizes

By Salim Yunusa No fewer than 15 armed bandits in Niger state as the boat conveying them capsized midway into about three hour journey at...

Abductors of 200 Niger students arrested, search for hostages continues

By Salim Yunusa   The Niger State government has said it has arrested some of the bandits who abducted students of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyyan School,...

Abductors of Islamiyya Students demand N110m ransom

By Ismail Auwal The gunmen who took 156 Islamiyya students in Niger State hostage have reportedly demanded the sum of N110m (one hundred and ten...

BREAKING: 200 Islamiyya students kidnapped in Niger State

    By Salim Yunusa At least 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted.   One...

EFCC arrest Niger politician for employment scam

By Ismail Auwal The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested one Mohammed Umar, a Bida, Niger State based politician and businessman, for alleged...

Gunmen abduct mother of Niger member, demand N100m

By Ismail Auwal Gunmen have demanded N100m as the ransom to release the 78-year-old abducted mother of the longest serving members of the Niger State...

Insecurity: Villages negotiate with bandits in Niger

By Abba Gwale Some villages in Shiroro Local Government Area ravaged by gunmen in Niger State have negotiated a ceasefire deal with bandits. The villages have...

Gunmen kill 19 civilians in Niger Republic

By Ismail Auwal Armed men raided a village in west Niger and killed nineteen civilians on Sunday, a local official told AFP. “For the moment, the...

Mohamed Bazoum sworn in as Niger Republic President

By Ismail Auwal Mohamed Bazoum was on Friday sworn in as the first democratic president of Niger Republic. Mohamed Bazoum, 60, a former interior minister, won...

One year after dethroning him, Ganduje meets Sanusi in Niger Republic

By Ismail Auwal The Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, had a chance encounter with the former Emir of Kano State, Alhaji Muhammadu...

Sanusi to grace Niger Republic’s presidential swearing-in ceremony

By Ismail Auwal Former Emir of Kano State, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, to attend the swearing-in of Niger’s Republic newly elected president Bazoum Muhammadu. A source...

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