Tag: Niger State

Niger: 15 perish, seventeen rescued in boat mishap

Aminu Imam

Fifteen persons have reportedly lost their lives, 17 rescued and many still missing in a boat mishap in Tijana, Munya local government area of Niger State. It was gathered that the boat mishap happened at about 6:00 pm on Saturday, when the villagers were returning from a local market in Zumba, Shiroro local government area of the State. The Sarkin Kasuwa (Head of the Market) of Zumba, Mallam Adamu Ahmed, who confirmed the mishap stated that the local boat was conveying over 60 people, including women and children when it reportedly capsized.…

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Niger: Over 1,000 gunmen attack, kill and kidnapped more than 100 persons at Shadadi town

Aminu Imam

Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped over 100 people in Shadadi town in Niger State, after killing 8 and leaving 4 injured. A source, who spoke with BBC Hausa Service, said more than 1, 000 gunmen who perpetrated the act attacked the town on Wednesday. The attack comes just days after the State governor, Abubakar Bello, confirmed the activity of Boko Haram militants in the State. The worst place affected by the latest attack is Shadadi town, under Mariga local government area, where eyewitnesses said thousands of residents have fled the…

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Niger: ‘Boko Haram has hoisted flag near Shiroro Dam power station’, Gov. Bello cries out

Aminu Imam

…Moves closer to Abuja Boko Haram insurgents have taken over Shiroro local government area of Niger State, according to the  State governor, Abubakar Bello yesterday. This development, observers say, threatens Nigeria’s power infrastructure and the capital, Abuja, as Shiroro hosts one of Nigeria’s largest power stations; also, the overrun LGA is barely 200 kilometres from Nigeria’s Federal capital, Abuja. Gov.Bello said more than 3,000 people have been displaced across the State, including those fleeing Shiroro and Munya LGAs, but said that however, some of them have started going to their…

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Bandits kidnap 35 in Niger communities

Aminu Imam

Unknown bandits have kidnapped 35 people and injured others during an attack on Chiri, Gini and Fuka communities in Shiroro and Munya local government areas of Niger State.  This attack came barely 48 hours after the State’s Deputy Governor, Ahmed Ketso visited the IDPs camp in Gwada in Shiroro local government area and lamented that security issues in the State were overwhelming. According to a reports, the bandits invaded the communities on motorcycles on Saturday evening, shooting sporadically and causing villagers to flee into the forest for safety.  The Chairman…

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Bandits attack military base in Niger, kill soldiers, others

Aminu Imam

An unconfirmed number of soldiers and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have been killed during bandits attack at a camp of the Joint Security Task Force in Shiroro local government area of Niger State. Ten people were also abducted in a separate attack in Allawa, Manta, Gurmana, Bassa and Kokki, in the same local government area. The attacks happened on Wednesday evening and in the early hours of yeaterday. President, Shiroro Youth Movement, Mohammed Idris, confirmed the incidents. He said over 100 bandits attacked the communities…

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Niger: Babangida Aliyu paid ghost contractors N1.7bn, Witness tells court

Aminu Imam

Three contractors who allegedly received N1.7 billion for jobs during the administration of former Niger State governor, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, have disappeared. A key witness, Muhammad Ndawuye, a former Auditor General of the state, told the Minna High Court on Wednesday. He said the N1.7 billion was given to the Ministry of Environment, which claimed to have shared it among three contractors. The witness said due to incomplete documentation of the contracts, his office had to send an official to the addresses of the contractors, which were not found. Aliyu,…

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20-yr-old man beats wife to death over Pap in Niger

Aminu Imam

A 20-year-old man, identified as Lawalli Danladi, has been arrested by the men of the Nigeria Police Force, Niger State Command, for allegedly beating his wife, Zulai, to death following an argument over the pap she prepared for him at their home in Kadaura village, in Yakila Gunna district of Rafi LGA. Danladi, who was paraded before newsmen at the Police Command headquarters in Minna, reportedly beat Zulai to a coma; she was rushed to the hospital where she died. Speaking to newsmen, Danladi said that he did not like…

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Niger: ‘PDP has not suspended former gov., Babangida Aliyu’ – Zonal Caretaker C’ttee

Aminu Imam

…As gunmen kill former State chairman, kidnap wife The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State, has denied the news going round in the social media that the State’s chapter of the Party has suspended the former State governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu over allegations of anti-party activities. According to a press statement issued yesterday by the Party’s North-Central Zonal Caretaker Committee overseeing Niger State, signed by its Publicity Secretary, Arch. Suleiman Mohammed, described it as fake news’. Part of the statement read: “It has come to our notice, the…

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Niger: Local vigilante kill 9 bandits, arrest others while waiting to collect ransom  

Aminu Imam

A local vigilante group has neutralised no fewer than nine suspected bandits in Gulu town, Lapai local government area of Niger State, while waiting to collect ransom from families of abducted victims.  It was learnt that the bandits had earlier raided Gulu town a few days back during which some people were abducted and ransom demanded before they would be released.  According to an eyewitness, the relations of the victims had managed to raise the ransom and they contacted the bandits who gave directive to them on how to deliver the money. He said…

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Niger: State govt. to close public secondary schools

Aminu Imam

The Niger State government has announced that all public secondary schools in the state will be closed from Friday, March 12 to March 26, 2021.  The directive is to enable security agencies to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of all public secondary schools in the State. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the State’s Public Enlightenment Unit on social media, yesterday.  “Please be informed that the Niger State government has directed that all public secondary schools in the state be closed from March 12th to 26th, 2021. This is to…

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