Nigerian military troops have eliminated over 35 armed bandits in Dutsen Argida and Magaman Daji communities in Niger State. The terrorists, who PRNigeria learnt emerged from Birnin Gwari forest, in Kaduna State, were reported to have invaded the two communities located in Rijau Local Government Area, via Kontagora town...
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Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have reportedly taken over communities between Mutun-Daya and Gunu in Sarkin-Pawa Road, Munya LGA of Niger State. These communities are about 20 kilometres from Minna, the Niger State Capital. Speaking on the latest attack, a resident, Shehu Abubakar, told our correspondent that the attackers...
Pastor Emmanuel Maaaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Tunga Magajiya, Niger, has confirmed the arrival in Magajiya of the body of the slain student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Miss Deborah Samuel, for burial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late...
A community leader in Niger State has accused the Nigerian Air Force of killing six children and bombing houses in Kurebe, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to the spokesperson of the Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA), Salis Sabo, the strikes occurred on April 13. The Nigerian...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has rescued 65 victims of alleged human trafficking in Niger Republic. NAPTIP’s Zonal Commander in charge of Kano, Mr Abdullahi Babale, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
The death toll from a boat accident involving villagers fleeing attacks by gangs in Niger state has risen to 13 after five more bodies were recovered, an emergency services official said Friday. An overloaded canoe carrying mostly women and children capsized in a river as they were fleeing raids...
The Joint Security Task Force in Niger has killed 100 suspected bandits in an operation at Bangi village in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bala Kuryas, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Minna....
No fewer than 200 bandit terrorists were yesterday killed in Ghana, a community in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State, PRNigeria reports. The bandits, it was learnt, were eliminated by air strikes of Nigerian military air troops. The aerial operation by the Nigerian Airforce (NAF), Air Component of...
Niger State Police Command has confirmed the killing of “many bandits” by the Joint Security Task Force in the North-Central state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bala Kuryas, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Minna that several bandits were neutralised by the joint security...
A military fighter jet and helicopter gunship have eliminated some bandit leaders and terrorists in Niger State, reports PRNigeria. The bandit leaders and their ‘boys’, it was learnt, had launched violent attacks at several communities in Kontagora, Mariga and Rijau Local Government Areas of the State. Aside from killing...
The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to probe the cause of the recent oil vessel explosion in Delta. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Julius Pondi (PDP-Delta) at Wednesday’s plenary in in Abuja. Presenting the motion, Pondi said that the probe...
Armed bandits, numbering over 200 have raided several communities in Kontagora, Mariga, and Rijau Local Government Areas in Niger State. PRNigeria gathered that the terrorists stormed the communities in a convoy of about 100 motorcycles and killed children at Bangi, a community in Mariga local government Wielding dangerous firearms...
No fewer than 200 people, including security operatives, have been killed in various attacks by bandits on communities in Niger State this month alone. The state governor, Abubakar Bello, disclosed this on Tuesday shortly after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa in Abuja. He stated...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello has commiserated with the families of seven persons who lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the victims lost their lives in the mishap at...
The Niger State Police Command on Monday solicited the continued support of residents in the fight against banditry, terrorism, cattle rustling and other security threats. The Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Kuryas assured that measures had been put in place to confront security threats, particularly at the Yuletide season....
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Niger State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted Sen. Zaynab Kure, wife of late Gov. Abdulkadir Kure, as it leader. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Suleiman Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Minna. Aliyu said that...
The Niger government says it has paid over N400 million backlog of 2019/2020 debt owned the National Examination Council (NECO) and part payment for the 2021 NECO examination. Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, the state Commissioner of Education, disclosed this during the screening of the 2022 budget proposal of the ministry...