The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says the Air Components of Operations Hadin Kai and Whirl Punch in the North East and North Central killed several terrorists...
Niger State’s chief judge, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, has sentenced a 31-year-old man, Hamza Mohammed, to death by hanging after he found him guilty on a...
Niger State Police Command has arrested a 53 year old suspect, Abdullahi Imman aka Abbah for alleged gross indecency and sexual exploitations of children at Tayi...
The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects over alleged false impersonation, theft, unlawful possession of firearms, as well as arms dealing, and recovery of...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have raided the Allawa Community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, carting away foodstuffs and other valuables. This is...
Kwara State police command has put adequate measures in place to checkmate any attempt by the escaped inmates of the Suleija custodial centre in neighbouring Niger...
Gunmen have allegedly abducted the Assistant Controller of Corrections of the Niger State Correctional Centre Minna, ACC Abdulrahamam Ibrahim Gelele. In a statement issued by the...
The United States will send a delegation to Niger on Thursday to begin face-to-face talks with officials in Niamey on withdrawing the more than 1,000 American...
Commuters in the Federal Capital Territory and five other states faced severe transportation hurdles on Wednesday as a sudden scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly...
The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the death of five children by suffocation in a car on Sunday in Minna. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the Police...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the death of five children who mistakenly locked themselves up in an abandoned vehicle in Gurara Albishir, suburb of...
The United States is attempting to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the junta...
Hundreds protested on Sunday against the US troops’ presence in military-ruled Niger where a delegation from Washington is expected within days to arrange an orderly withdrawal....
An elderly man, Alhaji Muftau Mohammed of Gbeganu Area of Minna, Niger State capital, slumped and died at Morris Police Division, where he had gone to...
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have been drawn in Group B of the WAFU Zone B U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Manu Garba’s boys will...
The Niger State Ministry for Minerals Resources has disclosed the arrest of over 30 illegal miners at various locations, despite the ban on illegal mining in...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six suspects who are allegedly connected to youth restiveness that led to the deaths of two...
Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to adopting conventional and non-conventional security agents to bring to an end all forms of...
Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has performed the groundbreaking ceremony of 118 km road projects in Kontagora, Kontagora Local Government Area of the state as...
Niger State Police Command has banned horse racing in Minna, the state capital, during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The State Police Commissioner, Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, who disclosed...
Bandits reportedly killed dozens of vigilantes group known as ‘Yan Sa Kai’ during a fight in the Dogon-Dawa community in Mariga LGA of Niger State. Naija...
Dozens of vigilantes christened as ‘Yan Sa Kai’ reportedly lost their lives in a fight with bandits in Dogon-Dawa community in Mariga LGA of Niger State. ...
The police in Niger State have banned horse racing in Minna, the state capital, during the Eid el-Fitr celebration. The Commissioner of Police, Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman,...
At least 30 members of a volunteer security outfit known as Yan Sa Kai were allegedly killed by armed bandits in a fight that erupted at...
The Niger State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, securing a $114 million loan for several...
The Agro-Rangers Squad of the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested five suspected cattle rustlers in Tara Local...
The Commissioner of Police in Niger State, Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, has presented cheques of N44 million to 38 families of deceased personnel of the command who...
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman has ordered the adequate deployment of Police personnel and operational assets to provide security coverage at...
Niger State Commissioner of Police Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman has presented cheques worth N44.5 million to no fewer than 38 next of kin and families of deceased...
A former governor of Niger State, Alh. Babangida Aliyu has said that Nigerians need to act right to make it easy for the spokesperson to project...
Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a vote of confidence on the State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, in his efforts towards achieving...
Bandits who abducted 50 people from the Madaka Market in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have reportedly killed nine of the abductees. DAILY POST...
Thirty corpses have been recovered, and about 50 houses reportedly burned down following an attack on Madaka village by gunmen. The attack, which occurred on Thursday,...
As the world marked the World Water Day, residents of Minna, the Niger State capital and its environs were lamenting the suffering occasioned by lack of...
Bandits on Thursday unleashed a brutal attack that resulted in the death of at least 21 people, including the village head in Madaka community in Rafi...
Residents of Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State have alleged the hijacking of palliatives procured for them by the state government. Many of them claimed...
Troops of the Nigerian military attached to Operation WHIRL PUNCH have raided a hideout in Palele near the Shiroro community in Niger State where terrorists and...
The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, OPWP, have destroyed terrorists’ logistics storage place in Palele near Shiroro, on March 15. AVM Edward Gabkwet, Director, Public...
Niger State government has initiated a crackdown on illegal mining sites as part of efforts to protect communities from the harmful effects of such activities. The...
The Niger State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, has approved a pioneering digital initiative with a zero Right of Way (RoW)...
About 183 former Niger Delta agitators have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government over allegations bordering on alleged stoppage of their monthly allowance. The 183...
Niger’s government has announced that it was breaking off “with immediate effect” its military cooperation agreement with the United States. The declaration came just a day...
Niger State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to convene an education summit to tackle the problems confronting the basic and secondary levels...
The Niger State Government has disclosed that the reconstruction, upgrading and dualization of the Minna-Bida road project will not only reduce the suffering of motorists plying...
The Niger State Government has initiated the disbursement of wage awards to its employees. This decision comes in response to a directive issued by President Bola...
The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Kemi Nandap, has directed that restrictions on movement at Nigeria- Niger border be lifted. Nandap gave the directive in a statement...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale in a statement in...
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP, Ebenezer Danmamman, has decorated forty-one Deputy Superintendents of Police, DSPs, including the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Wasiu...
The agro ranger squad of the Niger State Command of Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has assured that it will leave no stone unturned...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday visited former Military Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB. Tinubu met with Babangida at his Hilltop residence in Minna,...
Niger State Government has announced that necessary arrangements have been concluded to ensure a hitch-free visit by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the state on Monday...
President Bola Tinubu is set to launch an Agro Processing Zone and the Minna Airport in Niger State on Monday. This announcement was made by Governor...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it is involving third parties to resolve its differences with three “important members” – Mali, Burkina-Faso...
The wife of the Niger State Governor, Hajiya Fatima Mohammed Umaru Bago, has decried the situation where female political appointees in the state are more concerned...
The military-ruled West African states of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso plan to set up a joint force to fight Islamist terrorist groups. The force should...
Wife of the Niger State Governor, Hajiya Fatima Mohammed Umaru Bago has called on women in the state to visit health facilities to protect their children...
Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has clarified that he only raised alarm and took measures to check the activities of middlemen and people buying...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is making peaceful overtures to return Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali into...
Umar Bago, governor of Niger State, has clarified misconceptions regarding the state’s stance on mass purchase of food items from the state to other states in...
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has called on the Nigerian Army to ensure continuous training of its officers and men...
At least five persons suspected of vandalising railway tracks and sleepers arrested by the military at Sarkin Pawa, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, are...
Participants at a gender policy workshop have called on Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, to give women 40 per cent inclusion in his Green Economy Agricultural...
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, has announced the arrest of four suspects in possession of 295 rounds of live ammunition and...
Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have recommended the immediate suspension of the Chairman of Rijau Local Government Area, Hon. Danladi Kwambo Uganda, for...
The Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Niger State chapter has elected it’ls new executives with Priscilla Dennis of DAILY POST emerging...
A 33-year-old freelance photographer and father of three kids, Zacheus Salawadeen, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants. The photographer was reportedly stabbed to death in the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) protest against nationwide hardship has kicked off despite the Federal Government’s effort to prevent it. Secretary to the Government of the...
Niger has not reopened its border with Benin two days after a West African bloc lifted coup-linked sanctions on the landlocked nation, including border closures, local...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Niger State Command, has urged principals to fight against substance abuse among secondary school students in the state. Commander...
Former presidential aide Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has faulted the leadership of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, for lifting sanctions against Mali, Niger and...
In a significant development for West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) last week officially lifted economic sanctions on Niger, Mali, and Burkina-Faso....
Following the lifting of sanctions imposed on Niger Republic and others by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, has...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted various economic sanctions slammed on Niger Republic, Burkina Faso and Mali. The regional bloc, however, said...
ECOWAS leaders are currently meeting in Abuja to discuss political and economic issues concerning the sub-region. The leaders would examine ways to address the pulling out...
A pioneer President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has called on the bloc’s leaders to lift the...
The rising cost of living in the country assumed another dimension on Thursday with an attack on a truck carrying food items in Suleja area of...
The rising cost of living in the country assumed another dimension on Thursday with an attack on a truck carrying food items in Suleja area of...
Terrorists have killed 14 persons in Katsina, Benue and Niger states. In Katsina, the Commandant of the Katsina Community Watch Corps for Kankara Local Government Area,...
The Niger State Police Command has reported the killing of a suspected bandit while he was attempting to pick up a N3 million ransom in Borgu...
Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has vowed to step on more toes to achieve the vision of his administration of building a “New Niger.” Bago stated...
Former Head of State of Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon, has recommended that the sanctions against Burkina Faso, the Niger Republic, and Mali be lifted by the regional bloc...
An agreement has been reached between the labour union and the state government, led by Governor Mohammed Bago, following the strike by the Niger State chapter...
Former Nigerian Head of State and one of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Yakubu Gowon, has advised the regional...
The Niger State Government has signed a contract with 37 companies for the construction of 556km of roads across the 25 local government councils of the...
Former Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Gen. Dr. Yakubu Gowon GCFR, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Workers in Niger State have commenced an indefinite strike following the failure of the state government to meet their demands. The strike directive was issued by...
In a bid to avert the looming strike by workers, the government of Niger State has expressed its readiness to dialogue with organised labour to amicably...