…they came into our trap, at least seven fighters were killed – troops Troops on Sunday neutralized some members of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Niger State. They were gunned down while attempting to free their leaders incarcerated in a Nigerian Army base. A defence intelligence officer told PRNigeria that the military
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…the sporadic gunshots fired by the bandits woke the residents who scampered to different directions Bandits operating in Maijaki village in Birnin Maza/Tashibo ward of Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State have abducted ten persons, shot one and left many injured. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday when the villagers were
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‘Sector Commander of the FRSC in Niger, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, yesterday, in Minna, said the accident involved a commercial bus and a saloon car’ Eleven persons died while six others sustained injuries in two separate accidents in Plateau and Niger states, over the weekend. In Jos, eight persons lost their lives and two others got
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“The state government has assured us that it will pay and clear off the debts” – NECO The National Examinations Council (NECO) says Niger State Government owes the examination body five hundred million Naira as debt from unpaid examination fees of students. NECO Registrar, Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this during the release of the results of
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Gunmen suspected of being bandits have reportedly invaded the camp of the Joint Security Task Force, consisting of the Army, Police, Civil Defense and Rangers in Allawa and opened fire on them, killing a number not revealing of soldiers in the process in the state of Niger. An officer from the Nigerian Security and Civil
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Bandits struck yet again in Niger State, taking with them 19 villagers. Two of the female abductees were billed to wed this weekend, The Nation was told. The abduction took place om Monday in Kutunku, a village in Wushishi council area of the state. The gunmen stormed the village on motorcycles shooting as they came.
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The Niger State governor, Abubakar Bello, said on Saturday the state government did not pay any ransom to secure the release of the abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara, and their teachers from armed bandits. Bandits dressed in military uniform had on February 17 stormed the college and abducted 27 students, three teachers, and
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Armed men have attacked Government Science College Kagara in Rafi Local government area of Niger State. At least one student is feared killed, and several other students abducted. Some teachers and their family members residing within the college staff quarters were also said to have been abducted by the gunmen. A government source who pleaded
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Gunmen on Sunday night abducted 20 people in two communities in Bosso and Munya local government areas of Niger State. Scores of others were also injured in the attack carried out in Maitumbi and Kuchi communities in the Bosso and Munya LGAs. The Chairman of Bosso LGA, Abubakar Gomna, who confirmed the incident to journalists
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At least 23 persons died on Monday when a truck fully loaded with cows and 45 persons from Lagos skidded off the road and somersaulted into a bush in Mokwa local government area of Niger State. The Niger State Police Commissioner, Adamu Usman, who disclosed this to journalists in Minna, said the accident occurred at
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The Niger state Salary Management Committee has disclosed that 603 persons posing to be civil servants are yet to surface as the Committee makes its final submission. This is coming after the committee has uncovered over 2000 illegal workers in the state workforce. The Chairman of the Committee who is also Commissioner for Works and
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The police command in Niger State has arrested one Abubakar Maibabo, for allegedly killing his two children at Maidabo village in Salka, Nasko Local Government Area with a cutlass. The command’s spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement in Minna, said the suspect has confessed to the police that he committed the crime.
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Workers in Niger State have issued a seven-day ultimatum over payment of 70 per cent salary or risk total strike. Chairman Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrade Inusa Tanimu and Chairman of the Joint Action Committee of NLC, Comrade Mahmud Aminu Muye gave the ultimatum after the State Government paid 70 per cent of the workers’
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The Niger State Pension Board disclosed that Fifteen persons have been fingered in the alleged N5.778 billion missing pension contribution in the state from 2009 to 2012. The Director-General of the state’s pension board, Alhaji Usman Tinau Muhammed, disclosed this during a press briefing to announce the resumption of the state to the Contributory Pension
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Three persons were reportedly killed and another 50 critically injured when bandits attacked Grumana Community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on Saturday afternoon. The Chairman of Shiroro Local government Area, Alhaji Suleiman Chukuba, confirmed the attacks to our correspondent on phone, about 4:30pm. Chukuba said this latest attack makes it the fifth time the
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